Phase Ib Trial of LEE011 With Everolimus (RAD001) and Exemestane in the Treatment of Hormone Receptor Positive HER2 Negative Advanced Breast Cancer

A Phase Ib Trial of LEE011 in Combination With Everolimus (RAD001) and Exemestane in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2 Negative Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

Dose Escalation part of the study: To estimate the MTD(s) and/ or RP2D of LEE011 in combination with everolimus + exemestane, and LEE011 in combination with exemestane, and to characterize the safety and tolerability of the combinations of everolimus + exemestane + LEE011 and LEE011 + exemestane in patients with ER+ HER2- advanced breast cancer

Dose Expansion part of the study: To characterize the safety and tolerability of the triplet combination of LEE011 + everolimus + exemestane in patients naïve or refractory to CDK4/6 inhibitor based therapy, and the safety and tolerability of the doublet combination of LEE011 + exemestane in patients refractory to CDK4/6 inhibitor based therapy (except patients treated with prior LEE011 are not allowed in Group 3).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: ribociclib (LEE011); Drug: Exemestane; Drug: Everolimus (RAD001)

Detailed Description

The primary purpose of the phase Ib part of this study is to determine the maximum tolerated dose(s) (MTD(s)) and/or recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of LEE011 + everolimus + exemestane in patients with ER+ Her2- advanced breast cancer. This part of the study will also assess safety, tolerability, and PK of the LEE011 + exemestane, LEE011 + everolimus + exemestane combinations.

The Dose Expansion part of the study will evaluate the triple combination of LEE011 + everolimus + exemestane and the double combination of LEE011 + exemestane for safety and tolerability.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 132
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Wilrijk, Belgium, 2610
    • Novartis Investigative Site
• France
  • Saint Herblain cedex, France, 44805
    • Novartis Investigative Site
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Novartis Investigative Site
• Spain
  • Catalunya
    • Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, 08035
      • Novartis Investigative Site
    • Hospitalet de LLobregat, Catalunya, Spain, 08907
      • Novartis Investigative Site
• United States
  • Arkansas
    • Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, 72703
      • Highlands Oncology Group
  • Florida
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
      • Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Main Center
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
      • Massachusetts General Hospital Onc Dept
  • Michigan
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
      • Karmanos Cancer Institute Dept of Onc
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10017
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Oncology Dept.
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
      • Oregon Health and Science University SC-5
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Onc Dept
  • Washington
    • Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405
      • Northwest Medical Specialties

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult women (≥ 18 years of age) with metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer
• Histological or cytological confirmation of ER+ breast cancer in dose escalation and HR+ breast cancer in dose expansion
• A representative tumor specimen must be available for molecular testing.
• Postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal status is defined either by:
• Age ≥ 18 with prior bilateral oophorectomy
• Age ≥ 60 years
• Age <60 years with amenorrhea for at least 12 months and both follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol levels are in postmenopausal range (according to the local laboratory)
• Recurrence while on, or within 12 months of end of adjuvant treatment with letrozole or anastrozole, or
• Progression while on, or within one month of end of letrozole or anastrozole treatment for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

• Patients must have:

  • Measurable disease*: At least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension ≥ 20 mm with conventional imaging techniques or ≥ 10 mm with spiral CT or MRI or
  • Bone lesions: lytic or mixed (lytic + sclerotic) in the absence of measurable disease as defined above.
• ECOG Performance Status 0-1.
• Fasting serum cholesterol ≤ 300 mg/dl or 7.75 mmol/L and fasting triglycerides ≤ 2.5 × ULN. In case one or both of these thresholds are exceeded, the patient can only be included after initiation of statin therapy and when the above mentioned values have been achieved

• Standard 12-lead ECG values defined as the mean of the triplicate ECGs and assessed by the central laboratory.

  • QTcF interval at screening < 450 msec (using Fridericia's correction).
  • Resting heart rate 50-90 bpm

Exclusion Criteria:

• HER2-overexpressing patients by local laboratory testing (IHC 3+ staining or in situ hybridization positive).
• Patients who received more than one chemotherapy line for advanced breast cancer.
• Previous treatment with exemestane or mTOR inhibitors* (Note:

Patients with disease refractory to prior LEE011 are excluded for dose expansion Group 3 only).

• History of brain or other CNS metastases.
• Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease and/or recent cardiac repolarization abnormality including any of the following:
• History of myocardial infarction (MI), angina pectoris, symptomatic pericarditis, or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) within 6 months prior to study entry
• Documented cardiomyopathy
• Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50% as determined by Multiple Gated acquisition scan (MUGA) or echocardiogram (ECHO)
• Long QT syndrome or family history of idiopathic sudden death or congenital long QT syndrome, and etc.
• Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias, complete left bundle branch block, high-grade AV block
• Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) >160 or <90 mmHg
• Patients who are currently receiving treatment with agents that are known to cause QTc prolongation in humans
• Patients who are currently receiving treatment (within 7 days prior to starting study treatment) with strong and moderate inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4/5, substrates of CYP3A4/5 with a narrow therapeutic index or Herbal preparations/medications (Refer to Section 6.4 and Appendix 3)

Inclusion Criteria Exceptions for Phase Ib Dose Expansion patients:

Dose Expansion part of the study has 3 groups, following are the Inclusion Criteria exceptions for these 3 groups

1. Group 1 - Patients must not have received prior treatment with any CDK4/6 inhibitors
2. Group 2 - Patients must have disease progression while on or within one month after CDK4/6 inhibitor based therapy
3. Group 3 - Patients must have disease progression while on or within one month after CDK4/6 inhibitor based therapy (except those patients who received prior LEE011 based therapy).

Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion may apply.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: L-R-E arm; Participants who took ribociclib (LEE011), everolimus (RAD001) and exemestane triple combination	Drug: ribociclib (LEE011); LEE011 is taken orally once per day for 21 days of each 28 day cycle. LEE011 comes in 50 mg and 200 mg capsules.; Other Names: LEE011; Drug: Exemestane; Exemestane is taken orally once per day. Exemestane comes in 25 mg tablets.; Drug: Everolimus (RAD001); Everolimus is taken orally once per day. Everolimus comes in 1 mg, 2.5 mg, 5mg, and 7.5 mg tablets; Other Names: RAD001
Experimental: L-E arm; Participants who ribociclib (LEE011) and exemestane double combination	Drug: ribociclib (LEE011); LEE011 is taken orally once per day for 21 days of each 28 day cycle. LEE011 comes in 50 mg and 200 mg capsules.; Other Names: LEE011; Drug: Exemestane; Exemestane is taken orally once per day. Exemestane comes in 25 mg tablets.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dose Escalation: Incidence of Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)	DLT is defined as treatment-related toxicity (classified according Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4) occurring during the first 28 treatment days and meeting specific protocol-predefined criteria.	At the end of Cycle 1 (each cycle is 28 days)
Dose Expansion: Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)	Adverse events were collected for approximately 4.5 years for dose expansion including the 30 days safety follow-up period.	Approximately 4.5 years after FPFV

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dose Escalation: Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)	Adverse events were collected for approximately 6.5 years for dose escalation including the 30 days safety follow-up period.	Approximately 6.5 years after FPFV
Dose Escalation and Expansion: Overall Response Rate (ORR)	Overall Response Rate (ORR) is defined as the proportion of participants with a best overall response of complete response or partial response.	Approximately 6.5 years for Dose Escalation and 4.5 years for Dose Espansion after FPFV
Dose Escalation and Expansion: Disease Control Rate (DCR)	Disease Control Rate (DCR) is the proportion of patients with a best overall response of Complete Response or Partial Response or Stable Disease.	Approximately 6.5 years for Dose Escalation and 4.5 years for Dose expansion after FPFV
Dose Escalation and Expansion: Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)	Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) is the Complete Response, Partial Response, or Stable Disease lasting 24 weeks or longer	Approximately 6.5 years for Dose Escalation and 4.5 years for Dose Espansion after FPFV
Dose Expansion: Duration of Response (DOR)	Duration of Response (DOR) is calculated as the time from the date of first documented response (complete response (CR) or partial response (PR)) to the first documented date of progression or death due to underlying cancer. The DOR is not applicable as none of the patients in the expansion treatment groups (triplet treatment naive, triplet treatment refractory and doublet treatment refractory) had a CR or PR	Approximately 4.5 years for dose expansion after FPFV
Dose Expansion: Progression Free Survival (PFS)	Progression Free Survival (PFS) is defined as the time from date of randomization/start of treatment to the date of event defined as the first documented progression or death due to any cause. If a patient has not had an event, progression-free survival is censored at the date of last adequate tumor assessment.	Approximately 4.5 years after FPFV
Dose Escalation: Pharmacokinetics (PK) parameter: AUC0-24h at Day 1 of Cycle 1	AUC0-24h is the area under the drug concentration-time curve during a dosing interval (mass x time x volume-1).	6 Cycles of treatment (28 day cycles): Cycle 1 Day 1
Dose Escalation: Pharmacokinetics (PK) parameter: AUC0-24h at at Day 15 of Cycle 1	AUC0-24h is the area under the drug concentration-time curve during a dosing interval (mass x time x volume-1).	6 Cycles of treatment (28 day cycles): Cycle 1 Day 15
Dose Escalation: Pharmacokinetics (PK) parameter: Cmax at Day 1 of Cycle 1	Cmax is the maximum observed drug concentration after drug administration (mass x volume-1).	6 Cycles of treatment (28 day cycles): Cycle 1 Day 1
Dose Escalation: Pharmacokinetics (PK) parameter: Cmax at Day 15 of Cycle 1	Cmax is the maximum observed drug concentration after drug administration (mass x volume-1).	6 Cycles of treatment (28 day cycles): Cycle 1 Day 15
Dose Escalation: Pharmacokinetics (PK) parameter: Tmax at Day 1 of Cycle 1	Tmax is the time to reach maximum plasma/blood/serum drug concentration (time).	6 Cycles of treatment (28 day cycles): Cycle 1 Day 1
Dose Escalation: Pharmacokinetics (PK) parameter: Tmax at Day 15 of Cycle 1	Tmax is the time to reach maximum plasma/blood/serum drug concentration (time).	6 Cycles of treatment (28 day cycles): Cycle 15 Day 1
Dose Escalation: Pharmacokinetics (PK) parameter: Racc at Day 15 of Cycle 1	Racc is the accumulation ratio calculated as AUCtau,ss / AUCtau,sd	6 Cycles of treatment (28 day cycles): Cycle 15 Day 1

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Results for CLEE011X2106 from the Novartis Clinical Trials Website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 6, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 14, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): April 16, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 16, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 16, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): May 20, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 13, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 8, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: HER2 negative; LEE011; everolimus; Open label; advanced breast cancer; mTOR; dose escalation; ER+; CDK4/6; HR positive
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Breast Neoplasms; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Hormone Antagonists; Aromatase Inhibitors; Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors; Estrogen Antagonists; Everolimus; Exemestane
• Other Study ID Numbers: CLEE011X2106

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No