Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy With or Without Fulvestrant for the Treatment of HR Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer With an ERS1 Activating Mutation, the INTERACT Study

INTERACT- Integrated Evaluation of Resistance and Actionability Using Circulating Tumor DNA in HR Positive Metastatic Breast Cancers

This phase II trial studies how well letrozole, anastrozole, or fulvestrant work when given together with ribociclib, palbociclib, and/or abemaciclib in treating patients with hormone receptor (HR) positive breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and has an ERS1 activating mutation. Letrozole, anastrozole, ribociclib, palbociclib, and abemaciclib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using fulvestrant may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells. It is not yet known if giving letrozole, anastrozole, or fulvestrant with ribociclib, palbociclib, and/or abemaciclib will work better in treating patients with breast cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Prognostic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Metastatic Breast Carcinoma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Palbociclib; Drug: Abemaciclib; Drug: Ribociclib; Drug: Letrozole; Drug: Anastrozole; Drug: Fulvestrant

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To assess progression free survival (PFS) with transition to fulvestrant compared with continuing aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy in patients with emergence of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) mutations in plasma.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) ESR1 mutant allele fraction (MAF) and kinetics with fulvestrant compared with AI.

II. To assess the prevalence of ESR1 mutations in patients with secondary resistance to endocrine therapy.

III. To correlate ctDNA with cancer antigens (CA) 15-3 tumor marker changes. IV. To assess overall survival (OS) with transition to fulvestrant compared with continuing AI therapy in patients with emergence of ESR1 mutations.

V. To assess PFS and time to next treatment (TTNT) on next line of therapy after progression on fulvestrant versus (vs.) AI in combination with CDKI.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Characterize other co-existing actionable genomic alterations of interest in relation to ESR1 and clinical outcomes.

II. To determine frequency of other actionable genomic alterations and frequency of enrollment on genotype-matched therapy.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM I: Patients receive ribociclib orally (PO) once daily (QD), palbociclib PO QD on days 1-21, and/or abemaciclib PO twice daily (BID) on days 1-28. Patients also receive fulvestrant intramuscularly (IM) for 2 injections over 1-2 minutes each on days 1 and 15 of cycle 1 and day 2 of subsequent cycles. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM II: Patients receive ribociclib orally PO QD, palbociclib PO QD on days 1-21, and/or abemaciclib PO BID on days 1-28. Patients also receive letrozole PO QD or anastrozole PO QD on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 30 days.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 4
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Senthilkumar Damodaran, MD; Phone Number: 713-792-2817; Email: sdamodaran@mdanderson.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10^9/L
• Platelets >= 50 x 10^9/L
• Hemoglobin (Hb) >= 9 g/dL
• Total serum bilirubin =< 2.0 mg/dL
• Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (=< 5 x ULN in patients with liver metastases)
• Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN
• Activating ESR1 mutation (e.g. D538G, Y537S/N, S463P) identified on ctDNA. Novel ESR1 alterations allowed as per discretion of principal investigator (PI)
• On AI with CDK4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib) as first line therapy for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) for at least 12 months without evidence of clinical progression
• Patients with histologically confirmed HR positive (estrogen receptor [ER] positive [+] and/or progesterone receptor [PR]+ [> 10%]), MBC

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or lactating women
• Received prior therapy for MBC (except for AI use for up to 4 weeks prior to initiation of CDK4/6 inhibitor)
• Prior therapy with fulvestrant in the metastatic setting
• Corrected QT (QTc) interval > 480 msec, Brugada syndrome or known history of QTc prolongation or Torsade de Pointes
• Psychiatric illness which would limit informed consent
• Patients with de novo metastatic disease
• Patients who have any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions such as: unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction =< 6 months prior to enrollment, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or any other clinically significant cardiac disease, active (acute or chronic) or uncontrolled severe infection, liver disease such as cirrhosis, decompensated liver disease, and active and chronic hepatitis (i.e. quantifiable hepatitis B virus [HBV]-DNA and/or positive hepatitis B surface antigen [HbsAg], quantifiable hepatitis C virus [HCV]-ribonucleic acid [RNA]), severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C)
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy
• Expected survival < 6 months
• Any serious medical illness, other than that treated by this study, which would limit survival to less than 1 month
• Patients with a history of non-compliance to medical regimens or who are considered potentially unreliable or will not be able to complete the entire study
• Patients who are currently part of or have participated in any clinical investigation with an investigational drug within 1 month prior to dosing
• Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP), defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, must use highly effective methods of contraception during the study and 8 weeks after the end of treatment. Highly effective contraception methods include combination of any two of the following: placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (IUS); barrier methods of contraception: condom or occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault caps) with spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/vaginal suppository; total abstinence or; male/female sterilization
• Male patients whose sexual partner(s) are WOCBP who are not willing to use adequate contraception, during the study and for 8 weeks after the end of treatment

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm I (ribociclib, palbociclib, abemaciclib, fulvestrant); Patients receive ribociclib PO QD, palbociclib PO QD on days 1-21, and/or abemaciclib PO BID on days 1-28. Patients also receive fulvestrant IM for 2 injections over 1-2 minutes each on days 1 and 15 of cycle 1 and day 2 of subsequent cycles. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Drug: Palbociclib; Given PO; Other Names: Ibrance; 6-Acetyl-8-cyclopentyl-5-methyl-2-((5-(piperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)amino)-8h-pyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidin-7-one; PD 0332991; PD 332991; PD 991; PD-0332991; Drug: Abemaciclib; Given PO; Other Names: LY-2835219; LY2835219; Verzenio; Drug: Ribociclib; Given PO; Other Names: LEE011; Kisqali; LEE-011; Drug: Fulvestrant; Given IM; Other Names: Faslodex; Faslodex(ICI 182,780); ICI 182,780; ICI 182780; ZD9238
Active Comparator: Arm II (ribociclib, palbociclib, abemaciclib, letrozole); Patients receive ribociclib orally PO QD, palbociclib PO QD on days 1-21, and/or abemaciclib PO BID on days 1-28. Patients also receive letrozole PO QD or anastrozole PO QD on days 1-28. Cycles repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Drug: Palbociclib; Given PO; Other Names: Ibrance; 6-Acetyl-8-cyclopentyl-5-methyl-2-((5-(piperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)amino)-8h-pyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidin-7-one; PD 0332991; PD 332991; PD 991; PD-0332991; Drug: Abemaciclib; Given PO; Other Names: LY-2835219; LY2835219; Verzenio; Drug: Ribociclib; Given PO; Other Names: LEE011; Kisqali; LEE-011; Drug: Letrozole; Given PO; Other Names: CGS 20267; Femara; Drug: Anastrozole; Given PO; Other Names: Arimidex; Anastrazole; ICI D1033; ICI-D1033; ZD-1033

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-free survival (PFS)	Survival curves for PFS will be analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and survival difference across groups will be examined by log rank test. Will estimate the treatment comparison with 95% confidence intervals and p-value using Cox proportional hazards regression and we will assess the proportional hazard assumption using graphs of rescaled Schoenfeld residuals and related tests.	Up to 30 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) ESR1 mutant allele fraction (MAF) and kinetics	Graphical analysis, such as scatter plots with Lowess smoothers, will be used to assess the correlative structure of outcomes and compare MAF between fulvestrant and aromatase inhibitor-treated groups. The Pearson correlation, or its non-parametric analogue, the Spearman correlation, will be used to estimate the linear correlation among variables.	Up to 30 days
Prevalence of Emergence of Estrogen Receptor 1 (ESR1) mutations	Will be assessed by the secondary resistance of endocrine therapy.	Up to 30 days
Changes in cancer antigens (CA) 15-3 tumor marker	Will correlate ctDNA with CA 15-3 tumor marker changes.	Up to 30 days
Overall survival (OS)	Survival curves for OS will be analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and survival difference across groups will be examined by log rank test. Will estimate the treatment comparison with 95% confidence intervals and p-value using Cox proportional hazards regression and we will assess the proportional hazard assumption using graphs of rescaled Schoenfeld residuals and related tests.	Up to 30 days
Time to next treatment	Will be assessed on next line of therapy after progression.	Up to 30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Senthilkumar Damodaran, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• MD Anderson Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 31, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 22, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): September 22, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 21, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 4, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 5, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 16, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 15, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• 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; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Hormone Antagonists; Aromatase Inhibitors; Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors; Estrogen Antagonists; Estrogen Receptor Antagonists; Letrozole; Fulvestrant; Palbociclib; Anastrozole
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018-0287 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center); NCI-2019-08825 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

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