Trial design: Phase II, prospective, multi-center, randomized, open label, parallel group study in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with gBRCA1/2 mutation, with 2:1 randomization into Arm A (olaparib + elacestrant) or arm B (olaparib). Treatment in either arm will be given until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of patient´s consent to study participation, or end of study. Trial population: Patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with gBRCA1/2 mutation, with an indication for standard-of-care PARP inhibitor therapy and planned treatment with olaparib, an ECOG performance status of 0-2 and life expectancy of \> 6 months, with normal bone marrow and kidney functions and no active or newly diagnosed central nervous system (CNS) metastases or symptomatic metastatic visceral disease at risk of life-threatening complications. Interventions: Patients randomized to Arm A will receive 600 mg olaparib daily and 400 mg elacestrant daily, while patients randomized to Arm B will receive 600 mg olaparib daily. Blood tests (hematology, biochemistry) will be performed at the beginning of every cycle, and imaging for tumor assessment (chest and abdominopelvic imaging) as well as QoL assessments will be performed every three months and in case of suspicion of progression/end of study.
Patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer and gBRCA1/2 mutations have a low progression-free survival (PFS) and represent a patient population with a high unmet need, hence further treatment options should be explored to improve patient outcomes. Elacestrant is a novel, nonsteroidal, orally bioavailable estrogen receptor antagonist (SERD) that has shown efficacy in heavily pretreated patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, and in those with ESR1 mutations known to confer endocrine resistance, and has thus gained approval in 2023 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for postmenopausal women or adult men with ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least one line of ET. Olaparib is approved by the EMA for deleterious or suspected deleterious gBRCA-mutated, HER2-negative metastatic BC, based on positive outcomes in the phase III OlympiAD trial which showed improved median PFS, response rates, and less toxicity with olaparib compared to SOC. The purpose of the proposed study is to investigate if the addition of elacestrant to standard olaparib therapy could potentially lead to an improvement in PFS compared to olaparib alone in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with gBRCA1/2 mutations. ELEMENT is a phase II, prospective, multi-center, randomized, open label, parallel group study in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with gBRCA1/2 mutation, with 2:1 randomization into Arm A (olaparib + elacestrant) or arm B (olaparib). Treatment in either arm will be given until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of patient´s consent to study participation, or end of study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
176
Olaparib 600 mg orally daily and elacestrant 400 mg orally daily
Olaparib 600 mg orally daily
Vinzenz Von Paul Kliniken gGmbH - Marienhospital
Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
RECRUITINGUniversity Hospital Tübingen
Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
RECRUITINGRems-Murr-Klinik-Winnenden
Winnenden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
RECRUITINGGRN Klinik Weinheim
Weinheim, Baden-Württembergs, Germany
Progression free survival (PFS)
PFS, investigator-assessed. To evaluate the impact on PFS of elacestrant with olaparib compared to olaparib alone in patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with gBRCA1/2 mutations.
Time frame: PFS is defined as the time from randomization to first progression as assessed by the investigator, or death, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 48 months.
Time-to-treatment failure (TTF)
To compare TTF between treatment arms (i.e., elacestrant + olaparib vs. olaparib).
Time frame: TTF is defined as time from randomization to discontinuation of treatment due to disease progression, treatment toxicity, patient´s preference, or death, assessed up to 48 months.
Overall survival (OS)
To compare OS between treatment arms.
Time frame: OS is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any reason, assessed up to 48 months.
Patient reported outcome (PRO) in the form of quality of life (QoL) assessment
To assess and compare patient reported breast cancer-specific QoL as measured by FACT-ES questionnaire.
Time frame: At baseline, day 1 of cycle 2 (each cycle is 28 days), every 3 months starting from treatment start, and at end of treatment (an average of 12 months per patient).
PFS in stratified and exploratory subgroups
To compare PFS in the stratified subgroups: pre-treatment chemotherapy in the metastatic setting yes vs. no. To compare PFS in the exploratory subgroups specified in the protocol.
Time frame: PFS is defined as the time from randomization to first progression as assessed by the investigator, or death, whichever occurs first, assessed up to 48 months.
TTF in the stratified subgroups
To compare TTF in the stratified subgroups: pre-treatment chemotherapy in the metastatic setting yes vs. no. To compare TTF in the exploratory subgroups specified in the protocol.
Time frame: TTF is defined as time from randomization to discontinuation of treatment due to disease progression, treatment toxicity, patient´s preference, or death, assessed up to 48 months.
OS in the stratified subgroups
To compare OS in the stratified subgroups: pre-treatment chemotherapy in the metastatic setting yes vs. no. To compare OS in the exploratory subgroups specified in the protocol.
Time frame: OS is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any reason, assessed up to 48 months.
Overall response rate (ORR)
To compare ORR between treatment arms.
Time frame: ORR is defined as the percentage of patients who have achieved either a confirmed complete response or partial response, assessed up to 48 months.
Clinical benefit rate (CBR)
To compare the CBR between treatment arms.
Time frame: CBR is defined as the percentage of patients who have achieved either a confirmed complete response or partial response, or stable disease for at least 24 weeks from randomization.
Numbers and types of adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0
To assess and compare safety between treatment arms (frequency and severity of AEs graded according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) version 5.0).
Time frame: During treatment phase, an average of 12 months per patient.
Compliance between treatment arms as assessed by treatment delays, reductions, and interruptions
Frequencies of patients whose treatment had to be reduced, delayed, interrupted, or prematurely discontinued will be reported for both arms, together with reasons for such modifications, and comparisons between the two arms will be conducted with the χ2-test with continuity correction.
Time frame: During treatment phase, an average of 12 months per patient.
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Hämatologie-Onkologie im Zentrum MVZ GmbH
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
RECRUITINGKlinikum Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
RECRUITINGSchwerpunktpraxis der Gynäkologie und Onkologie
Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany
RECRUITINGAgaplesion Frankfurter Diakonie Kliniken gGmbH
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
RECRUITINGKlinikum der J. W. Goethe Universität
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
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Kassel, Hesse, Germany
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