A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Venetoclax Tablets in Combination With Capecitabine Tablets in Adult Participants With Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Had Disease Progression During or After CDK4/6 Inhibitor Therapy

A Phase 1b Study of Venetoclax and Capecitabine In Subjects With Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Experienced Disease Progression During or After CDK4/6 Inhibitor Therapy

Endocrine therapy is the initial treatment for most hormone receptor positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancers. This study will evaluate the use of venetoclax in combination with capecitabine in adult participants with HR+, HER2-, metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who had disease progression following treatment that included a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor.

Venetoclax is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of breast cancer. This study is open-label meaning both the participants and study doctors will know what treatment is being given. The study includes two phases: dose escalation and dose expansion. In dose escalation, participants will receive various doses of venetoclax in combination with capecitabine. In dose expansion, participants will receive the recommended dose of venetoclax determined during dose escalation in combination with capecitabine. Adult participants with locally advanced or MBC that is not amenable to curative therapy will be enrolled. Around 42 participants will be enrolled at approximately 20 sites worldwide.

Venetoclax and capecitabine will be administered on a 21-day cycle. During dose escalation, participants will take various doses of venetoclax as a tablet by mouth once a day and capecitabine as a tablet by mouth twice per day on days 1 - 14 of each cycle for approximately 30 weeks. During dose expansion, participants will take venetoclax at the dose identified during dose escalation as a tablet by mouth once a day and capecitabine as a tablet by mouth twice per day on days 1 - 14 of each cycle for approximately 30 weeks.

There may be a higher burden for participants in this trial compared to standard of care. Participants will attend weekly visits during the course of the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, and evaluating for side effects.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Cancer; Breast Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Venetoclax; Drug: Capecitabine

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 4
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Berlin, Germany, 10117
    • Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin /ID# 215287
  • Tuebingen, Germany, 72076
    • Universitatsklinikum Tubingen /ID# 217021
  • Baden-Wuerttemberg
    • Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 69120
      • Universitaetsklinik Heidelberg /ID# 214679
  • Thueringen
    • Ulm, Thueringen, Germany, 89081
      • Universitaetsklinikum Ulm /ID# 214678
• Japan
  • Aichi
    • Nagoya-shi, Aichi, Japan, 464-8681
      • Aichi Cancer Center Hospital /ID# 224527
• Puerto Rico
  • Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 00935
    • Pan American Center for Oncology Trials, LLC /ID# 216862
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00917-3104
    • GCM Medical Group PSC - Hato Rey /ID# 216904
• United States
  • Illinois
    • Joliet, Illinois, United States, 60435
      • Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, LTD /ID# 215051
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
      • Massachusetts General Hospital /ID# 214833
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
      • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute /ID# 214832
  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
      • Masonic Cancer Center /ID# 216101
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065-6007
      • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center /ID# 214886
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-5502
      • University of Pennsylvania /ID# 216357
  • South Carolina
    • Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29605
      • Greenville Health System Cance /ID# 216059
  • Tennessee
    • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-6307
      • Vanderbilt University Med Ctr /ID# 213852
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • MD Anderson Cancer Center /ID# 214867
  • Utah
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84106
      • Utah Cancer Specialists /ID# 215375
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
      • Swedish Cancer Institute /ID# 216120

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is hormone receptor positive (HR+) and HER2 negative (HER2-).
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score of 0-1.

• Willing to provide tissue biopsy sample prior to start of study treatment, and in participants with measurable disease, at Day 1 of Cycle 3.

  • Escalation cohort: Able to provide a tissue sample obtained at any time in disease history prior to start of study treatment.
  • Expansion cohort: Able to provide a fresh tissue sample from either primary tumor or metastatic site; if fresh sample collection is deemed unsafe by the investigator, then an archival tissue block is acceptable if obtained at time of most recent progression and within 16 weeks of study treatment.
• Experienced disease progression during or after CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy administered in combination with endocrine therapy for a minimum of 8 weeks prior to progression.

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of receiving systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy in the locally advanced or metastatic setting.
• Received anti-cancer therapy within the previous 21 days prior to the start of study drugs.
• No known uncontrolled metastases to the central nervous system (CNS). Participants with brain metastases are eligible provided they have shown positive clinical and radiographic stable disease for at least 4 weeks after definitive therapy and have not used steroids for at least 2 weeks prior to first dose of study drugs.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dose Escalation: Venetoclax and Capecitabine; Venetoclax at various doses will be administered in combination with capecitabine until a recommended dose is determined.	Drug: Venetoclax; Tablet; Oral; Other Names: Venclexta; ABT-199; Drug: Capecitabine; Tablet; Oral
Experimental: Dose Expansion: Venetoclax and Capecitabine; Venetoclax at the dose identified in Dose Escalation administered in combination with capecitabine.	Drug: Venetoclax; Tablet; Oral; Other Names: Venclexta; ABT-199; Drug: Capecitabine; Tablet; Oral

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of participants with Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)	Adverse events that are considered by the investigator to have a reasonable possibility of relationship to the administration of venetoclax in combination with capecitabine will be considered a DLT.	Up to 21 days after first dose of study drug
Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of venetoclax	Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of venetoclax	Up to 9 days after first dose of study drug
Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of capecitabine	Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of capecitabine.	Up to 9 days after first dose of study drug
Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of 5-fluorouracil	Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) of 5-fluorouracil.	Up to 9 days after first dose of study drug
Time to Cmax (peak time, Tmax) of venetoclax	Time to Cmax (peak time, Tmax) of venetoclax.	Up to 9 days after first dose of study drug
Time to Cmax (peak time, Tmax) of 5-fluorouracil	Time to Cmax (peak time, Tmax) of 5-fluorouracil.	Up to 9 days after first dose of study drug
Time to Cmax (peak time, Tmax) of capecitabine	Time to Cmax (peak time, Tmax) of capecitabine.	Up to 9 days after first dose of study drug
Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for venetoclax up to 24 hours post-dose (AUC0-24)	Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve for venetoclax up to 24 hours post-dose.	Up to 24 hours
Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for capecitabine/5-fluorouracil up to 12 hours post-dose (AUC0-12)	Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve for capecitabine/5-fluorouracil up to 12 hours post-dose.	Up to 12 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: AbbVie

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• This clinical study may be evaluating a usage that is not currently FDA approved. Please see US Prescribing Information for approved uses.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 21, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 8, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): October 8, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 17, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 17, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 29, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 28, 2020
• Last Verified: October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Breast Cancer; Capecitabine; Metastatic; Venetoclax; Locally Advanced; HER2 Negative; Hormone Receptor Positive
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Disease Attributes; Breast Diseases; Disease Progression; Breast Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; Antimetabolites; Antineoplastic Agents; Capecitabine; Venetoclax
• Other Study ID Numbers: M19-992; 2019-003452-36 (EudraCT Number)

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes