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A Study of LY3484356 in Women With Breast Cancer Before Having Surgery

EMBER-2: A Phase 1, Open-Label, Preoperative Window Study Evaluating the Biological Effects of LY3484356 in Post-menopausal Women With Stage I-III Estrogen Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04647487
Acronym
EMBER-2
Enrollment
87
Registered
2020-12-01
Start date
2021-04-21
Completion date
2022-11-11
Last updated
2025-11-12

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

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

SERD

Brief summary

The purpose for this study is to see if the study drug, LY3484356, is safe and to determine what effects it has on breast cancer in participants with Estrogen Receptor Positive (ER+), HER2 Negative (HER2-) early stage (stage I-III) breast cancer, when given prior to surgery. Participation in this study could last up to 2.5 months.

Interventions

Administered orally.

Sponsors

Eli Lilly and Company
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Have histologically confirmed invasive ER+, HER2- breast carcinoma * Be willing and able to provide pre- and on-treatment tumor samples * Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale * Have adequate organ function * Be able to swallow capsules * Be a postmenopausal woman

Exclusion criteria

* Have bilateral invasive breast cancer * Have metastatic breast cancer * Plan to receive concurrent neoadjuvant therapy with any other non-protocol anti-cancer therapy * Have had prior therapy (of any kind) for an invasive or non-invasive breast cancer * Have had prior radiotherapy to the ipsilateral chest wall for any malignancy * Have had prior anti-estrogen therapy with raloxifene, tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitor, or other selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), either for osteoporosis or prevention of breast cancer * Have had prior hormone-replacement therapy within 4 weeks of the start of study treatment * Have had major surgery within 28 days prior to randomization to allow for post-operative healing of the surgical wound and site(s) * Have certain infections such as hepatitis or tuberculosis or HIV that are not well controlled * Have another serious medical condition * Have a history of any other cancer (except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in-situ of the cervix), unless in complete remission with no therapy for a minimum of 3 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percent Change From Baseline in Estrogen Receptor (ER) ExpressionBaseline, Day 15Tumor tissue collected by biopsy is used to determine ER expression. ER expression is measured by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and quantified by H-score. The H-score was calculated as the sum of multiplying the tumor cell ER staining intensity level 0 to 3 (0=none, 1=low, 2=moderate, 3=high) by the percentage (0 to 100) of cells at each intensity. Total ER H-score ranged from 0 to 300, where a higher score indicated stronger ER expression. Percent change in ER expression was defined as 100\*(ER expression on-treatment - ER expression pre-treatment)/(ER expression pre-treatment). Geometric mean percent change and 90 percent (%) confidence interval for percent change were obtained from a t-test of the log ratio i.e. log(ER expression on-treatment/ER expression pre-treatment).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percent Change From Baseline in Ki-67Baseline, Day 15Tumor tissue collected by biopsy is used to determine Ki-67 expression. It is measured by IHC and the Ki-67 index is defined as the percent of cells staining positive by validated central assay. Percent change in Ki-67 index was defined as 100\*(Ki-67 index on-treatment - Ki-67 index pre-treatment)/(Ki-67 index pre-treatment). Geometric mean percent change and 90 percent (%) confidence interval for percent change were obtained from a t-test of the log ratio i.e. log(Ki-67 index on-treatment/Ki-67 index pre-treatment).
Percent Change From Baseline in Progesterone Receptor (PR) ExpressionBaseline, Day 15Tumor tissue collected by biopsy is used to determine PR expression. PR expression is measured by IHC and quantified by H-score. The H-score was calculated as the sum of multiplying the tumor cell ER staining intensity level 0 to 3 (0=none, 1=low, 2=moderate, 3=high) by the percentage (0 to 100) of cells at each intensity. Total PR H-score ranged from 0 to 300, where a higher score indicated stronger PR expression. Percent change in PR expression was defined as 100\*(PR expression on-treatment - PR expression pre-treatment)/(PR expression pre-treatment). Geometric mean percent change and 90 percent (%) confidence interval for percent change were obtained from a t-test of the log ratio i.e. log(PR expression on-treatment/PR expression pre-treatment).
Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 1: 3.5 hours (h) postdose; Day 8: Predose; Day 8: 3.5 h postdosePlasma Concentration of LY3484356 evaluated using sparse sampling methodology

Countries

Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
200 mg LY3484356
Participants received 200 mg LY3484356 administered orally once daily for 15 days
28
400 mg LY3484356
Participants received 400 mg LY3484356 administered orally once daily for 15 days
30
800 mg LY3484356
Participants received 800 mg LY3484356 administered orally once daily for 15 days
28
Total86

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002
Overall StudyProtocol Deviation001
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject102

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic200 mg LY3484356Total800 mg LY3484356400 mg LY3484356
Age, Continuous63.0 years63.5 years64.0 years63.5 years
Estrogen Receptor (ER) Expression256.82 H-score
STANDARD_DEVIATION 42.33
281.07 H-score
STANDARD_DEVIATION 30.35
292.5 H-score
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.36
289.81 H-score
STANDARD_DEVIATION 17.18
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants8 Participants5 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
27 Participants77 Participants23 Participants27 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Belgium
6 Participants19 Participants7 Participants6 Participants
Region of Enrollment
France
0 Participants2 Participants1 Participants1 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Germany
5 Participants18 Participants6 Participants7 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Spain
6 Participants28 Participants9 Participants13 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United Kingdom
1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
10 Participants18 Participants5 Participants3 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
28 Participants86 Participants28 Participants30 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 280 / 300 / 28
other
Total, other adverse events
15 / 2812 / 3015 / 28
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 282 / 301 / 28

Outcome results

Primary

Percent Change From Baseline in Estrogen Receptor (ER) Expression

Tumor tissue collected by biopsy is used to determine ER expression. ER expression is measured by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and quantified by H-score. The H-score was calculated as the sum of multiplying the tumor cell ER staining intensity level 0 to 3 (0=none, 1=low, 2=moderate, 3=high) by the percentage (0 to 100) of cells at each intensity. Total ER H-score ranged from 0 to 300, where a higher score indicated stronger ER expression. Percent change in ER expression was defined as 100\*(ER expression on-treatment - ER expression pre-treatment)/(ER expression pre-treatment). Geometric mean percent change and 90 percent (%) confidence interval for percent change were obtained from a t-test of the log ratio i.e. log(ER expression on-treatment/ER expression pre-treatment).

Time frame: Baseline, Day 15

Population: All enrolled participants with analyzable baseline and posttreatment data.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)
200 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Estrogen Receptor (ER) Expression-88.89 percent change
400 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Estrogen Receptor (ER) Expression-81.50 percent change
800 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Estrogen Receptor (ER) Expression-70.13 percent change
Secondary

Percent Change From Baseline in Ki-67

Tumor tissue collected by biopsy is used to determine Ki-67 expression. It is measured by IHC and the Ki-67 index is defined as the percent of cells staining positive by validated central assay. Percent change in Ki-67 index was defined as 100\*(Ki-67 index on-treatment - Ki-67 index pre-treatment)/(Ki-67 index pre-treatment). Geometric mean percent change and 90 percent (%) confidence interval for percent change were obtained from a t-test of the log ratio i.e. log(Ki-67 index on-treatment/Ki-67 index pre-treatment).

Time frame: Baseline, Day 15

Population: All enrolled participants with analyzable baseline and posttreatment data.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)
200 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Ki-67-68.56 percent change
400 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Ki-67-70.61 percent change
800 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Ki-67-72.28 percent change
Secondary

Percent Change From Baseline in Progesterone Receptor (PR) Expression

Tumor tissue collected by biopsy is used to determine PR expression. PR expression is measured by IHC and quantified by H-score. The H-score was calculated as the sum of multiplying the tumor cell ER staining intensity level 0 to 3 (0=none, 1=low, 2=moderate, 3=high) by the percentage (0 to 100) of cells at each intensity. Total PR H-score ranged from 0 to 300, where a higher score indicated stronger PR expression. Percent change in PR expression was defined as 100\*(PR expression on-treatment - PR expression pre-treatment)/(PR expression pre-treatment). Geometric mean percent change and 90 percent (%) confidence interval for percent change were obtained from a t-test of the log ratio i.e. log(PR expression on-treatment/PR expression pre-treatment).

Time frame: Baseline, Day 15

Population: All enrolled participants with analyzable baseline and posttreatment data.

ArmMeasureValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)
200 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Progesterone Receptor (PR) Expression-85.44 percent change
400 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Progesterone Receptor (PR) Expression-75.56 percent change
800 mg LY3484356Percent Change From Baseline in Progesterone Receptor (PR) Expression-82.01 percent change
Secondary

Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356

Plasma Concentration of LY3484356 evaluated using sparse sampling methodology

Time frame: Day 1: 3.5 hours (h) postdose; Day 8: Predose; Day 8: 3.5 h postdose

Population: All enrolled participants who received at least one full dose of study drug and have at least one postbaseline evaluable PK sample.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (GEOMETRIC_MEAN)Dispersion
200 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 8 (Predose)33.0 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 70
200 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 1 (3.5 h Postdose)25.3 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 74
200 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 8 (3.5 h Postdose)55.2 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 58
400 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 8 (Predose)74.3 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 77
400 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 8 (3.5 h Postdose)120 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 63
400 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 1 (3.5 h Postdose)86.9 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 82
800 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 1 (3.5 h Postdose)106 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 107
800 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 8 (3.5 h Postdose)225 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 77
800 mg LY3484356Pharmacokinetics (PK): Plasma Concentration of LY3484356Day 8 (Predose)99.6 nanograms/milliliter (ng/mL)Geometric Coefficient of Variation 87

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026