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Phase 3 Trial of Elacestrant Versus Standard of Care for the Treatment of ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

Elacestrant Monotherapy vs. Standard of Care for the Treatment of Patients With ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer Following CDK4/6 Inhibitor Therapy: A Phase 3 Randomized, Open-label, Active-controlled, Multicenter Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03778931
Acronym
EMERALD
Enrollment
478
Registered
2018-12-19
Start date
2019-05-10
Completion date
2024-08-22
Last updated
2025-09-15

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Conditions

Breast Cancer

Brief summary

This Phase 3 clinical study compares the efficacy and safety of elacestrant to the standard of care (SoC) options of fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor (AI) in women and men with breast cancer whose disease has advanced on at least one endocrine therapy including a CDK4/6 inhibitor in combination with fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor (AI).

Detailed description

This is an international, multicenter, randomized, open-label, active-controlled, event-driven, Phase 3 clinical study comparing the efficacy and safety of elacestrant to the SoC options of fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor (AI) in postmenopausal women and in men with advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer, either in participants with tumors that harbor mutations in the ligand binding domain (LBD) of the estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) gene (ESR1-mut participants) or in all participants regardless of ESR1 status (ESR1-mut and ESR1 wild type \[ESR1-wt\]) and whose disease has relapsed or progressed on at least one and no more than two prior lines of endocrine therapy (with documented progression), which must have included prior CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy in combination with fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor (AI) and for whom hormonal monotherapy with one of the SoC drugs (fulvestrant, anastrozole, letrozole, exemestane) is an appropriate treatment option.

Interventions

DRUGElacestrant

400 mg/day once daily oral dosing

DRUGStandard of Care

* Fulvestrant: 500 mg administered intramuscularly (IM) into the buttocks as two 5 mL injections on C1D1, C1D15 and C2D1 and Day 1 of every subsequent 28-day cycle * Anastrozole 1 mg/day on a continuous dosing schedule * Letrozole: 2.5 mg/day on a continuous dosing schedule * Exemestane: 25 mg/day on a continuous dosing schedule

Sponsors

Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

Critical Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participants with proven diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the breast with evidence of either locally advanced disease not amenable to resection or radiation therapy with curative intent or metastatic disease not amenable to curative therapy. 2. Participants must be appropriate candidates for endocrine monotherapy 3. Participants must have measurable disease or bone only disease with evaluable lesions 4. Female or male participants age ≥ 18 years; female participants must be postmenopausal women, and male participants must not allow pregnancy with their sperm (abstain, do not donate sperm, et cetera). 5. Participants must have ER+ and HER2- tumor status 6. Participants must have previously received at least one and no more than two lines of endocrine therapy for advanced/metastatic breast cancer and meet additional previous treatment criteria. 7. Participants must have received prior treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor in combination with either fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor (AI) for advanced/metastatic breast cancer (mBC). 8. Participants may have received no more than one line of chemotherapy in the advanced/metastatic setting. Critical

Exclusion criteria

1. Prior treatment with elacestrant or other investigational selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) or ER antagonist (D-0502, GDC-0810, GDC-0927, GDC-9545, G1T-48, LSZ102, AZD9496, SAR439859, ZN-c5, H3B-6545, bazedoxifene, lasofoxifene). 2. Prior anticancer or investigational drug treatment within the following windows: 1. Fulvestrant treatment \< 42 days before first dose of study drug 2. Any endocrine therapy \< 14 days before first dose of study drug 3. Chemotherapy \< 21 days before first dose of study drug 4. Any investigational anti-cancer drug therapy \< 28 days or five half-lives (whichever is shorter) before the first dose of study drug. Enrollment of participants whose most recent therapy was an investigational agent should be discussed with the Sponsor 5. Bisphosphonates or RANKL inhibitors initiated or dose changed \< 3 months prior to first dose of study drug 3. Presence of symptomatic visceral disease as defined in protocol.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-free Survival in ESR1-mut ParticipantsFrom Date of Randomization until Disease Progression or Death Due to Any Cause (up to 12 Months)Progression-free survival based on blinded IRC assessment in ESR1-mut participants defined as the length of time from randomization until the date of objective disease progression per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) as assessed by the blinded IRC or death from any cause. Progression is defined per RECIST v1.1 as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.
Progression-free Survival in All ParticipantsFrom Date of Randomization until Disease Progression or Death Due to Any Cause (up to 12 Months)Progression-free survival based on blinded imaging review committee (IRC) assessment in all (ESR1-mut and ESR1-wt) participants.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival in ESR1-mut ParticipantsFrom Date of Randomization until Death Due to Any Cause (Estimated up to 24 Months)Overall survival in ESR1-mut participants, where overall survival is defined as the length of time from randomization until the date of death from any cause.
Overall Survival in All ParticipantsFrom Date of Randomization until Death Due to Any Cause (Estimated up to 24 Months)Overall survival in all (ESR1-mut and ESR1-wt) participants.

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Elacestrant
Participants in Arm 1 will receive elacestrant Elacestrant: 400 mg/day once daily oral dosing
239
Standard of Care (SoC)
Participants in Arm 2 will receive Investigator's choice of one of the standard-of-care drugs (fulvestrant, anastrozole, letrozole, or exemestane) Standard of Care: * Fulvestrant: 500 mg administered intramuscularly (IM) into the buttocks as two 5 mL injections on C1D1, C1D15 and C2D1 and Day 1 of every subsequent 28-day cycle * Anastrozole 1 mg/day on a continuous dosing schedule * Letrozole: 2.5 mg/day on a continuous dosing schedule * Exemestane: 25 mg/day on a continuous dosing schedule
239
Total478

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyDeath6979
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up41
Overall StudyParticipant Noncompliance11
Overall StudyPhysician Decision13
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject1225

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicElacestrantStandard of Care (SoC)Total
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
104 Participants111 Participants215 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
135 Participants128 Participants263 Participants
Body Mass Index27.58 kg/m^2
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.494
27.92 kg/m^2
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.853
27.75 kg/m^2
STANDARD_DEVIATION 5.673
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status
0: Fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction
143 Participants135 Participants278 Participants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status
1: Restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory & can carry out light, sedentary work
96 Participants103 Participants199 Participants
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status
2: Ambulatory and capable of all selfcare but unable to carry out any work activities
0 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
19 Participants18 Participants37 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
194 Participants191 Participants385 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
26 Participants30 Participants56 Participants
Height162.27 cm
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.86
160.97 cm
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.149
161.62 cm
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.532
Sex: Female, Male
Female
233 Participants238 Participants471 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
6 Participants1 Participants7 Participants
Weight72.70 kg
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.093
72.39 kg
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.39
72.55 kg
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.226

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
70 / 23980 / 239
other
Total, other adverse events
215 / 237195 / 230
serious
Total, serious adverse events
29 / 23725 / 230

Outcome results

Primary

Progression-free Survival in All Participants

Progression-free survival based on blinded imaging review committee (IRC) assessment in all (ESR1-mut and ESR1-wt) participants.

Time frame: From Date of Randomization until Disease Progression or Death Due to Any Cause (up to 12 Months)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ElacestrantProgression-free Survival in All Participants2.79 months
Standard of Care (SoC)Progression-free Survival in All Participants1.91 months
Comparison: The analysis was performed using a stratified Cox Proportional Hazards model with ties=Efron and the stratification factors: prior treatment with fulvestrant (yes vs no) and presence of visceral metastases (yes vs no); the CI calculated using a profile likelihood approach.p-value: 0.001895% CI: [0.552, 0.88]Log Rank
Primary

Progression-free Survival in ESR1-mut Participants

Progression-free survival based on blinded IRC assessment in ESR1-mut participants defined as the length of time from randomization until the date of objective disease progression per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) as assessed by the blinded IRC or death from any cause. Progression is defined per RECIST v1.1 as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.

Time frame: From Date of Randomization until Disease Progression or Death Due to Any Cause (up to 12 Months)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ElacestrantProgression-free Survival in ESR1-mut Participants3.78 months
Standard of Care (SoC)Progression-free Survival in ESR1-mut Participants1.87 months
Comparison: The analysis was performed using a stratified Cox Proportional Hazards model with ties=Efron and the stratification factors: prior treatment with fulvestrant (yes vs no) and presence of visceral metastases (yes vs no); the CI calculated using a profile likelihood approach.p-value: 0.000595% CI: [0.387, 0.768]Log Rank
Secondary

Overall Survival in All Participants

Overall survival in all (ESR1-mut and ESR1-wt) participants.

Time frame: From Date of Randomization until Death Due to Any Cause (Estimated up to 24 Months)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ElacestrantOverall Survival in All ParticipantsNA months
Standard of Care (SoC)Overall Survival in All ParticipantsNA months
p-value: 0.069795% CI: [0.536, 1.025]Log Rank
Secondary

Overall Survival in ESR1-mut Participants

Overall survival in ESR1-mut participants, where overall survival is defined as the length of time from randomization until the date of death from any cause.

Time frame: From Date of Randomization until Death Due to Any Cause (Estimated up to 24 Months)

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
ElacestrantOverall Survival in ESR1-mut ParticipantsNA months
Standard of Care (SoC)Overall Survival in ESR1-mut Participants16.95 months
Comparison: The analysis was performed using a stratified Cox Proportional Hazards model with ties=Efron and the stratification factors: prior treatment with fulvestrant (yes vs no) and presence of visceral metastases (yes vs no); the CI calculated using a profile likelihood approach.p-value: 0.032595% CI: [0.361, 0.958]Log Rank

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 26, 2026