70% of breast cancers that occur in postmenopausal women rely on the hormone oestrogen to grow and are likely to respond to hormone treatment. This type of treatment reduces the amount of oestrogen in the body, slowing the growth of cancer or stopping it altogether. One type of hormone treatment, aromatase inhibitors (AIs), works by stopping the body from making oestrogen. Currently, women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is not being controlled by one class of AI are switched to the other class of AI. The reason for this is that some cancer cells can become resistant to one class but are still sensitive to the other class. However, oestrogen can be made in the body by two pathways and AIs block only one of these pathways. A new drug called Irosustat can reduce the production of oestrogen in the body by blocking the second pathway. This study is investigating whether adding Irosustat to AI treatment i.e. blocking both pathways at the same time, can further reduce the amount of oestrogen in the body and therefore control the breast cancer better. 27 postmenopausal women with oestrogen receptor positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is not being controlled by their current AI treatment will be recruited in this study from 9 United Kingdom (UK) hospitals. Eligible patients will receive 40mg of Irosustat once daily in addition to the AI on which they progressed. Patients will receive Irosustat for as long as it controls their cancer or until they have side effects that stop them from taking treatment. Patients will be seen monthly for the first 6 months and every 3 months thereafter. Participating patients will also be given the option to take part in the exploratory part of this study by donating tissue and blood samples.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
27
Patients will receive 40mg of Irosustat once daily in addition to the aromatase inhibitor on which they progressed until disease progression or development of unacceptable toxicities.
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
Chelmsford, United Kingdom
NHS Lothian
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Royal Free London
London, United Kingdom
West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom
The Christie NHS Foundations Trust
Manchester, United Kingdom
Clinical benefit defined as complete response / partial response plus stable disease for at least 6 months (RECIST v1.1).
Time frame: Patients will be followed up until disease progression, an expected average of 6 months
Duration of clinical benefit as defined by the number of days from start of study drug to the first evidence of disease progression or death due to any cause (RECIST v1.1).
Time frame: Patients will be followed up until disease progression, an expected average of 6 months
Progression Free Survival defined as time from randomisation to first evidence of disease progression or death due to any cause (RECIST v1.1).
Time frame: Patients will be followed up until disease progression, an expected average of 6 months
Safety and tolerability as assessed by the collection of adverse events according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v 4.03).
Time frame: Patients will be followed up until disease progression, an expected average of 6 months
To measure alterations in circulating steroid hormones and correlation of these measures with clinical outcome.
Time frame: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,9,12 months after study entry
Objective response rate as defined by complete response and partial response (RECIST v1.1)
Time frame: Patients will be followed up until disease progression, an expected average of 6 months
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