ER+/HER2- Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (ENZENO Study) (ENZENO)

A Phase 1/2, Open-label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Preliminary Antitumor Activity, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of ZB716 as Monotherapy and in Combination With Palbociclib in Patients With Estrogen Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

For patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, blockage of the ER pathway has been proven to be an effective anticancer approach. These patients showed good response to endocrine therapy.

Fulvestrant, the approved SERD as monotherapy or in combination with CDK4/6 inhibitors, showed superior clinical benefit compared to other endocrine therapies. Fulvestrant exhibits differential mechanism of action from other endocrine therapy, such as tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, which indicates that direct blockage of ER might derive better clinical activity.

However, due to its route of administration by intramuscular injection, the clinical application is limited, especially with long term use. In addition, a higher dose of fulvestrant at 500 mg showed better overall survival than the lower dose at 250 mg, suggesting that more profound ER pathway modulation could derive better clinical benefit. Therefore, a SERD with improved oral bioavailability and good safety profile which enables its overdose is anticipated to achieve a more satisfactory clinical outcome with better compliance of clinical use.

Preclinical data indicates that ZB716 is a novel orally bioavailable, selective ERα degrader with full ER antagonism that demonstrates superior properties than Fulvestrant. Thus, it has a potential to be effective therapy for patients with ER-positive breast cancer.

This is the first time ZB716 will be administered to humans. The principal aim of this study is to obtain safety and tolerability data when ZB716 is administered orally as monotherapy and in combination with palbociclib to subjects with ER-positive, HER2 negative advanced breast cancer. This information, together with the PK data, will help establish the doses and dosing regimen suitable for future studies in patients. The PD effect of ZB716 on the select biomarkers for cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 induction (4β hydroxycholesterol) and expression of ER, PgR, and Ki67 will also be investigated. The effect of ZB716 on antitumor activity as measured by objective response rate (ORR), clinical benefit rate (CBR), duration of response (DOR), and PFS rate will also be investigated. The study will also investigate the effects of food on the PK of ZB716 monotherapy.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Metastatic Breast Cancer; Locally Advanced Breast Cancer; HER2-Negative; Estrogen Receptor-Positive
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: ZB716; Drug: Palbociclib

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 106
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: EnhancedBio Inc.; Phone Number: 1-504-236-5452; Email: sophia@enhancedbio.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Zenopharm LLC; Phone Number: 1-609-433-2039; Email: guangdi.wang@zenopharm.com

Study Locations

• Korea, Republic of
  • Seongnam-si, Korea, Republic of, 13496
    • Recruiting
    • CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University
    • Contact: Yong Wha Moon
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 05505
    • Recruiting
    • Asan Medical Center
    • Contact: Sung-Bae Kim
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 06591
    • Recruiting
    • The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
    • Contact: Jieun Lee
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 03722
    • Recruiting
    • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
    • Principal Investigator: Joohyuk Sohn
    • Contact: Joohyuk Sohn
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 02841
    • Recruiting
    • Korea University Anam Hospital
    • Contact: Kyong Hwa Park
  • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 03181
    • Recruiting
    • Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
    • Contact: Yun-Gyoo Lee
  • Gyeonggi-do
    • Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, 10408
      • Recruiting
      • National Cancer Center
      • Contact: Keun Seok Lee
• United States
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
      • Recruiting
      • Swedish Cancer Institute
      • Contact: Fengting Yan
      • Principal Investigator: Fengting Yan

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]

Subjects must satisfy all of the following criteria for study entry:

1. Subjects must be able to understand the nature of the trial and provide a signed and dated, written informed consent form (ICF) prior to any study-specific procedures, sampling, and analyses.
2. Subjects aged ≥18 years old at time of signing ICF (or country's legal age of majority if the legal age is >18 years).
3. Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the breast.
4. Subjects with evidence of either locally advanced disease not amenable to radiation therapy or surgery in a curative intent, or metastatic disease.
5. ER-positive tumor (≥1% positive stained cells) based on most recent tumor cell staining by immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay consistent with local standards.

Note: If primary tumor is ER-positive and any further metastatic lesions are ER negative, the subject cannot be selected for inclusion.

[Exclusion Criteria]

Subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:

1. Treatment with any systemic anticancer therapies for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of prior anticancer therapy, whichever is shorter, prior to initiation of study treatment.
2. Concurrent treatment with warfarin or phenytoin.
3. Diagnosis of any secondary malignancy within 3 years prior to enrollment, except for all intraepithelial neoplasia, appropriately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, or Stage I uterine cancer.
4. Active inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea, short bowel syndrome, major upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery including gastric resection, or any other condition that may affect absorption of oral study drug.
5. Known clinically significant history of liver disease consistent with Child-Pugh Class B or C, including active viral or other hepatitis (eg, hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus), current alcohol abuse, or cirrhosis. Active viral or positive test for viral hepatitis as defined below:

Note: If reports of serology test for HBV and HCV containing normal ranges issued by formal medical institutions within 28 days prior to C1D1 (and prior to informed consent) are available, these tests are exempt while screening. Unless required by local regulations, patients are not required to have HIV assessments at screening.

Active infection is defined as requiring treatment with antiviral therapy or presence of positive test results for hepatitis B (hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] and/or total hepatitis B core antibody [HBcAb]) or HCV antibody.

Patients who test positive for HBcAb are eligible only if test results are also positive for hepatitis B surface antibody and polymerase chain reaction is negative for HBV DNA.

Patients who are positive for HCV serology are only eligible if testing for HCV RNA is negative.

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

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Part A: Dose Escalation of ZB716 monotherapy (with Food Effect Cohort); Cohorts will follow a 3+3 study design. Approx. 3 to 6 subjects will be enrolled in each dose cohort (6 subjects in Cohort A6; food-effect evaluation). (Dose levels: 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 mg, orally QD in a 28 day cycle) The overall DLT observation period of ZB716 monotherapy will be 4 weeks following the initial dose of study drug on Cycle 1 Day 1. There will be 2 ~ 6 days between dose escalations to allow sufficient time for an adequate safety review. The max. dose may be lower than 400 mg. In the first dosing group of Part A (Cohort A1), subject dosing will be staggered such that administration of the first dose is separated by at least 7 days between the first 2 subjects. In each of Cohorts A1 to A5, 3 to 6 subjects will receive ZB716 doses according to the assigned dose level in the fasted state. For Cohort A6, Period 1, doses will be administered in the fasted state in Treatment Period 1 and 2, doses will be given 30 min. after starting a standard high fat breakfast.	Drug: ZB716; Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral; Other Names: Borestrant
Experimental: Part B: Dose Expansion of ZB716 monotherapy; Potential subjects will be screened to assess their eligibility to enter the study within 28 days prior to the first dose administration. Subjects will come to the clinical site before the first dose of study drug to confirm eligibility. Cohorts will be enrolled sequentially based on an optional Simon 2-stage study design. Approx. 29 subjects may be enrolled in the dose expansion cohorts of Part B. For Part B, doses will be administered (self-administered by subjects at home or administered by subjects under observation of clinical staff during clinic visits) at the determined monotherapy RD of ZB716 (based on Part A) QD in a 28-day cycle. Doses will be administered in the dietary status for dosing as determined from Part A fed/fasted comparison.	Drug: ZB716; Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral; Other Names: Borestrant
Experimental: Part C: Dose Escalation of ZB716 in combination with palbociclib; Cohorts will follow a 3+3 study design. Approx. 6 to 12 subjects will be enrolled in the dose escalation phase of ZB716 in combination with Palbociclib. For Part C, doses will be administered at escalating doses starting with 1 dose level below the monotherapy RD (determined in Part A) and Palbociclib will be dosed at the fixed standard dose of 125 mg QD. ZB716 will be administered on a 28 day cycle and Palbociclib will be administered for 21 days in the cycle with 7 days off treatment. Administration of the higher dose level (at monotherapy RD) of ZB716 (with the standard dose of Palbociclib) to subsequent subjects will be based on the occurrence of DLTs during the DLT observation period (Cycle 1), until MAD of ZB716 with combination of Palbociclib is reached. Doses will be administered in the dietary status for dosing as determined from Part A fed/fasted comparison.	Drug: ZB716; Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral; Other Names: Borestrant; Drug: Palbociclib; Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral; Other Names: Ibrance®
Experimental: Part D: Dose Expansion of ZB716 in combination with palbociclib; Potential subjects will be screened to assess their eligibility to enter the study within 28 days prior to the first dose administration. Subjects will come to the clinical site before the first dose of study drug to confirm eligibility. Cohorts will be enrolled sequentially based on an optional Simon 2-stage study design. Approx. 29 subjects may be enrolled in the dose expansion cohorts of Part D. For Part D, doses will be administered (self-administered by subjects at home or administered by subjects under observation of clinical staff during clinic visits) at the determined RD of ZB716 QD for 28 days from Part C in combination with the standard dose of Palbociclib (125 mg QD for 21 days with 7 days off treatment). Doses will be administered in the dietary status for dosing as determined from Part A fed/fasted comparison.	Drug: ZB716; Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral; Other Names: Borestrant; Drug: Palbociclib; Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral; Other Names: Ibrance®

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Part A: To determine the RD(Recommended Dose) of ZB716	Incidence of study treatment-related DLTs at Cycle 1	At the end of Cycle 1 (each cycle is 28 days)
Part B: To assess antitumor activities at the ZB716 RD in monotherapy	Proportion of patients with CR(Complete Response), PR(Partial Response) or SD(Stable Disease) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 assessed by independent central reviewer relative to the total number of treated patients	Baseline to the date of first documentation of progression, assessed approximately up to 6 months after the last entered patient
Part C: To determine the RD of ZB716 in combination with palbociclib	Incidence of study treatment-related DLTs at Cycle 1	At the end of Cycle 1 (each cycle is 28 days)
Part D: To assess antitumor activities in the combination therapy of ZB716 and Palbociclib	Proportion of patients with CR(Complete Response), PR(Partial Response) or SD(Stable Disease) according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 assessed by independent central reviewer relative to the total number of treated patients	Baseline to the date of first documentation of progression, assessed approximately up to 6 months after the last entered patient

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Adverse Events (Part A, B, C and D)	Number of patients with adverse events according to the National Cancer Institute - Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) version 5.0 grade scaling. Incidence of adverse events, including laboratory test results and electrocardiogram (ECG) findings that were adverse events	Up to 30 days after last dose of ZB716 or ZB716 with Palbociclib
ORR(Object Response Rate) (Part A, B, C and D)	Proportion of patients with CR(Complete Response) or PR(Partial Response) according to RECIST 1.1 assessed by investigator/local radiologist	Baseline to the date of first documentation of progression, assessed approximately up to 6 months after the last entered patient
CBR(Clinical Benefit Rate) (Part A and C)	Proportion of patients with CR(Complete Response) or PR(Partial Response) or SD(Stable Disease) ≥16 weeks according to RECIST v.1.1 relative to the total number of treated patients by investigators/local radiologists	Baseline to the date of first documentation of progression, assessed approximately up to 6 months after the last entered patient
Duration of response (Part A, B, C and D)	Time from initial response to the first documented tumor progression	Baseline to the date of first documentation of progression, assessed approximately up to 6 months after the last entered patient
Cmax of ZB716 after single dose (Part A, B, C and D)	Cmax is maximum concentration observed.	Cycle 0, Day -7 (Part A), Cycle 1, Day 1 (Part B, C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
Tmax of ZB716 after single dose (Part A, B, C and D)	Tmax is time to reach Cmax.	Cycle 0, Day -7 (Part A), Cycle 1, Day 1 (Part B, C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
AUC0-24 of ZB716 after single dose (Part A, B, C and D)	AUC0-24 is area under the plasma concentration versus time curve calculated using the trapezoidal method over the dosing interval (24 hours)	Cycle 0, Day -7 (Part A), Cycle 1, Day 1 (Part B, C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
Cmax of ZB716 after repeated dose (Part A, B, C and D)	Cmax is maximum concentration observed.	Cycle 2, Day 1 (Part A), Cycle 1, Day 15 (Part B, C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
Tmax of ZB716 after repeated dose (Part A, B, C and D)	Tmax is time to reach Cmax.	Cycle 2, Day 1 (Part A), Cycle 1, Day 15 (Part B, C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
AUC0-24 of ZB716 after repeated dose (Part A, B, C and D)	AUC0-24 is area under the plasma concentration versus time curve calculated using the trapezoidal method over the dosing interval (24 hours)	Cycle 2, Day 1 (Part A), Cycle 1, Day 15 (Part B, C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
Cmax of Palbociclib after single dose (Part C and D)	Cmax is maximum concentration observed.	Cycle 1, Day 1 (Part C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
Tmax of Palbociclib after single dose (Part C and D)	Tmax is time to reach Cmax.	Cycle 1, Day 1 (Part C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
AUC0-24 of Palbociclib after single dose (Part C and D)	AUC0-24 is area under the plasma concentration versus time curve calculated using the trapezoidal method over the dosing interval (24 hours)	Cycle 1, Day 1 (Part C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
Cmax of Palbociclib after repeated dose (Part C and D)	Cmax is maximum concentration observed.	Cycle 1, Day 15 (Part C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
Tmax of Palbociclib after repeated dose (Part C and D)	Tmax is time to reach Cmax.	Cycle 1, Day 15 (Part C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)
AUC0-24 of Palbociclib after repeated dose (Part C and D)	AUC0-24 is area under the plasma concentration versus time curve calculated using the trapezoidal method over the dosing interval (24 hours)	Cycle 1, Day 15 (Part C and D) (each cycle is 28 days)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: EnhancedBio USA Inc.
• Collaborators: Zenopharm

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 26, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): January 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 15, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 9, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): December 17, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 22, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 20, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Breast Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Palbociclib
• Other Study ID Numbers: ENZENO-C-101

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