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Ribociclib vs. Palbociclib in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer Within the HER2-Enriched Intrinsic Subtype

A Phase III, Multicenter, Open-label Study of Ribociclib vs. Palbociclib in Patients With Advanced Hormone Receptor-positive/HER2-negative/HER2-Enriched Breast Cancer - HARMONIA Trial

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05207709
Acronym
HARMONIA
Enrollment
61
Registered
2022-01-26
Start date
2022-03-28
Completion date
2026-03-26
Last updated
2026-06-25

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

Conditions

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Keywords

PAM50, intrinsic subtype, HER2-Enriched

Brief summary

HARMONIA is an international, multicenter, randomized, open-label and phase III study. The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate that the combination of ribociclib with endocrine therapy (letrozole or fulvestrant) is superior to palbociclib with endocrine therapy (letrozole or fulvestrant) in prolonging progression-free survival in patients with advanced HR+/HER2- and HER2-E breast cancer. The study will enroll approximately 456 patients with HER2-E disease from approximately 95 sites worldwide. In addition, the HARMONIA trial will include an exploratory cohort of patients with HR+/HER2- and Basal-like disease treated with paclitaxel +/- Tislelizumab. This cohort does not have a predefined sample size and the objective is only exploratory, given the suggested lack of efficacy of the combinations of hormone therapy and CDK4/6 inhibitors in this subgroup of patients. Enrolment into the basal-like cohort will stop once the HER2-E disease cohort is fully enrolled.

Interventions

DRUGRibociclib + Letrozole OR Fulvestrant

Endocrine Therapy will be selected by the investigator. For premenopausal women and men: LHRH agonist once every 4 weeks

Endocrine Therapy will be selected by the investigator. For premenopausal women and men: LHRH agonist once every 4 weeks

DRUGPaclitaxel +/- Tislelizumab

Patients in this arm could receive as the first line of therapy

Sponsors

SOLTI Breast Cancer Research Group
Lead SponsorOTHER
Novartis
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.
CollaboratorOTHER

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

Main Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically documented HR-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer by local testing * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1. * advanced (loco regionally recurrent not amenable to curative therapy or metastatic) breast cancer. * Availability of FFPE tumor block for biomarker analysis, obtained during metastatic period. * HER2-E or Basal-like subtype as per central PAM50 analysis. * Measurable disease or non-measurable disease, as defined by RECIST v1.1 * Adequate hematologic and end-organ function * Patient must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other trial procedures. * Women of childbearing potential must have confirmed negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to randomization. * Women of CBP must be willing to use highly effective methods of contraception. * Patient must have a 6-lead or 12-lead ECG with ALL of the following parameters at screening: * QTcF interval (QT interval using Fridericia's correction) at screening \< 450 msec. * Resting heart rate 50-90 beats per minute (determined from the ECG). Main

Exclusion criteria

* Prior therapy with any CDK4/6 inhibitors. * Patient has received prior treatment with chemotherapy for advanced/metastatic breast cancer

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-free survivalFrom date of randomization until the date of first documented progression, death, lost of follow-up, withdraw consent or the study is terminated by SOLTI, whichever occurs first, assessed up to approximately 62 months after the first patient enrolledusing RECIST 1.1 criteria, as assessed by local radiologists/investigators

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-free survival 2From randomization until documented progression to second line of therapy, death, lost of follow-up, withdraw consent or the study is terminated by SOLTI, whichever occurs first, assessed up to approximately 62 months after the first patient enrolleddefined as the time from randomization to first documented progression on next-line therapy or death, whichever occurs first
Overall Survivaluntil patient death, assessed up to approximately 62 months after the first patient enrolledthe proportion of exitus patients
Overall response and clinical benefituntil disease progression or 24 weeks from treatment start.defined as percentage of patients with CR, PR per RECIST 1.1 or SD lasting 24 weeks or longer, as defined by RECIST 1.1.
Time to response and duration of responsetime from treatment start to response and time from response to disease progression, assessed up to approximately 62 months after the first patient enrolleddefined per RECIST 1.1
Adverse events (safety)from randomization/enrollment to end of study assessed up to approximately 62 months after the first patient enrolledOccurrence /severity of AEs, laboratory abnormalities, discontinuation rates, dose reductions/interruptions

Countries

Portugal, Spain, United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAleix Prat, MD

Hospital Clínic of Barcelona / SOLTI

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORLisa A Carey, MD

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORDan G Stover, MD

Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORTomás Pascual, MD

Hospital Clínic of Barcelona / SOLTI cancer research group

Outcome results

None listed

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