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Eribulin Mesylate in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Metastatic Breast Cancer

Phase II Trial of Metronomic Eribulin (Halaven) in Pretreated Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01908101
Enrollment
86
Registered
2013-07-25
Start date
2014-01-08
Completion date
2019-05-04
Last updated
2020-07-23

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

Conditions

Recurrent Breast Carcinoma, Stage IV Breast Cancer

Brief summary

This phase II trial studies how well eribulin mesylate works in treating patients with previously treated breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as eribulin mesylate, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Progression free survival (PFS). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Frequency of alopecia with absence or decrease to \< 50%. II. Incidence of grade 3 and 4 neutropenia of \< 30%. III. Incidence of sensory neuropathy (all grades) to \< 25%. TERTIARY OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the role of circulating endothelial cell precursors (CEPs) and apoptotic circulating endothelial cells (CECs), in predicting early response to treatment. OUTLINE: Patients receive eribulin mesylate intravenously (IV) over 2-5 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 1 year.

Interventions

DRUGEribulin Mesylate

Given IV

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
University of Washington
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Ability to provide written informed consent * Prior exposure to taxane in the adjuvant, neoadjuvant or metastatic setting * At least one prior regimen of chemotherapy in the setting of metastatic breast cancer; no upper limit on the number of prior endocrine regimens for metastatic breast cancer, however no more than 6 chemotherapeutic regimens may have been given in the metastatic setting * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 * Patients must have baseline imaging within 30 days prior to the start of therapy and satisfy one of the following: * Measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria * At least one non lymph node lesion of \>= 1.0 cm or lymph node \>= 1.5 cm in short axis by computerized tomography (CT) scan (CT scan thickness no greater than 5 mm which is serially measurable according to RECIST 1.1 using either computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) * Lesions that have had radiotherapy must show evidence of progressive disease (PD) based on RECIST 1.1 to be deemed a target lesion * Non-measurable disease by RECIST 1.1 criteria (includes bone only disease and lesions \< 10 mm or lymph nodes \< 15 mm in short axis) with rising serum CA15-3 or CA 27.29 or CEA documented by two consecutive measurements taken at least 14 days apart with the most recent measurement being within 42 days prior to registration. The second CA 15-3 or CA 27.29 value must have at least a 20% increase over the first and for CA 15-3 or CA27.29 be greater than or equal to 40 units/mL or for CEA be greater than or equal to 4 ng/mL * Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/mm\^3 * Hemoglobin \>= 10 g/dL * Platelets \>= 100,000/mm\^3 * Creatinine =\< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 x ULN * Alkaline phosphatase =\< 3.0 x ULN; up to 5 x ULN is acceptable if due to bone metastases in the absence of liver metastases * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =\< 3.0 x institutional upper limit of normal, unless due to liver metastases (=\< 5 x ULN) * Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control or abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation * Life expectancy of \> 12 weeks

Exclusion criteria

* Prior treatment with eribulin * Plan to administer any other systemic antitumor including endocrine therapy except for following standard of care treatment: * Trastuzumab at standard dosing human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive tumors * Denosumab or bisphosphonates to treat metastatic bone disease * Plan to administer concurrent radiation therapy now or for progressive symptoms during treatment * Patients with known central nervous system (CNS) metastases must have stable disease off steroids after treatment with surgery or radiation therapy * Second primary malignancy that is clinically detectable or clinically significant at the time of consideration for study enrollment * Patients with mild (Child-Pugh A) or moderate (Child-Pugh B) hepatic and/or moderate (creatinine clearance \[CrCl\] 30-50 mL/min) renal impairment * Radiotherapy within 14 days of study treatment * Major surgery within 21 days of study treatment; minor surgery within 2 weeks of study treatment; placement of vascular access device and biopsies allowed and is not considered major or minor surgery * Treatment with any systemic chemotherapy or investigational agents within 3 weeks of the start of study treatment; endocrine treatment must be stopped prior to initiating study treatment; subjects must have recovered from toxicities of prior therapy * Patients with peripheral neuropathy \> grade 2 regardless of etiology * Significant cardiovascular impairment: congestive heart failure \> class II according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA), unstable angina or myocardial infarction within 6 months of enrollment, or serious cardiac arrhythmia (\> grade 2) * Concomitant severe or uncontrolled medical disease * Significant psychiatric or neurologic disorder which would compromise participation in the study * Pregnant or breast-feeding females

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
PFSFrom study enrollment until the earliest date of disease progression or death, assessed up to 1 yearKaplan-Meier survival curves will be used to describe PFS, overall and stratified by number of prior metastatic treatment regimens. A 95% confidence interval for the median PFS will be calculated using the method of Brookmeyer and Crowley.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Pre-assignment details

86 patients signed the study informed consent, but only 68 patients started the Eribulin treatment. Out of those 68 patients only 59 of them were evaluable.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Treatment (Eribulin Mesylate)
Patients receive eribulin mesylate IV over 2-5 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Eribulin Mesylate: Given IV Laboratory Biomarker Analysis: Correlative studies
59
Total59

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyDid not complete the first cycle4
Overall StudyIncorrect Diagnosis2
Overall StudyIncorrect Starting Dose1
Overall StudyPhysician Decision1
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject1

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTreatment (Eribulin Mesylate)
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
14 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
45 Participants
Age, Continuous52 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
6 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
52 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
49 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
59 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
59 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
44 / 59
other
Total, other adverse events
23 / 59
serious
Total, serious adverse events
2 / 59

Outcome results

Primary

PFS

Kaplan-Meier survival curves will be used to describe PFS, overall and stratified by number of prior metastatic treatment regimens. A 95% confidence interval for the median PFS will be calculated using the method of Brookmeyer and Crowley.

Time frame: From study enrollment until the earliest date of disease progression or death, assessed up to 1 year

Population: Patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) whose disease has progressed following at least one prior regimen of chemotherapy in the setting of metastatic breast cancer

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Treatment (Eribulin Mesylate)PFS3.5 months
Comparison: Progression free survival (PFS). We hypothesize that metronomic dosing of eribulin will result in a PFS of 4-6 months.95% CI: [2.6, 4.6]

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026