Breast Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Hormone receptor-positive, Estrogen and/or progesterone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, High risk early breast cancer, Adjuvant, Ribociclib, LEE011, CDK4/6 inhibitor, Endocrine therapy, Phase II, Breast carcinoma, Breast cancer
Brief summary
This was an open label, multi-center protocol for U.S. patients enrolled in the study of ribociclib with endocrine therapy as an adjuvant treatment in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, high risk early breast cancer
Detailed description
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preliminary safety and tolerability of ribociclib to standard adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) in patients with hormone receptor (HR) positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor2 (HER2) negative high risk early breast cancer (EBC). Originally, this was a randomized, Phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, international study to evaluate efficacy and safety of ribociclib with ET as an adjuvant treatment in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative, high risk EBC. Patients were randomized at a ratio of 1:1 to receive either ribociclib or placebo for approximately 24 months in combination with a standard adjuvant ET with ET continued for at least 60 months. However, following a review of the ribociclib development program strategy, a decision was taken to explore a different approach by initiating a single Phase III study for simplicity of trial logistics and for the purpose of analyzing the overall population through a single clinical trial. Therefore, this study was closed to enrollment early and was amended to be an open label, multi-center Phase II study conducted in the US only. All randomized patients were unblinded; patients randomized to placebo were permanently discontinued from the study and patients randomized to ribociclib were offered the option to continue treatment with ribociclib + ET. The study included a screening phase (28 days), a treatment phase composed of maximum of 26 cycles of ribociclib in combination with ET (approximately 24 months) or until disease recurrence, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, or discontinuation from the study treatment for any other reason, whichever was earlier, and a 30 days safety follow up from last dose of ribociclib. Ribociclib was given orally once a day on days 1 to 21 in each 28 days cycle. Safety was assessed for each patient until 30 days after the last dose of ribociclib and included routine safety monitoring except in case of death, loss to follow up or withdrawal of consent.
Interventions
DRUGRibociclib
Ribociclib 600 mg daily on days 1 to 21 of a 28-day cycle for 26 cycles (approximately 24 months). Ribociclib was supplied in the form of 200 mg film-coated tablets taken by mouth.
Letrozole 2.5 mg by mouth daily, or anastrozole 1 mg by mouth daily, exemestane 25 mg by mouth daily, tamoxifen 20 mg by mouth daily, for a total duration of at least 60 months. In premenopausal women, a GnRH agonist administered every 28 days.
DRUGPlacebo
Placebo 600 mg daily on days 1 to 21 of a 28-day cycle for 26 cycles (approximately 24 months). Placebo was supplied in the form of 200 mg film-coated tablets taken by mouth.
Sponsors
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Masking description
The trial used to be a placebo-controlled, blinded trial. It was amended to an open-label trial after protocol amendment 2.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed unilateral primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast * Estrogen receptor-positive and/or progesterone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer * Patient is after surgical resection of the tumor where tumor was removed completely, with the final surgical specimen microscopic margins free from tumor and with available archival tumor tissue from the surgical specimen * Patient who received adjuvant chemotherapy and have AJCC 8th edition Prognostic Stage Group III tumor; or patient who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and have 1 or more ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes with residual tumor metastases greater than 2.0 mm in lymph node(-s) and residual tumor greater than 10.0 mm in breast tissue * Patient has completed multi-agent adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy of ≥ 4 cycles or ≥ 12 weeks which included taxanes prior to screening * Patient has completed adjuvant radiotherapy (if indicated) prior to screening * Patient may already have initiated adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) at the time of randomization, but randomization must take place within 52 weeks of date of initial histological diagnosis of breast cancer and within 12 weeks of initiating ET * ECOG Performance Status 0 or 1 * Adequate bone marrow and organ function * Sodium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and total calcium laboratory values within normal limits * QTcF interval \< 450 msec and mean resting heart rate 50-90 bpm Key
Exclusion criteria
* Prior treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitor * Prior treatment with tamoxifen, raloxifen or aromatase inhibitors for reduction in risk (chemoprevention) of breast cancer and/or treatment for osteoporosis within last 2 years * Prior treatment with anthracyclines at cumulative doses of 450 mg/m² or more for doxorubicin or 900 mg/m² or more for epirubicin * Distant metastases of breast cancer beyond regional lymph nodes * Patient has not recovered from clinical and laboratory acute toxicities of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery * Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease and/or cardiac repolarization abnormality, or clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias * Uncontrolled hypertension with systolic blood pressure \>160 mmHg * Patient is currently receiving any of the prohibited substances that cannot be discontinued 7 days prior to Cycle 1 Day 1: concomitant medications, herbal supplements, and/or fruits and their juices that are known as strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4/5; medications that have a narrow therapeutic window and are predominantly metabolized through CYP3A4/5; systemic corticosteroids ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug, or who have not fully recovered from side effects of such treatment; concomitant medications with a known risk to prolong the QT interval and/or known to cause torsades de points that cannot be discontinued or replaced by safe alternative medication. * Pregnant or breast-feeding (lactating) women or women who plan to become pregnant or breast-feed during the study * Women of child-bearing potential unless they are using highly effective methods of contraception during the study treatment and for 21 days after stopping the study treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Up to 26 months | These are the number of participants who had adverse events or serious adverse events regardless of whether is was suspected to be drug-related or not |
| Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Up to 26 months | These are the percentage of participants that had adverse events or serious adverse events regardless of whether is was suspected to be drug-related or not |
Countries
United States
Participant flow
Recruitment details
The study was closed early for recruitment and amended into an open-label, multi-centre, Phase II, conducted in the US only. A total of 54 patients were enrolled and randomized (26 in the ribociclib + ET arm and 28 in placebo + ET arm) at the time of recruitment closure. All randomized patients were unblinded. Patients randomized to placebo were permanently discontinued from the study and patients on ribociclib + ET were offered the option to continue treatment.
Pre-assignment details
Approximately 2000 patients were planned to be enrolled in the study.
Participants by arm
| Arm | Count |
|---|---|
| Ribociclib + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) Patients in this arm took Ribociclib in combination with standard adjuvant endocrine therapy. ET was one of these 4: Letrozole, Anastrozole, Exemestane, Tamoxifen (Tamoxifen no longer permitted after protocol amendment 2) | 26 |
| Placebo + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) Patients in this arm took Placebo in combination with standard adjuvant endocrine therapy. ET was one of these 4: Letrozole, Anastrozole, Exemestane, Tamoxifen | 28 |
| Total | 54 |
Withdrawals & dropouts
| Period | Reason | FG000 | FG001 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Study | Adverse Event | 4 | 0 |
| Overall Study | Physician Decision | 1 | 0 |
| Overall Study | Subject/guardian decision | 8 | 1 |
| Overall Study | Terminated by Sponsor = early terminated recruitment | 0 | 23 |
| Overall Study | Untreated | 0 | 4 |
Baseline characteristics
| Characteristic | Placebo + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Total | Ribociclib + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Continuous | 54.7 Years STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.04 | 55.7 Years STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.11 | 56.7 Years STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.23 |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized Asian | 3 Participants | 5 Participants | 2 Participants |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized Black | 4 Participants | 7 Participants | 3 Participants |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized Caucasian | 19 Participants | 37 Participants | 18 Participants |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized Other | 1 Participants | 3 Participants | 2 Participants |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized Unknown | 1 Participants | 2 Participants | 1 Participants |
| Sex: Female, Male Female | 28 Participants | 54 Participants | 26 Participants |
| Sex: Female, Male Male | 0 Participants | 0 Participants | 0 Participants |
Adverse events
| Event type | EG000 affected / at risk | EG001 affected / at risk |
|---|---|---|
| deaths Total, all-cause mortality | 0 / 26 | 0 / 24 |
| other Total, other adverse events | 25 / 26 | 19 / 24 |
| serious Total, serious adverse events | 4 / 26 | 2 / 24 |
Outcome results
Primary
Number of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events
These are the number of participants who had adverse events or serious adverse events regardless of whether is was suspected to be drug-related or not
Time frame: Up to 26 months
Population: Safety set includes all patients who received at least one dose of any component of study treatment
| Arm | Measure | Group | Value (NUMBER) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ribociclib + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Number of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Serious Adverse Events | 4 Participants |
| Ribociclib + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Number of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Adverse Events | 25 Participants |
| Placebo + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Number of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Serious Adverse Events | 2 Participants |
| Placebo + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Number of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Adverse Events | 21 Participants |
Primary
Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events
These are the percentage of participants that had adverse events or serious adverse events regardless of whether is was suspected to be drug-related or not
Time frame: Up to 26 months
Population: Safety set includes all patients who received at least one dose of any component of study treatment
| Arm | Measure | Group | Value (NUMBER) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ribociclib + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Adverse Events | 96.2 Percentage of participants |
| Ribociclib + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Serious Adverse Events | 15.4 Percentage of participants |
| Placebo + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Adverse Events | 87.5 Percentage of participants |
| Placebo + Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (ET) | Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events | Serious Adverse Events | 8.3 Percentage of participants |