Treatment for premenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer

Randomized Phase II Study of Talazoparib Versus Talazoparib Plus Atezolizumab After Palbociclib Combination Endocrine Therapy for Patients with Premenopausal HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer Harboring HRD Scar

This study is testing whether a new treatment combining talazoparib with atezolizumab works better than talazoparib alone for premenopausal women with a specific type of metastatic breast cancer.

Quick facts

• Phase: PHASE2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 178 (estimated)
• Ages: 19 Years and up
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center (other)
• Drugs / interventions: denosumab, atezolizumab, chemotherapy, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, prednisone
• Locations: 1 site (Seoul, Gannam-gu)
• Trial ID: NCT04819243 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This is a prospective, two-arm, randomized phase II study comparing the effectiveness of talazoparib alone versus talazoparib combined with atezolizumab in premenopausal women with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer. Participants will first receive a combination of a GnRH agonist, an aromatase inhibitor, and palbociclib, followed by randomization into two treatment arms for second-line therapy. The study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of these treatment regimens in patients with specific genetic alterations related to breast cancer. The trial is designed to provide insights into the optimal treatment strategy for this patient population.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates are premenopausal women aged over 19 with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer and specific genetic mutations.

Not a fit: Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer or those who are postmenopausal may not benefit from this study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this study could provide a more effective treatment option for premenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer, potentially improving their outcomes.

How similar studies have performed: Other studies have shown promising results with similar combinations of targeted therapies in breast cancer, indicating potential for success in this approach.

Eligibility criteria

* Eligibility criteria prior to 1L treatment:

  1. Histologically confirmed metastatic breast cancer with or without measurable disease
  2. Patients who have stage IV breast cancer at diagnosis (de novo) or have progressed on distant metastatic sites after curative surgery: locally advanced disease not amenable to distant metastasis are eligible as well as disease with distant metastasis
  3. Confirmed germline pathogenic BRCA1 and/or 2 mutation or 35 HRD-related gene alterations (see Appendix 16.5)
  4. age \> 19 years
  5. ECOG performance status 0 - 2
  6. Patient has HER2 IHC0, IHC1+, or ICH2+/ISH-, as determined according to ASCO/CAP guidelines breast cancer
  7. Patient has ER positive and/or PgR positive according to American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) guidelines, defined as 1% of tumor cells stained positive based on the most recent tumor biopsy and assessed locally
  8. Female patients should be premenopausal. Premenopausal status is defined as either:

     A. Patient had last menstrual period within the last 12 months B. If on tamoxifen within the past 3 months, with a plasma estradiol ≥10 pg/mL and FSH ≤40 IU/l or in the premenopausal range, according to local laboratory definition C. in case of chemotherapy induced amenorrhea, with a plasma estradiol ≥10 pg/mL) and/or FSH ≤40IU/l or in the premenopausal range according to local laboratory definition.
  9. Patient with treatment history as bellows:

     A. In patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer(who had stage IV disease at first diagnosis of breast cancer), B. In patients with recurrent metastatic breast cancer, recurrence during or after completion or discontinuation of adjuvant endocrine therapy (regardless of the treatment free interval) are eligible.

     C. One line of prior cytotoxic chemotherapy(except platinum based chemotherapy) in metastatic breast cancer is permitted.
  10. No possibility of pregnancy and/or urine or serum beta-HCG negative
  11. Adequate bone marrow function (≥ ANC 1,500/ul, ≥ platelet 100,000/ul, ≥ Hemoglobin 9.0 g/dl)
  12. Adequate renal function (≤ serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dl or CCr ≥ 60 ml/min)
  13. Adequate liver function (≤ serum bilirubin 2.0 mg/dl, ≤ AST/ALT x 3 upper normal limit). If the subject has liver metastasis, AST/ALT x 5 upper normal limit is acceptable.
  14. Patients who were already established on bisphosphonate therapy or denosumab may continue.
  15. Patients agreed to use effective contraception or not of childbearing potential
  16. Written informed consent
  17. Patients agreed to offer tumor tissue and blood for biomarker analysis
* Exclusion criteria prior to 1L treatment

  1. Postmenopausal women except women who had BSO (Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy)
  2. Serious uncontrolled intercurrent infections within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of 1st Treatment
  3. Serious intercurrent medical or psychiatric illness, including active cardiac disease
  4. Participants who are pregnant or breast feeding or intending to become pregnant during the study or within 5 months after the final dose of study treatments.
  5. Second primary malignancy(except in situ carcinoma of the cervix or adequately treated nonmelanomatous carcinoma of the skin or favorable thyroid papillary carcinoma(follicular thyroid cancer, including PTC) or other malignancy treated at least 5 years previously with no evidence of recurrence)
  6. Patients has received previous endocrine treatments in the metastatic setting (Except tamoxifen only ± GnRH agonist)
  7. Patients has received previous aromatase inhibitor (less than 1 year after the last dose)
  8. Patients has received previous treatment with CDK 4/6 inhibitors, OR PARP1 inhibitors, OR immune check point inhibitors (less than 1 year after the last dose)
  9. Known brain metastases, symptomatic or asymptomatic
  10. History of clinically significant liver disease, current alcohol abuse or known active infection
  11. History of autoimmune disease, including but not limited to myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vascular thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, Sjögren's syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis, or glomerulonephritis
  12. Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
  13. History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (including pneumonitis), drug-induced pneumonitis, organizing pneumonia (i.e. bronchiolitis obliterans, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia), or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computerised tomography (CT) scan
  14. Active tuberculosis
  15. Receipt of a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of 1st Treatment or anticipation that a live, attenuated vaccine will be required during atezolizumab treatment or within 5 months after the last dose of atezolizumab
  16. Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including but not limited to interferons or interlukin \[IL\]-2) within 4 weeks or five half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of 1st Treatment
  17. Treatment with systemic corticosteroids or other systemic immunosuppressive medications (including but not limited to prednisone, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, mycophenolate, and anti-tumour necrosis factor \[TNF\] agents) within 2 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of 1st Treatment, or anticipated requirement for systemic immunosuppressive medications during the trial
* Inclusion criteria prior to 2L treatment

  * For subjects who were enrolled in the 1L treatment part of the study, inclusion criteria 1)-4) should be met.
  * For subjects who were not enrolled in the 1L treatment part of the study, all of the following inclusion criteria should be met prior to the study enrollment.

    1. ECOG performance status 0 - 2
    2. Adequate bone marrow function (≥ANC 1,500/ul, ≥platelet 100,000/ul, ≥Hemoglobin 9.0 g/dl)
    3. Adequate renal function (≤ serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dl or CCr ≥ 60 ml/min)
    4. Adequate liver function (≤ serum bilirubin 2.0 mg/dl, ≤ AST/ALT x 3 upper normal limit) If the subject has liver metastasis, AST/ALT x 5 upper normal limit is acceptable
    5. Histologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer that is not amenable to curative surgery, with or without measurable disease. Patients who have stage IV breast cancer at diagnosis (de novo) or have progressed on distant metastatic sites after curative surgery are eligible.
    6. Prior treatment with endocrine-based therapy + CDK4/6 inhibitor for metastatic or inoperable locally advanced breast cancer. Allowed endocrine-based therapy is as below:

       A. Aromatase Inhibitor B. For subjects who had disease progression during or after the adjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy, fulvestrant C. Up to one line of chemotherapy for metastatic or inoperable locally advanced breast cancer is allowed except for platinum based chemotherapy.
    7. Confirmed germline pathogenic BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation or 35 HRD-related gene alterations (see Appendix 16.5)
    8. age \> 19 years
    9. Patient has HER2 IHC0, IHC1+, or ICH2+/ISH-, as determined according to ASCO/CAP guidelines breast cancer
    10. Patient has ER positive and/or PgR positive according to American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) guidelines, defined as 1% of tumor cells stained positive based on the most recent tumor biopsy and assessed locally
    11. Female patients should be premenopausal. Premenopausal status is defined as either:

        A. Patient had last menstrual period within the last 12 months B. If on tamoxifen within the past 3 months, with a plasma estradiol ≥10 pg/mL and FSH ≤40 IU/l or in the premenopausal range, according to local laboratory definition C. in case of chemotherapy induced amenorrhea, with a plasma estradiol ≥10 pg/mL) and/or FSH ≤40IU/l or in the premenopausal range according to local laboratory definition.

        D. If the subject started ovarian function suppression, above A-C criteria should be met prior to starting ovarian function suppression.
    12. No possibility of pregnancy and/or urine or serum beta-HCG negative
    13. Patients may continue an ongoing bisphosphonate or denosumab therapy.
    14. Patients who agreed to use an effective contraception method or have no childbearing potential
    15. Written informed consent
    16. Patients who agreed to offer tumor tissue and blood for biomarker analysis
* Exclusion criteria prior to 2L treatment

  * For subjects who participate only in the 2L treatment part of the study, all exclusion criteria should be met prior to study enrollment.

    1. Postmenopausal women except women who had BSO (Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy)
    2. Serious intercurrent medical or psychiatric illness, including active cardiac disease
    3. Participants who are pregnant or breast feeding or intending to become pregnant during the study or within 5 months after the final dose of study treatments.
    4. Second primary malignancy(except in situ carcinoma of the cervix or adequately treated nonmelanomatous carcinoma of the skin or favorable thyroid papillary carcinoma(follicular thyroid cancer, including PTC) or other malignancy treated at least 5 years previously with no evidence of recurrence)
    5. Patients who have previously received PARP1 inhibitors OR immune check point inhibitors
    6. Patients who have previously received platinum based chemotherapy or two or more lines of chemotherapy for metastatic or inoperable locally advanced breast cancer
    7. Known brain metastases, symptomatic or asymptomatic
    8. History of clinically significant liver disease, current alcohol abuse or known active infection
    9. History of autoimmune disease, including but not limited to myasthenia gravis, myositis, autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, vascular thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, Sjögren's syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, vasculitis, or glomerulonephritis
    10. Prior allogeneic stem cell or solid organ transplantation
    11. History of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (including pneumonitis), drug-induced pneumonitis, organizing pneumonia (i.e. bronchiolitis obliterans, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia), or evidence of active pneumonitis on screening chest computerised tomography (CT) scan
    12. Active tuberculosis
    13. Receipt of a live, attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of 1st Treatment or anticipation that a live, attenuated vaccine will be required during atezolizumab treatment or within 5 months after the last dose of atezolizumab
    14. Treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents (including but not limited to interferons or interlukin \[IL\]-2) within 4 weeks or five half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of 1st Treatment
    15. Treatment with systemic corticosteroids or other systemic immunosuppressive medications (including but not limited to prednisone, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, mycophenolate, and anti-tumour necrosis factor \[TNF\] agents) within 2 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 of 1st Treatment, or anticipated requirement for systemic immunosuppressive medications during the trial

Where this trial is running

Seoul, Gannam-gu

• Samsung medical Center — Seoul, Gannam-gu, South Korea (RECRUITING)

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Yeon Hee Park, phD

Conditions: Premenopausal HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer