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A Phase III Open Label, Randomized Parallel Two-Arm Multi Center Study of E7389 versus ‘Treatment of Physician’s Choice’ in Patients with Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer, Previously Treated with At Least Two and a Maximum of Five Prior Chemotherapy Regimens, Including an Anthracycline and a Taxane. - The 'EMBRACE' Trial

A Phase III Open Label, Randomized Parallel Two-Arm Multi Center Study of E7389 versus ‘Treatment of Physician’s Choice’ in Patients with Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer, Previously Treated with At Least Two and a Maximum of Five Prior Chemotherapy Regimens, Including an Anthracycline and a Taxane. - The 'EMBRACE' Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2006-001949-34-BE
Enrollment
1000
Registered
2006-09-11
Start date
2006-10-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2014-10-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer after failure of multiple prior chemotherapy regimens MedDRA version: 8.1 Level: PT Classification code 10006187 Term: Breast cancer

Interventions

Product Name: Eribulin mesylate Product Code: E7389 Pharmaceutical Form: Solution for infusion INN or Proposed INN: Eribulin CAS Number: 441045-17-6 Current Sponsor code: E7389 Other descriptive name:

Sponsors

Eisai Limited
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Female patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed carcinoma of the breast. Every effort should be made to make paraffin embedded tissue or slides from the diagnostic biopsy or surgical specimen available for confirmation of diagnosis. 2. Patients with locally recurrent or metastatic disease who have received at least two (and not more than five) prior chemotherapeutic regimens for breast cancer, at least two of which were administered for treatment of locally recurrent and/or metastatic disease. Prior therapy must by documented by the following criteria prior to entry onto study: • Regimens must have included an anthracycline (e.g., doxorubicin, epirubicin) and a taxane (e.g., paclitaxel, docetaxel) in any combination or order. Treatment with any of these agents is not required if they are contraindicated for a certain patient. • One or two of these regimens may have been administered as adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant therapy, but at least 2 must have been given for relapsed or metastatic disease • Patients must have proved refractory to the most recent chemotherapy, documented by progression on or within six (6) months of therapy • Patients with HER2/neu positive tumors may additionally have been treated with trastuzumab • Patients may have additionally been treated with anti-hormonal therapy 3. Resolution of all chemotherapy or radiation-related toxicities to Grade 1 severity or lower, except for stable sensory neuropathy = Grade 2 and alopecia 4. Age = 18 years 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 2 6. Life expectancy of = 3 months 7. Adequate renal function as evidenced by serum creatinine = 2.0 mg/dL or calculated creatinine clearance = 40 mL/min per the Cockcroft and Gault formula. In case the proposed TPC requires a lower creatinine value or a higher creatinine clearance value, the recommendations in the package insert should be followed. 8. Adequate bone marrow function as evidenced by absolute neutrophil count (ANC) = 1.5 x 10*/L, hemoglobin = 10.0 g/dL (a hemoglobin 3 x ULN (in absence of liver metastases) or =65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have received any of the following treatments within the specified period before E7389 or TPC treatment start: - chemotherapy, radiation, trastuzumab or hormonal therapy within three weeks - any investigational drug within four weeks 2. Radiation therapy encompassing > 30% of marrow 3. Prior treatment with mitomycin C or nitrosourea 4. Pulmonary lymphangitic involvement that results in pulmonary dysfunction requiring active treatment, including the use of oxygen 5. Patients with brain or subdural metastases are not eligible, unless they have completed local therapy and have discontinued the use of corticosteroids for this indication for at least 4 weeks before starting treatment in this study. Any signs (e.g. radiologic) and/or symptoms of brain metastases must be stable for at least 4 weeks. Any signs (e.g radiologic) and/or symptoms of brain metastases must be stable for at least 4 weeks before starting study treatment; radiographic stability should be determined by comparing a contrast-enhanced CT or MRI brain scan performed during screening to a prior scan performed at least 4 weeks earlier. 6. Patients with meningeal carcinomatosis 7. Patients who are receiving anti-coagulant therapy with warfarin or related compounds, other than for line patency, and cannot be changed to heparin-based therapy if randomized to E7389 are not eligible. If a patient is to continue on mini-dose warfarin, then the prothrombin time (PT) or international normalized ratio (INR) must be closely monitored. 8. Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding; women of childbearing potential with either a positive pregnancy test at screening or no pregnancy test; women of childbearing potential unless (1) surgically sterile or (2) using adequate measures of contraception in the opinion of the Investigator. Perimenopausal women must be amenorrheic for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. 9. Severe/uncontrolled intercurrent illness/infection 10. Significant cardiovascular impairment (history of congestive heart failure > NYHA grade II, unstable angina or myocardial infarction within the past six months, or serious cardiac arrhythmia) 11. Patients with organ allografts requiring immunosuppression 12. Patients with known positive HIV status 13. Patients who have had a prior malignancy, other than previous breast cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or non-melanoma skin cancer, unless the prior malignancy was diagnosed and definitively treated = 5 years previously with no subsequent evidence of recurrence 14. Patients with pre-existing neuropathy > Grade 2 15. Patients with a hypersensitivity to halichondrin B and/or halichondrin B chemical derivative. 16. Patients who participated in a prior E7389 clinical trial whether or not E7389 was received. 17. Patients with other significant disease or disorders that, in the Investigator’s opinion, would exclude the patient from the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: To compare the overall survival (OS) of patients treated with E7389 versus the Treatment of Physician’s Choice (including anti-tumor treatment of the investigator’s choice and palliative treatment) in patients with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer, who have received 2-5 prior chemotherapy regimens, which must have included an anthracycline and a taxane as prior therapy and at least 2 of which must have been given for locally recurrent or metastatic disease. Patients must also be refractory to their latest chemotherapy regimen, documented by progression on or within six (6) months of therapy.;Secondary Objective: To assess: • Progression Free Survival (PFS) • Objective Tumor Response Rate as measured using RECIST criteria • Duration of Response • Safety Parameters (adverse events, laboratory parameters, concomitant medication, and study drug exposure) ;Primary end point(s): Overall Survival is defined as the time from the date of randomization until the date of death from any cause. For patients who do not die, overall survival will be censored at the last date the patient was known to be alive. Secondary end point: Progression-Free Survival (PFS) is defined as the time from randomization until disease progression or death due to any cause. For patients who do not have an event (i.e. those who are lost to follow-up or who have not progressed at the date of data cut-off), progression-free survival will be censored. Tertiary end point: • Objective tumor response rate (ORR) as measured using RECIST criteria in patients with measurable disease • Duration of Response • Safety parameters (adverse events, laboratory parameters, concomitant medication, ECG and study drug exposure)

Countries

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026