Breast CancerPhase 2NCT04176848
CFI-400945 and Durvalumab in Patients With Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer
A Phase 2 study testing CFI-400945 and Durvalumab in people with Breast Cancer, run by Canadian Cancer Trials Group at 5 sites in Canada.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to find out the effect that CFI-400945 and durvalumab have on breast cancer. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Breast Cancer
- What is being tested?
- CFI-400945 and Durvalumab
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine, Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 15 participants
- Where
- 5 sitesCanada
- Study dates
- 10 Aug 2020to 31 Dec 2026
- Phase
- Phase 2
- 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
- Patients must have histologically and/or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer, that is advanced/metastatic or unresectable, for which no curative therapy exists, and be negative for ER, PR and HER2 by ASCO/CAP criteria on the most recent sample. Patients with tumour with either low (< 10%) ER expression who are PR and HER2 negative, or ER and HER2 negative but with low PR (< 10%) may be enrolled after discussion and confirmation with CCTG
- Only female patients will be enrolled
- All patients must have a formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue block (from primary or metastatic tumour) available and must have provided informed consent for the release of the block.
- Presence of clinically and/or radiologically documented disease. All radiology studies must be performed within 21 days prior to enrollment (within 28 days if negative).
- All patients must have measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1. The criteria for defining measurable disease are as follows:
- Chest x-ray ≥ 20 mm
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- CT scan (with slice thickness of 5 mm) ≥ 10 mm -> longest diameter
- Physical exam (using calipers) ≥ 10 mm
- Lymph nodes by CT scan ≥ 15 mm -> measured in short axis
- Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age
- Patients must have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
- Patients must have a life expectancy of 3 months or longer
- Laboratory Requirements (must be done within 7 days prior to enrollment) Absolute neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L Platelets ≥ 100 x 10^9/L Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (upper limit of normal) AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN, ≤ 4.0 x ULN if patient has liver metastases Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
- Patients must be able to swallow oral medications and have no known gastrointestinal disorders that may interfere with absorption (such as malabsorption).
- Patients must have had at least 1 prior line of cytotoxic chemotherapy for breast cancer, in any setting, which must have included an anthracycline and a taxane (unless contraindicated). Select patients that have not received both anthracycline and taxane therapy may be considered eligible after discussion with CCTG. There is no limit to the number of prior chemotherapy regimens.
- Patients may have received other therapies including endocrine therapy and/or targeted therapies (including CDK4/6 inhibitors and PARP inhibitors).
- Patients may not have received prior immunotherapies of any kind, nor any agent targeting PLK4.
- Patients must have recovered (to at least grade 0 or 1) from all reversible toxicity related to prior chemotherapy or systemic therapy and have adequate washout as follows: Longest of one of the following:
- Two weeks,
- 5 half-lives for investigational agents,
- Standard cycle length of standard therapies.
- Prior external beam radiation is permitted provided a minimum of 28 days (4 weeks) have elapsed between the last dose of radiation and date of enrollment. Exceptions may be made for low-dose, non-myelosuppressive radiotherapy after consultation with CCTG. Concurrent radiotherapy is not permitted.
- Previous surgery is permitted provided that a minimum of 21 days (3 weeks) have elapsed between any major surgery and date of enrollment, and that wound healing has occurred.
- Patient consent must be appropriately obtained in accordance with applicable local and regulatory requirements. Each patient must sign a consent form prior to enrollment in the trial to document their willingness to participate.
- Patients must be accessible for treatment and follow-up. Patients enrolled on this trial must be treated and followed at the participating centre. This implies there must be reasonable geographical limits (for example: 1 ½ hour's driving distance) placed on patients being considered for this trial
- In accordance with CCTG policy, protocol treatment is to begin within 2 working days of patient enrollment
- Women of childbearing potential must have agreed to use a highly effective contraceptive method.
- Women of childbearing potential will have a pregnancy test to determine eligibility as part of the Pre-Study Evaluation; this may include an ultrasound to rule-out pregnancy if a false-positive is suspected
- Subjects should not donate blood while participating in this study, or for at least 90 days following the last infusion of durvalumab
Who cannot join
- Patients with a history of other malignancies, except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ cancer of the cervix, or other solid tumours curatively treated with no evidence of disease for > 2 years and which do not require ongoing treatment.
- Patients with serious illnesses or medical conditions which would not permit the patient to be managed according to the protocol (including corticosteroid administration), or would put the patient at risk. This includes but is not limited to:
- History of significant neurologic or psychiatric disorder which would impair the ability to obtain consent or limit compliance with study requirements.
- Active infection requiring systemic therapy; (including any patient known to have active hepatitis B, hepatitis C or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or tuberculosis or any infection requiring systemic therapy).
- Active peptic ulcer disease or gastritis.
- Known pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis with clinically significant impairment of pulmonary function.
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- Patients with diabetes mellitus are eligible but must be clinically stable on therapy (if applicable) and investigator and patient should be aware of the potential risk of immune mediated pancreatic toxicity and B cell destruction.
- Patients are not eligible if they have a known hypersensitivity to the study drug(s) or their components.
- Patients who have experienced untreated and/or uncontrolled cardiovascular conditions and/or have symptomatic cardiac dysfunction (unstable angina, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within the previous year or cardiac ventricular arrhythmias requiring medication, history of 2nd or 3rd degree atrioventricular conduction defects). Patients with a significant cardiac history, even if controlled, should have a LVEF ≥ 50%.
- Patients may not receive concurrent treatment with other anti-cancer therapy (other than bone- targeted therapy, if already taking and stable) or investigational agents while on protocol therapy.
- Patients who have received growth factors within 28 days prior to initiation of dosing of CFI- 400945 or who will require treatment with growth factors throughout the duration of the trial.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
- Patients being treated with drugs listed in Appendix VI Table 1 are excluded. Patients being treated with drugs listed in Appendix VI Table 2 may be enrolled, but should be monitored carefully for toxicities resulting from potential interactions between CFI-400945 and these drugs. In addition, patients must avoid consumption of the fruit or juice of Seville oranges (e.g. marmalade), grapefruit, pomelos and star fruit from 7 days before the first dose of study drug and during the entire study due to potential CYP3A4 interaction with the study drug. Regular orange juice is allowed.
- Patients with history of central nervous system metastases or spinal cord compression unless they have received definitive treatment, are clinically stable and do not require corticosteroids.
- Patients with any medical condition that would impair the administration of oral agents including significant bowel resection, inflammatory bowel disease or uncontrolled nausea or vomiting.
- Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (e.g. colitis or Crohn's disease), diverticulitis with the exception of diverticulosis, celiac disease or other serious gastrointestinal chronic conditions associated with diarrhea), systemic lupus erythematosus, Sarcoidosis syndrome, or Wegener syndrome (granulomatosis with polyangiitis), rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc., within the past 3 years prior to the start of treatment. The following are exceptions to this criterion:
- Patients with alopecia.
- Patients with Grave's disease, vitiligo or psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment (within the last 2 years).
- Patients with hypothyroidism (e.g. following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement.
- History of primary immunodeficiency, history of allogenic organ transplant that requires therapeutic immunosuppression and the use of immunosuppressive agents within 28 days of enrollment *.
- NOTE: Intranasal/inhaled corticosteroids or systemic steroids that do not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent dose of an alternative corticosteroid are permissible.
- Live attenuated vaccination administered within 30 days prior to enrollment or within 30 days of receiving durvalumab.
- Any previous treatment with a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor, including durvalumab or an anti-CTLA4.
- Patients being treated with full dose warfarin. Patients with history of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus who are being treated with therapeutic doses of low molecular weight heparin, direct factor Xa inhibitors or prophylactic dose anticoagulants may be enrolled.
Trial locations and contacts
5 sites in 1 country.
5 sites in 1 country
Canada5 sites
Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 5C2
BCCA - Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior
Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 5L3
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2V7
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6
University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9
About this study
Official title: A Phase II Study of CFI-400945 and Durvalumab in Patients With Advanced/Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
The purpose of this study is to find out the effect that CFI-400945 and durvalumab have on breast cancer.
Read the detailed description
CFI-400945 is a new type of drug for breast cancer. Laboratory tests show that it works by blocking a specific protein called Polo-like Kinase 4 (PLK4) that is involved in cancer cell growth. CFI-400945 may slow down the growth of cancer cells or may cause cancer cells to die. This drug has been shown to shrink tumours in animals and has been studied in more than 60 patients. It appears to be well tolerated with few side effects. CFI-400945 seems promising but it is not clear if it can offer better results than standard therapy.
Durvalumab is a new type of drug for many types of cancer. Durvalumab is an immunotherapy drug and not a chemotherapy drug. Laboratory tests show that it works by allowing the immune system (PD-1 and PD-L1 interaction) to detect your cancer and reactivating the immune response. This may help to slow down the growth of cancer or may cause cancer cells to die. Durvalumab has been shown to shrink tumours in animals and has been studied in more than 6000 people. In laboratory studies, when used together with CFI-400945, results seem promising but it is not clear if it can offer better results than standard treatment alone. This is the first time that the combination of CFI-400945 and durvalumab has been tested in patients.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Being tested
- CFI-400945, Durvalumab
- Medical subject headings
- Breast Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
CFI-400945Drug
CFI-400945 32 mg: Cycle 1: Days 1-7, then Days 15-21; Cycle 2 on: orally once daily
DurvalumabDrug
Also called IMFINZI
Cycle 2 on: Durvalumab 1500mg IV on Day 1 (28 day cycles)
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| CFI-400945 + Durvalumab | Experimental | CFI-400945 32 mg orally on Days 1-7 and Days 15-21 of Cycle 1 (28 day cycle) and then daily from Cycle 2 on and Durvalumab 1500mg IV on Day 1 (28 day cycles) from Cycle 2 on. Receives: Drug: CFI-400945; Drug: Durvalumab |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Objective Response Rate
Defined as percentage of participants with objective response over all participants enrolled. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Objective Response (OR) = CR + PR.
Measured: 24 months
Secondary outcomes (2)
Disease Control Rate
Defined as percentage of participants with disease control over all participants randomized. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of target lesions; Progressive Disease (PD): At least a 20% increase in the sum of the LD of target lesions; Stable Disease (SD): Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD; Disease control=CR or PR or SD> 16 weeks in duration)
Measured: 24 months
Immune-Related Response Rate (iRECIST) of CFI-400945 Given With Durvalumab
Defined as percentage of participants with immune-related response over all participants enrolled. Per Immune-Related modified Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria and assessed by computed tomography (CT) or MRI: Immune Complete Response (iCR), Disappearance of all target and non-target lesions; Immune Partial Response (iPR), the tumor load of the target lesion is reduced by ≤30% compared to the baseline, or in the case of complete remission of the target lesion, one or more non-target lesions can still be distinguished; Immune-Related Response (iOR) = iCR + iPR.
Measured: 24 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Nov 2019
- Study start10 Aug 2020
- Primary completion15 Sep 2022
- Study completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Other trials for Breast CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Canadian Cancer Trials GroupThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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 2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 15 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Canadian Cancer Trials Group
- Sponsor type
- Research network
- Collaborators
- AstraZeneca, University Health Network, Toronto
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- David Cescon, Study chair, University Health Network, PMH, Toronto ONAndrew Robinson, Study chair, Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston, ON
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04176848
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- I239
- Status last verified
- Sep 2025
- First submitted
- 19 Nov 2019
- Last updated
- 18 Feb 2026
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Feb 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase II Study of CFI-400945 and Durvalumab in Patients With Advanced/Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04176848
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- I239
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 15 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Canadian Cancer Trials GroupResearch network
- Collaborators
- AstraZeneca, University Health Network, Toronto
- Study start
- 10 Aug 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 15 Sep 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 25 Nov 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 9 Aug 2024
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to find out the effect that CFI-400945 and durvalumab have on breast cancer.
Detailed description
CFI-400945 is a new type of drug for breast cancer. Laboratory tests show that it works by blocking a specific protein called Polo-like Kinase 4 (PLK4) that is involved in cancer cell growth. CFI-400945 may slow down the growth of cancer cells or may cause cancer cells to die. This drug has been shown to shrink tumours in animals and has been studied in more than 60 patients. It appears to be well tolerated with few side effects. CFI-400945 seems promising but it is not clear if it can offer better results than standard therapy.
Durvalumab is a new type of drug for many types of cancer. Durvalumab is an immunotherapy drug and not a chemotherapy drug. Laboratory tests show that it works by allowing the immune system (PD-1 and PD-L1 interaction) to detect your cancer and reactivating the immune response. This may help to slow down the growth of cancer or may cause cancer cells to die. Durvalumab has been shown to shrink tumours in animals and has been studied in more than 6000 people. In laboratory studies, when used together with CFI-400945, results seem promising but it is not clear if it can offer better results than standard treatment alone. This is the first time that the combination of CFI-400945 and durvalumab has been tested in patients.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| CFI-400945 + Durvalumab | Experimental | Drug: CFI-400945, Drug: DurvalumabCFI-400945 32 mg orally on Days 1-7 and Days 15-21 of Cycle 1 (28 day cycle) and then daily from Cycle 2 on and Durvalumab 1500mg IV on Day 1 (28 day cycles) from Cycle 2 on. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (29 listed)
- Patients must have histologically and/or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer, that is advanced/metastatic or unresectable, for which no curative therapy exists, and be negative for ER, PR and HER2 by ASCO/CAP criteria on the most recent sample. Patients with tumour with either low (< 10%) ER expression who are PR and HER2 negative, or ER and HER2 negative but with low PR (< 10%) may be enrolled after discussion and confirmation with CCTG
- Only female patients will be enrolled
- All patients must have a formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue block (from primary or metastatic tumour) available and must have provided informed consent for the release of the block.
- Presence of clinically and/or radiologically documented disease. All radiology studies must be performed within 21 days prior to enrollment (within 28 days if negative).
- All patients must have measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1. The criteria for defining measurable disease are as follows:
Key exclusion criteria (24 listed)
- Patients with a history of other malignancies, except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ cancer of the cervix, or other solid tumours curatively treated with no evidence of disease for > 2 years and which do not require ongoing treatment.
- Patients with serious illnesses or medical conditions which would not permit the patient to be managed according to the protocol (including corticosteroid administration), or would put the patient at risk. This includes but is not limited to:
- Patients are not eligible if they have a known hypersensitivity to the study drug(s) or their components.
- Patients who have experienced untreated and/or uncontrolled cardiovascular conditions and/or have symptomatic cardiac dysfunction (unstable angina, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within the previous year or cardiac ventricular arrhythmias requiring medication, history of 2nd or 3rd degree atrioventricular conduction defects). Patients with a significant cardiac history, even if controlled, should have a LVEF ≥ 50%.
- Patients may not receive concurrent treatment with other anti-cancer therapy (other than bone- targeted therapy, if already taking and stable) or investigational agents while on protocol therapy.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| CFI-400945CFI-400945 32 mg: Cycle 1: Days 1-7, then Days 15-21; Cycle 2 on: orally once daily | Drug | CFI-400945 + Durvalumab |
| DurvalumabAlso: IMFINZICycle 2 on: Durvalumab 1500mg IV on Day 1 (28 day cycles) | Drug | CFI-400945 + Durvalumab |
Primary outcome
Objective Response Rate
Time frame: 24 months
Defined as percentage of participants with objective response over all participants enrolled. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Objective Response (OR) = CR + PR.
2 secondary outcomes
Disease Control Rate
Time frame: 24 months
Immune-Related Response Rate (iRECIST) of CFI-400945 Given With Durvalumab
Time frame: 24 months
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Feb 2026.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
David Cescon study chair
University Health Network, PMH, Toronto ON
Andrew Robinson study chair
Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston, ON
5 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing CFI-400945 and Durvalumab in people with Breast Cancer, run by Canadian Cancer Trials Group at 5 sites in Canada.
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 29 inclusion and 24 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 5 sites in Canada. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
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 Aug 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?
Objective Response Rate (time frame: 24 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 18 Feb 2026.