Treatment of advanced breast cancer with Hemay022 and AI

A Phase Ⅲ Randomized, Open Label, Parallel, Multicenter To Assess Efficacy and Safety Study of Hemay022 in Combination With AI In Postmenopausal HER2+/ER+ Advanced Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Trastuzumab-containing Regimens

This study is testing if a new treatment called Hemay022, combined with hormone therapy, can help people with advanced breast cancer live longer without their cancer getting worse compared to a standard treatment.

Quick facts

• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 339 (estimated)
• Ages: 18 Years and up
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: Ganzhou Hemay Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (Industry-sponsored)
• Drugs / interventions: trastuzumab, lapatinib, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation
• Locations: 1 site (Beijing)
• Trial ID: NCT06313983 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This study evaluates the effectiveness of Hemay022 in combination with aromatase inhibitors (AI) such as exemestane or letrozole for patients with ER+/HER2+ advanced breast cancer. It aims to assess progression-free survival (PFS) as determined by an independent review committee, alongside pharmacokinetics and safety of the treatment. A total of 339 subjects will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group receiving Hemay022 with AI or the control group receiving lapatinib with capecitabine, with regular imaging and efficacy evaluations throughout the treatment period.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Ideal candidates are adults aged 18 and older with ER+/HER2+ advanced breast cancer who have previously failed trastuzumab treatment.

Not a fit: Patients with early-stage breast cancer or those who have not received prior treatment for advanced disease may not benefit from this study.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could improve outcomes for patients with advanced breast cancer who have limited options after previous therapies.

How similar studies have performed: While there have been studies on similar combinations, the specific use of Hemay022 with AI in this context is novel.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥18 years old；
2. Subjects must give informed consent to the study before the study entry and voluntarily sign a written informed consent form;
3. Breast cancer subjects diagnosed by pathology（histology or cytology）;
4. ER positive and HER2 over-expression (immunohistochemical IHC test 3+ and/or in situ hybridization ISH test positive)；Previous test results are acceptable.
5. Advanced/metastatic breast cancer that has previously received treatment failure with trastuzumab (or trastuzumab biosimilar) regimen;Or (new) adjuvant therapy during treatment with trastuzumab (or trastuzumab biosimilar) or within 12 months after the end of treatment, disease recurrence or progression；Patients with first-line systemic treatment for relapse (previously received trastuzumab or trastuzumab biosimilars)；Or patients who are not suitable for trastuzumab treatment；Patients who have failed previous anti-HER2-ADC drug therapy can also be included.
6. At least one lesion (measurable and/or non-measurable) that can be evaluated by CT/MRI and meets the reproducible evaluation requirements of RECIST V1.1;
7. ECOG Performance Status of 0-1;
8. The estimated survival time is more than 3 months;
9. Postmenopausal women

   Postmenopausal is defined as meeting any one of the following four conditions:

   Past bilateral oophorectomy; Age ≥60 years old; Age \<60 years old, natural menopause ≥12 months, in the past 1 year without chemotherapy, tamoxifen, toremifene or ovarian castration, the level of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol Within the postmenopausal range (use the reference range of the local laboratory).

   Patients younger than 60 years old who are taking tamoxifen or toremifene, their FSH and estradiol levels are within the postmenopausal range (use the reference range of the local laboratory); Premenopausal or perimenopausal women who do not meet the above-mentioned menopausal criteria can also be included in this study, but they must also receive ovarian suppression therapy that meets the standards of medical or surgical castration treatment. Drug ovarian suppression therapy has been started at least 21 days before the start of this program, and Must be continued during the treatment plan;
10. Adequate bone marrow, liver, kidney, and coagulation Bone Marrow Function (No blood transfusion or adjuvant leukocyte or platelet augmentation drugs were used within 1 week before screening) Absolute value of neutrophils (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L Hemoglobin (HB) ≥90g/L (transfusion allowed) Platelet (PLT) ≥80×109/L Liver function Liver function grade Child-Pugh A/B (≤9 points) Alanine transferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5 ULN in the absence of liver metastasis; ALT or AST≤ 5x ULN with liver metastasis Renal function: serum creatinine ≤1.5 times ULN;
11. All previous treatment-related toxicities must be CTCAE (version 5.0) ≤ Grade 2 at the time of randomization, except for hair loss, pigmentation, and long-term toxicity caused by radiotherapy (which cannot be recovered by the investigator's judgment)；
12. Women patients of childbearing age (including their partners) have no pregnancy plan and voluntarily take effective contraceptive measures from the signing of the informed consent form to 3 months after the last medication.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with visceral crisis（Visceral crisis is defined as the dysfunction of several organs confirmed by symptoms, signs, laboratory tests, and rapid disease progression.Visceral crisis does not simply refer to the presence of visceral metastases, but to critical visceral conditions that require rapid and effective treatment to control the disease progression, especially when the opportunity for chemotherapy is lost after progression）
2. Patients with the presence of spinal cord compression or brain, meningeal metastases
3. Patients who have been treated with a small molecule HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (HER2-TKI) (medication course ≤2 weeks is excluded)
4. Have received radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to study；
5. Have received chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer\> 1 lines (the subjects who have used chemotherapy drugs must have stopped the chemotherapy drugs for ≥ 4 weeks before being enrolled in this study);
6. Patients with parenteral nutrition; malabsorption syndrome; or any condition possibly affecting drug absorption or inability to tolerate oral medications;
7. Use of any drug that inhibits or induces hepatic metabolism of Hemay022 within 2 weeks prior to study and entire study duration, for example CYP3A4 strong inhibitors or strong inducers;
8. Patients who are known to have a history of allergies to Hemay022, lapatinib、AI (letrozole, exemestane) capecitabine or similar drugs.
9. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50％ as measured by echocardiogram or MUGA scan.
10. Positive blood for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV antibody); Positive hepatitis B surface antigen and HBV-DNA\>upper limit of normal; Active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
11. Patients with active infection requiring intravenous anti-infective treatment
12. Arrhythmias requiring treatment , including atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia ,ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or patients with coronary heart disease have symptoms requiring medicine treatment, myocardial infarction within 1 year, congestive heart failure (CHF)
13. Confirmed QTc prolongation (≥500ms) (heart rate corrected according to Bazett formula or Fridericia formula)
14. People with a history of interstitial lung disease that needs treatment, a history of radiation pneumonitis, or clinically active interstitial lung disease
15. Have received other clinical trial drugs within 4 weeks before the study
16. Major surgery or injury less than 4 weeks before the study
17. The study period must be accompanied by other antitumor therapy，such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy (except symptomatic local radiotherapy)
18. Any other malignant cancer within 5 years with the exception of adequately treated cervical cancer in situ or basal and squamous cutaneous cell carcinomas
19. Any condition that would make the subject inappropriate for this study by the investigator's judgment

Where this trial is running

Beijing

• Beijing Cancer Hospital — Beijing, China (Recruiting)

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Huiping Li

Conditions Breast Cancer