This study is a randomized, open-label, multicentric, phase III trial conducted in patients receiving aromatase inhibitor and palbociclib as first line therapy for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer and which aims to evaluate, at the onset of ESR1 mutations in circulating tumor DNA, the efficacy of a change of the hormone therapy (aromatase inhibitor (AI) changed to fulvestrant) combined to palbociclib, together with the safety of hormone therapy and palbociclib combination in the overall population.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,017
Palbociclib 125 mg once daily for 21 days followed by 7 days off to complete a 28-day cycle
Letrozole: 2.5 mg once daily on a continuous scheme (tablets, per os) Anastrozole:1 mg once daily on a continuous scheme (tablets , per os) Exemestane: 25 mg once daily on a continuous scheme (tablets, per os)
500 mg by intramuscular injection on days 1 and 15 of cycle one and then on day one of each subsequent cycle (28 days)
Incidence of treatment-emergent Adverse Events
Global safety of the combination of palbociclib + endocrine therapy in the whole population, with focus on hematological toxicities. Safety will be assessed by the collection of grade ≥3 adverse events, using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 4.03 - in all included patients.
Time frame: Throughout study completion, up to 4 years
Progression-free survival (Step 2)
To assess whether a change of the hormone therapy associated with palbociclib will benefit patients for whom rising ESR1 mutations are detected during treatment with palbociclib and aromatase inhibitor. Progression-Free Survival (PFS) will be measured from the time of randomization to the time of tumor progression (as assessed by the investigator per RECIST v1.1) or death (whichever comes first) - in randomized patients.
Time frame: From randomization to disease progression or death, up to 4 years
Progression-free survival (step 3)
To assess PFS in patients undergoing a cross-over following RECIST tumor progression in Arm A, from the start of crossover. Progression-Free Survival will be measured from the time of cross-over to the time of tumor progression (as assessed by the investigator per RECIST 1.1) or death (whichever comes first) - in all patients with crossover
Time frame: From cross-over, up to 4 years
Progression-free survival (step 1&2)
To report efficacy (PFS based on RECIST) of palbociclib combined with hormone therapy (aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant), from the date of initial inclusion into the trial. Progression-Free Survival will be measured from the time of inclusion to the time of tumor progression (as assessed by the investigator per RECIST 1.1) or death (whichever comes first) - in all included patients including those who switched to fulvestrant.
Time frame: From inclusion, up to 4 years
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Amiens, France
Clinique de l'Europe
Amiens, France
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Angers, France
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Auxerre, France
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Avignon, France
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Beauvais, France
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Blois, France
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Bordeaux, France
Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux, France
Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
Bordeaux, France
...and 72 more locations
Time to strategy failure from randomization (Step 2 and 3)
To assess whether the early switch (switch following ESR1 mutations increase) to fulvestrant contributes to a longer time to strategy failure than a late switch (cross-over following RECIST tumor progression). Time to strategy failure will be measured from the time of randomization until palbociclib+endocrine therapy discontinuation or death (whichever comes first) - in all randomized patients.
Time frame: From randomization, up to 4 years
Chemotherapy-free survival (Step 2 and 3)
To assess whether the early switch (following ESR1 mutations increase) to fulvestrant contributes a longer chemotherapy-free survival than a late switch (cross-over following RECIST tumor progression). Chemotherapy-free survival will be measured from the time of randomization until the date of chemotherapy initiation or death (whichever comes first) - in all randomized patients.
Time frame: From randomization, up to 4 years
Incidence of treatment-emergent extra-hematological Adverse Events
To obtain additional safety data in a broad patient population treated with palbociclib and hormone therapy (aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant) in a general Description of all extra-hematological grade ≥3 toxicities and SAEs incidence rate in the overall population and each treatment step
Time frame: Throughout study completion, up to 4 years
Quality of life by quality of life questionnaire (QLQ)-C30
Developed by the EORTC, this self-reported questionnaire assesses the health-related quality of life of cancer patients in clinical trials. The questionnaire includes five functional scales (physical, everyday activity, cognitive, emotional, and social), three symptom scales (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), a health/quality of life overall scale, and a number of additional elements assessing common symptoms (including dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation, and diarrhea), as well as, the perceived financial impact of the disease. All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level.
Time frame: From inclusion and every 2 months until disease progression, up to 2 years
Other line of therapy
To report the anti-cancer treatments received after the first line therapy.
Time frame: Throughout study completion, up to 4 years
Overall Survival
The overall survival is the length of time from inclusion that patients enrolled in the study are still alive.
Time frame: Throughout study completion, up to 4 years