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Palbociclib / Letrozole or Fulvestrant in African American Women With HR+ HER2- Breast Cancer

Phase II Safety Study of Palbociclib in Combination With Letrozole or Fulvestrant in African American Women With Hormone Receptor Positive HER2 Negative Advanced Breast Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02692755
Acronym
PALINA
Enrollment
35
Registered
2016-02-26
Start date
2016-09-30
Completion date
2021-03-23
Last updated
2021-09-28

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Conditions

Hormone Receptor Positive HER-2 Negative Breast Cancer

Keywords

African American

Brief summary

This study aims to evaluate the hematological safety of palbociclib with letrozole and fulvestrant in African American women with hormone receptor positive HER2 negative advanced breast cancer. Hematological safety is a composite endpoint of episodes of febrile neutropenia and treatment discontinuation due to neutropenia according to current recommendations for management of neutropenia

Detailed description

The study is designed to assess the rate of completion of planned oncology therapy in the absence of a hematological event defined as episodes of febrile neutropenia and treatment discontinuation due to neutropenia. A completion rate of 80% is considered of clinical relevance as to benefit breast cancer patients who are at a higher risk of having ethnic neutropenia where as a completion rate of 60% is considered poor and to justify additional safety studies. A two stage design with a total of 35 patients is used to test if the completion rate is at least 80% versus if it is below 60% with 80% power at a significance level of 5%. An exact confidence interval of the completion rate will be calculated. Investigators estimate there will be no more than a 10% rate of febrile neutropenia. Due to the small sample size, the analysis of secondary endpoints will be descriptive and will not include specific hypothesis testing.

Interventions

Palbociclib x 21 days with a 7 day rest plus 2.5 mg Letrozole QD (no break) or Fulvestrant 500mg IM every 2 weeks for 3 doses and then every 4 weeks until progression or maximum of 12 months

Sponsors

University of Chicago
CollaboratorOTHER
Thomas Jefferson University
CollaboratorOTHER
Georgetown University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Self-identified Black, African or African American women of ≥ 18 years of age with proven diagnosis of advanced adenocarcinoma of the breast (locoregionally recurrent or metastatic disease) 2. ER-positive and/or PgR-positive tumor based on local laboratory results 3. HER2-negative breast cancer based on local laboratory results (test to be used as per local practice) 4. Patients must be appropriate candidates for letrozole or fulvestrant therapy 5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 6. Adequate bone marrow function: * Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 1,000/mm3 (1.0 x 109/L); * Platelets ≥100,000/mm3 (100 x 109/L); * Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL (90 g/L).

Exclusion criteria

1. Current use of food or drugs known to be potent inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 2. Active uncontrolled or symptomatic brain metastases. Previously treated and clinically stable, as per Investigator's judgment, brain metastases are permitted. 3. Previous CDK4/6 inhibitor \-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Patients Who Complete Planned Oncologic Therapy Without the Development of a Hematological Event12 monthsFor study purpose febrile neutropenia will be defined according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0: ANC less than 1000/mm3 with a single temperature of \>38.3 degrees Celsius (101 degrees Fahrenheit) or a sustained temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) for more than one hour. Planned oncology therapy is defined as completion of one year of therapy for advanced breast cancer in the absence of disease progression or cessation of study drug due to progressive disease or non-hematological toxicity.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose Delays in Palbociclib Attributed to Neutropenia12 monthsNumber of patients who required dose delays in palbociclib attributed to neutropenia.
Dose Reductions in Palbociclib Therapy Attributed to Neutropenia12 monthsNumber of patients who required dose reductions in palbociclib therapy
Clinical Benefit Rate24 weeksClinical Benefit Rate (CBR), for those with evaluable disease, defined as the percentage of patients who achieved complete response, partial response and stable disease. RECIST 1.1 was used as the standard way to measure response to treatment. The mean (SD) of specific metabolites were calculated at each time point and graphically assess these measures over time with clinical response and hematological toxicity. The mean change in these variables from baseline to each follow-up point was be calculated. Generalized linear model was utilized for the correlative analysis of clinical response and hematologic events.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Palbociclib + Letrozole or Fulvestrant
Palbociclib + Letrozole or Fulvestrant: Palbociclib x 21 days with a 7 day rest plus 2.5 mg Letrozole QD (no break) or Fulvestrant 500mg IM every 2 weeks for 3 doses and then every 4 weeks until progression or maximum of 12 months
35
Total35

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPalbociclib + Letrozole or Fulvestrant
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
15 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
20 Participants
Baseline absolute neutrophil count ≥1000/mm335 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
35 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
HR+/HER2- ABC35 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
35 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
0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
35 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
35 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
1 / 35
other
Total, other adverse events
32 / 35
serious
Total, serious adverse events
8 / 35

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Patients Who Complete Planned Oncologic Therapy Without the Development of a Hematological Event

For study purpose febrile neutropenia will be defined according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0: ANC less than 1000/mm3 with a single temperature of \>38.3 degrees Celsius (101 degrees Fahrenheit) or a sustained temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) for more than one hour. Planned oncology therapy is defined as completion of one year of therapy for advanced breast cancer in the absence of disease progression or cessation of study drug due to progressive disease or non-hematological toxicity.

Time frame: 12 months

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Palbociclib + Letrozole or FulvestrantNumber of Patients Who Complete Planned Oncologic Therapy Without the Development of a Hematological Event35 Participants
Secondary

Clinical Benefit Rate

Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR), for those with evaluable disease, defined as the percentage of patients who achieved complete response, partial response and stable disease. RECIST 1.1 was used as the standard way to measure response to treatment. The mean (SD) of specific metabolites were calculated at each time point and graphically assess these measures over time with clinical response and hematological toxicity. The mean change in these variables from baseline to each follow-up point was be calculated. Generalized linear model was utilized for the correlative analysis of clinical response and hematologic events.

Time frame: 24 weeks

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Palbociclib + Letrozole or FulvestrantClinical Benefit Rate23 Participants
Secondary

Dose Delays in Palbociclib Attributed to Neutropenia

Number of patients who required dose delays in palbociclib attributed to neutropenia.

Time frame: 12 months

Population: Including all patients who completed ≥1 treatment cycle

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Palbociclib + Letrozole or FulvestrantDose Delays in Palbociclib Attributed to Neutropenia17 Participants
Secondary

Dose Reductions in Palbociclib Therapy Attributed to Neutropenia

Number of patients who required dose reductions in palbociclib therapy

Time frame: 12 months

Population: Including all patients who completed ≥1 treatment cycle

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Palbociclib + Letrozole or FulvestrantDose Reductions in Palbociclib Therapy Attributed to Neutropenia13 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 24, 2026