The management of HR-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer includes endocrine monotherapy or combination regimens, both with benefit diminishing as resistance develops. Nowadays, various studies have demonstrated that estrogen interacts with many angiogenic pathways and is an important mechanism for resistance leading to the question of whether combination with antiangiogenesis and antiestrogen therapies could be an appropriate therapeutic modality. Anlotinib is a novel multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor that effectively inhibit VEGFR, FGFR, PDGFR, c-KIT, c-MET and RET. Previous studies have proven the efficacy of both anlotinib monotherapy and combination regimens in advanced breast cancer. This phase II study aims to preliminarily evaluate the efficacy and safety of anlotinib combined with endocrine therapy.
This study is a prospective, single-arm, open-label, phase II clinical trial. The secondary endocrine-resistant is defined as disease relapse within 12 months after at least 24 months endocrine adjuvant therapy, or disease progress after at least 6 months endocrine salvage therapy. Eligible patients were treated with oral anlotinib plus intramuscular fulvestrant till disease progression or intolerant toxicity. In the part of statistical analysis, 40 patients are required to have a 80% power to detect significant improvement in median progression-free survival from 5.8 (fulvestrant alone) to 10 (fulvestrant combined with anlotinib) months, if tested at a two-sided significance level of α=0.05.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
anlotinib: 12 mg once daily on days 1-14, repeated every 21 days; fulvestrant: 500 mg on days 1 and 15 of cycle one, and then on day one of each subsequent 28 days cycle
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
RECRUITINGProgression-Free Survival
Time from randomisation to tumour progression (in any way) or death (from any cause)
Time frame: From randomisation to progression or death, assessed up to 60 months
Overall Response Rate
Confirmed complete response or partial response according to RECIST 1.1
Time frame: From randomisation to the first occurrence of the confirmed complete response or partial response, assessed up to 24 months
Clinical Benefit Rate
Confirmed complete response or partial response or stable disease of 24 weeks' duration or longer
Time frame: From randomisation to the first occurrence of the confirmed complete response or partial response or stable disease, assessed up to 24 months
Overall Survival
Time from randomisation to death (from any cause)
Time frame: From randomisation to death, assessed up to 96 months
Adverse events
Adverse events occurred from randomisation to 30 days after the last dose administrated
Time frame: From randomisation to 30 days after the last dose administrated
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