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Metastatic or Locally-advanced Unresectable Breast CancerPhase 1NCT01870505

BYL719 Plus Letrozole or Exemestane for Patients With Hormone-Receptor Positive Locally-Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Breast Cancer

A Phase 1 study testing BYL719, Letrozole and Exemestane in people with Metastatic or Locally-advanced Unresectable Breast Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of a drug called BYL719 at different dose levels. The investigators want to find out what effects, good and/or bad, BYL719 has on the patient and breast cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
What is being tested?
BYL719, Letrozole and Exemestane
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
52 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
May 2013to 28 Feb 2022
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Women age ≥ 18 years
  • Willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan and laboratory tests
  • Willing and able to consent for biopsy of locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer prior to treatment
  • Metastatic or locally-advanced unresectable breast cancer (includes metastatic or locally-advanced unresectable breast cancer which is diagnosed while on adjuvant letrozole or exemestane)
  • Histologically documented HR+ breast cancer in either the primary or metastatic setting, as defined by ER or PR ≥ 1%; results from the local lab are acceptable. Eligibility will not be affected by HER2 status.
  • The most recent treatment prior to enrollment must be one of the following (duration of treatment ≥2 weeks), and must have been adequately tolerated according the treating physician's judgment:
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  • Letrozole
  • Exemestane
  • Exemestane + everolimus (everolimus must be discontinued for ≥ 3 weeks prior to starting study treatment)
  • Letrozole or exemestane in combination with an experimental agent(s) on a clinical trial, provided that the experimental agent(s) is not a PI3K inhibitor or AKT inhibitor (experimental agent(s) must be discontinued for ≥ 3 weeks prior to starting study treatment)
  • Any number of prior endocrine therapies (including tamoxifen, fulvestrant and/or aromatase inhibitors in either the adjuvant or metastatic setting) and any number of prior chemotherapy regimens. Anti-cancer systemic therapy, such as chemotherapy or biologics or endocrine therapy, other than the AI, must be discontinued for ≥ 3 weeks prior to starting study treatment.
  • For the dose-finding phase, patients must also have stable disease OR progression of disease on the most recent treatment. For the expansion phase, patients must have progression of disease on the most recent treatment. Progression of disease is defined as new or worsening disease on objective imaging. Progression of disease includes recurrence diagnosed while on adjuvant letrozole or exemestane.
  • Postmenopausal women, as defined by one of the following (estradiol assay cutoff takes into account that the patient is on aromatase inhibitor therapy):
  • Age ≥ 55 years and one year or more of amenorrhea
  • Age < 55 years and one year or more of amenorrhea, with an estradiol assay within the post-menopausal range
  • Age < 55 years with prior hysterectomy but intact ovaries, with an estradiol assay within the post-menopausal range
  • Surgical menopause with bilateral oophorectomy
  • Ovarian suppression with a LH-RH agonist, with an estradiol assay within the post-menopausal range at baseline and periodically on-study Measurable or non-measurable disease per RECIST criteria v1.1
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Adequate organ function, as defined by all of the following:
  • Hematologic parameters:
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/μl (without growth factor support)
  • Platelets ≥ 100,000/μl (no transfusion allowed within 2 weeks)
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dl (may be reached by transfusion)
  • Liver function:
  • Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) unless attributable to Gilbert's syndrome
  • AST ≤ 2.5 x ULN, or ≤ 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present
  • ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN, or ≤ 5 x ULN if liver metastases are present
  • Kidney function:
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 ULN
  • Endocrine function:
  • Fasting plasma glucose <140 mg/dl (may be on antiglycemic agents other than insulin). Fasting glucose measurement must be obtained at least 8 hours after the most recent caloric intake.
  • Ability to swallow oral medication
  • Willing to discontinue all herbal preparations / medications at least 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug and throughout the study. These include, but not limited to,St. John's wort, Kava, ephedra (ma huang), gingko biloba, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), yohimbe, saw palmetto, and ginseng.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant patients or women who are breast-feeding (patients must be postmenopausal, see Section 6.1.9)
  • Patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement may participate if:
  • Clinically stable with respect to the CNS tumor at the time of screening and >4 weeks from prior therapy completion (including radiation and/or surgery) to the start of study treatment
  • Not receiving steroid therapy
  • Not receiving enzyme inducing anti-epileptic medications that were started for brain metastases (these include carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, and vigabatrin) Prior PI3K inhibitor or AKT inhibitor (patients previously treated with everolimus are eligible, see rationale in Section 3.6)
  • History of toxicity to the most recent AI (letrozole or exemestane) that warrants cessation of the AI
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  • Patients who have received radiotherapy ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study treatment
  • Patients who have undergone major surgery ≤ 4 weeks prior to starting study treatment, who have not recovered from side effects of such procedure
  • Uncontrolled diabetes (as defined by fasting glucose ≥ 140mg/dL) and/or insulin-dependent diabetes. Fasting glucose measurement must be obtained at least 8 hours after the most recent caloric intake. Patients currently requiring the use of antiglycemic agents (other than insulin) may be enrolled if fasting glucose <140mg/dL.
  • Current need for chronic corticosteroid therapy (≥10mg of prednisone daily or an equivalent dose of other corticosteroid), or patients who have received systemic corticosteroids ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug
  • Current therapeutic anticoagulation with warfarin (or coumarin derivatives) Active infection or serious underlying medical condition that would impair the patient's ability to receive protocol treatment
  • Clinically significant cardiac disease or impaired cardiac function, such as:
  • Congestive heart failure requiring treatment (e.g., New York Heart Association Class II, III or IV) Acute coronary syndromes < 3 months prior to screening (including myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary angioplasty, or stenting)
  • Uncontrolled arterial hypertension defined by blood pressure > 140/100 mm Hg at rest (average of 3 consecutive readings)
  • History or current evidence of unstable, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias or patients that require medications with a narrow therapeutic window, atrial fibrillation and/or conduction abnormality, e.g. congenital long QT syndrome, high-Grade/complete AV-blockage
  • Corrected QT interval (QTc) > 480 msec on screening ECG Patients who are currently receiving medication with a known risk of prolonging the QT interval or inducing Torsades de Pointes (TdP) and the treatment cannot either be discontinued or switched to a different medication prior to starting study drug treatment (see Section 9.6.3 and Appendix F)
  • Impaired gastrointestinal function or poorly controlled gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of oral BYL719 (e.g. Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, malabsorption syndrome, small bowel resection, uncontrolled nausea or vomiting, or grade ≥ 3 diarrhea of any etiology) based on treating physician assessment
  • Patients may not have a "currently active" second malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancers. Patients are not considered to have a "currently active" malignancy if they have completed therapy and are considered by their physician to be at less than 30% risk of relapse.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I Trial of BYL719 Plus Letrozole or Exemestane for Patients With Hormone-Receptor Positive Locally-Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to test the safety of a drug called BYL719 at different dose levels. The investigators want to find out what effects, good and/or bad, BYL719 has on the patient and breast cancer. BYL719 will be given with either letrozole or exemestane to patients with HR+ locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer. When the recommended phase II dose of BYL719 in combination with letrozole or exemestane has been determined in the dose-finding phase, an additional 10 patients will be enrolled onto each arm in an expansion phase of the study. The purpose of the expansion phase is to further define the safety and feasibility of BYL719 in combination with letrozole or exemestane at the recommended phase II dose, and to estimate efficacy.

Being tested
BYL719, Letrozole, Exemestane
Keywords
BYL719, Letrozole, Exemestane, 13-027
Medical subject headings
Neoplasm Metastasis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT01870505
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm A: BYL719 plus LetrozoleExperimentalFor both the dose-finding phase and the expansion phase, patients may have stable or progressive disease on letrozole, and BYL719 will be added. A treatment cycle will consist of 28 days. Treatment doses for each AI will be fixed at the established dose. Patients will continue on treatment until progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity. The initial scan interval to assess disease status will be every two cycles (8 weeks) for the first four cycles (16 weeks), and then every 3rd cycle (12 weeks) thereafter.
Receives: Drug: BYL719; Drug: Letrozole
Arm B: BYL719 plus ExemestaneExperimentalFor both the dose-finding phase and the expansion phase, patients may have stable or progressive disease on Exemestane, and BYL719 will be added. A treatment cycle will consist of 28 days. Treatment doses for each AI will be fixed at the established dose. Patients will continue on treatment until progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity. The initial scan interval to assess disease status will be every two cycles (8 weeks) for the first four cycles (16 weeks), and then every 3rd cycle (12 weeks) thereafter.
Receives: Drug: BYL719; Drug: Exemestane
Arm C: BYL719 plus LetrozoleExperimentalFor both the dose-finding and expansion phases of Arms C and D, patients may have stable or progressive disease on letrozole or exemestane, and BYL719 will be added.Letrozole 2.5mg orally once daily with BYL719 given on days 1-7 and 15-21 of a 28 day cycle. The starting dose of BYL719 in Arms C will be 250mg daily. Patients who are on study under Amendment 13, the scan interval will become every 4th cycle (16 weeks ±4 weeks) from their last scan.
Receives: Drug: BYL719; Drug: Letrozole
Arm D: BYL719 plus ExemestaneExperimentalFor both the dose-finding and expansion phases of Arms C and D, patients may have stable or progressive disease on letrozole or exemestane, and BYL719 will be added. Exemestane 25mg orally once daily BYL719 Days 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26 of 28 day cycle. For Arm D, the established dose is 350mg for BYL719, 10 patients will be assigned to the corresponding arm in the expansion phase of the study. Patients who are on study under Amendment 13, the scan interval will become every 4th cycle (16 weeks ±4 weeks) from their last scan.
Receives: Drug: BYL719; Drug: Exemestane

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Phase II Dose of BYL719/Alpelisib (Arm A and Arm B)

    Participants started BYL719 dose of 300mg daily for cohort 0. Consecutive cohorts were administered increasing or decreasing dose levels of BYL719. All participants within a cohort will be observed for toxicity for one cycle (28 days) prior to entering additional patients.

    Measured: 28 days (1 Cycle)

  2. Phase II Dose of BYL719 (Arm C and Arm D)

    Participants started BYL719 dose of 250 daily for cohort 0. Consecutive cohorts were administered increasing or decreasing dose levels of BYL719.

    Measured: 28 days (1 cycle)

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Number of Participants Evaluated for Safety and Tolerability of BYL719 (Arm A, B, C and D)

    Toxicity will be tabulated using the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria (CTCAE), version 4.0. A dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) is defined as an adverse event or abnormal laboratory value assessed as at least possibly related to the study medication, meeting any of the criteria listed in the table below, and occurring during Cycle 1 (≤ 28 days following the first dose of BYL719, including those in which the event started in Cycle 1 and the confirmation of the DLT occurs in a subsequent cycle).

    Measured: 28 days (1 cycle)

  2. Efficacy of BYL719 (Arm A, Arm B, Arm C and Arm D)

    Overall response rate

    Measured: 2 years

  3. Median Time to Treatment Failure/TTF

    Time to Treatment Failure/TTF defined as the time from on-study date to off-study date for any reason

    Measured: through study completion, an average of 3.5 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Jun 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2013
  3. Primary completion28 Feb 2022
  4. Study completion28 Feb 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
52 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01870505
Sponsor's protocol ID
13-027
Status last verified
Mar 2022
First submitted
3 Jun 2013
Last updated
9 Dec 2024

Publications

  • Razavi P, Dickler MN, Shah PD, Toy W, Brown DN, Won HH, Li BT, Shen R, Vasan N, Modi S, Jhaveri K, Caravella BA, Patil S, Selenica P, Zamora S, Cowan AM, Comen E, Singh A, Covey A, Berger MF, Hudis CA, Norton L, Nagy RJ, Odegaard JI, Lanman RB, Solit DB, Robson ME, Lacouture ME, Brogi E, Reis-Filho JS, Moynahan ME, Scaltriti M, Chandarlapaty S. Alterations in PTEN and ESR1 promote clinical resistance to alpelisib plus aromatase inhibitors. Nat Cancer. 2020 Apr;1(4):382-393. doi: 10.1038/s43018-020-0047-1. Epub 2020 Mar 23.

    PubMed 32864625

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing BYL719, Letrozole and Exemestane in people with Metastatic or Locally-advanced Unresectable Breast Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 34 inclusion and 18 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Dec 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 9 Dec 2024). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Phase II Dose of BYL719/Alpelisib (Arm A and Arm B) (time frame: 28 days (1 Cycle)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01870505, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Dec 2024; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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