Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE for Luminal B breast cancer

Phase II trial of CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE for Luminal B breast cancer.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Luminal B breast cancer
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
16-09-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
17-10-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, arm 1 (control): combination of weekly paclitaxel followed by dose-dense doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide (ddac) and pre-operative stereotactic body radiotherapy (boost dose) to the primary tumour. relevant imps used in arm 1 include paclitaxel (product: paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion) and ddac components doxorubicin (doxorubicin 2 mg/ml concentrate) and cyclophosphamide (cyclophosphamide). paclitaxel described as weekly; ddac (dose-dense doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide) as per protocol. (dose units present in product records: paclitaxel maxdailydoseamount 80 mg/m2; doxorubicin maxdailydoseamount 60 mg/m2; cyclophosphamide maxdailydoseamount 600 mg/m2)., adaptive Phase II trial across 7 sites in France, Belgium.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Arm 1 (control): combination of weekly paclitaxel followed by dose-dense doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide (ddAC) and pre-operative stereotactic body radiotherapy (boost dose) to the primary tumour. Relevant IMPs used in Arm 1 include Paclitaxel (product: Paclitaxel 6 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion) and ddAC components Doxorubicin (Doxorubicin 2 mg/ml concentrate) and Cyclophosphamide (CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE). Paclitaxel described as weekly; ddAC (dose-dense doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide) as per protocol. (Dose units present in product records: paclitaxel maxDailyDoseAmount 80 mg/m2; doxorubicin maxDailyDoseAmount 60 mg/m2; cyclophosphamide maxDailyDoseAmount 600 mg/m2).
Adaptive
True, safety run-in planned: a safety run-in for the first 6 subjects will be performed (those 6 subjects will receive the treatment given in Arm 3) prior to starting the randomized phase II trial.
Biomarker Stratified
True, PD-L1 status (low versus high)
Target Sample Size
147
Trial Duration For Participant
1825

Stratification factors

  • PD-L1 status (determined centrally: low versus high)
  • Primary tumour size: cT1/cT2 versus cT3
  • Nodal status: cN0 versus cN+
  • Participating site

Eligibility

Recruits 147 Vulnerable persons are excluded as per the France-specific exclusion: "Vulnerable persons according to the article L.1121-6 of the CSP, adults who are the subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to express their consent according to article L.1121-8 of the CSP." Signed informed consent (ICF) is required prior to any study-related procedure; informed consent documents are provided (country-specific versions available, see trial documents)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant and/or lactating women.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable persons are excluded as per the France-specific exclusion: "Vulnerable persons according to the article L.1121-6 of the CSP, adults who are the subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to express their consent according to article L.1121-8 of the CSP." Signed informed consent (ICF) is required prior to any study-related procedure; informed consent documents are provided (country-specific versions available, see trial documents).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years old\n- Serum pregnancy test (for subjects of childbearing potential) negative within 2 weeks prior to first dose of study administration.\n- Women of childbearing potential must agree to use 1 highly effective method of contraception during the screening period, during the course of the study and at least 12 months after the last administration of study treatment. It is strongly recommended for the male partner of a female subject to also use male condom plus spermicide throughout this period\n- Adequate bone marrow function as defined below: • Absolute neutrophil count ≥1500/µL, i.e. 1.5x109 /L • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL • Platelets ≥100000/µL, i.e. 100x109 /L\n- Adequate liver function as defined below: • Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN. In case of known Gilbert’s syndrome ≤ 3 x UNL is allowed • AST (SGOT) ≤ 3.0 x ULN • ALT (SGPT) ≤ 3.0 x ULN\n- Adequate renal function as defined below: • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x UNL or eGFR≥40ml/min/1.73m2 15. Adequate coagulant function as defined below\n- Adequate coagulant function as defined below: • International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5 x ULN\n- Completion of all necessary screening procedures within 28 days prior to randomisation (except if written differently).\n- Willingness to provide tissue and blood samples for immunomonitoring and translational research activities\n- Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50%. LVEF performed in routine is accepted if done within 6 months prior to beginning of screening\n- Signed Informed Consent form (ICF) obtained prior to any study related procedure.\n- Female\n- Inclusion criterion for phase II only (all phase II subjects): 20. Tumour sample provided for central PD-L1 IHC assessment (Testing done during screening period).\n- Inclusion criterion applicable to FRANCE only (Safety run-in and Phase II subjects) 21. Affiliated to the French Social Security System (applicable only to subjects treated in France)\n- ECOG performance status ≤ 1\n- Weight ≥ 35 kg\n- Histological diagnosis of invasive breast adenocarcinoma that is estrogen receptor-positive (ER-positive) and HER2- negative as per the updated American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines and performed according to local testing. In addition, only tumours with Proliferation Index Ki67 ≥ 15% or histology grade III are accepted.\n- Agreement to perform new study related biopsies to provide tissue samples\n- MammaPrint genomic high risk score according to centralised testing, except for specific conditions as mentioned below. MammaPrint will only be tested for luminal B breast tumours with either Proliferation Index Ki67 ≥ 15% or histology grade III tumours. (Testing to be done during screening period)\n- Tumour size: • If subject is cN0: tumour size ≥ 2 cm, as determined by MRI imaging. • If subject is cN1,cN2 or cN3: tumour size: ≥ 1.5 cm, as determined by MRI imaging. The requirement for an MRI is not applicable in the case of medical contraindications to perform MRI (e.g., obesity or claustrophobia). In this situation, tumour evaluations should be performed by ultrasound.\n- Multifocal, multicentric unilateral or bilateral breast adenocarcinoma tumours are allowed provided that all biopsiable foci are ER+/HER2- according to local testing and all foci are able to receive SBRT treatment within the defined dosimetric constraints. In some cases a separate biopsy of every focus is not mandatory, but only if every of the following conditions are present. • small focal lesion • lesion in close proximity to the main primary cancer from which a biopsy was taken • the investigator and the radiologist consider the lesion to be clearly related to the main primary breast cancer from which a biopsy was taken • the lesion will be removed during the same lumpectomy than the main primary breast cancer For bilateral, multifocal or multicentric disease, the site selected for pre-treatment biopsy should correspond to the site of largest measurable disease meeting eligibility criteria. The location of tumour biopsy site (laterality, quadrant, position from the nipple and type of imaging modality to guide biopsy) should be collected."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnant and/or lactating women.\n- Active infection including: • Tuberculosis (TB) (clinical evaluation that includes clinical history, physical examination and radiographic findings, and TB testing in line with local practice) • Hepatitis B (known positive HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) result). Subjects with a past or resolved HBV infection (defined as the presence of hepatitis B core antibody [antiHBc] and absence of HBsAg) are eligible. • Hepatitis C. Subjects positive for hepatitis C (HCV) antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction is negative for HCV RNA\n- Significant cardiovascular disease, such as New York Heart Association cardiac disease (Class II or greater), myocardial infarction transient ischemic attack, or stroke within the previous 3 months, unstable arrhythmias, and/or unstable angina\n- Medical condition requiring current systemic anticoagulation, or a history of congenital hypercoagulable condition. Subjects taking aspirin at doses < 325 mg per day are eligible provided that prothrombin time is within the institutional range of normal. Use of local anticoagulation for port maintenance is permitted.\n- Subjects with history of venous thrombosis in the past 12 months prior to the scheduled first dose of study treatment (oleclumab)\n- Diabetes mellitus Type 1 or poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes mellitus defined as a screening hemoglobin A1C ≥ 8 % or a fasting plasma glucose ≥ 160 mg/dL (or 8.8 mmol/L)\n- Any live (attenuated) vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy\n- Prior systemic immunosuppressive medication (excluding corticosteroids) within 30 days of planned start of study therapy\n- Prior radiation therapy to the ipsilateral breast\n- Prior immunotherapy, including tumour vaccine, cytokine, antiCTLA4, PD-1/PD-L1, including durvalumab, blockade or similar agents\n- Concomitant use of other investigational drugs\n- Subject with a significant medical, neuro-psychiatric, substance abuse or surgical condition, currently uncontrolled by treatment, which, in the principal investigator’s opinion, may interfere with completion of the study.\n- Any unresolved toxicity NCI CTCAE Grade ≥2 from previous anticancer therapy with the exception of alopecia, vitiligo, and the laboratory values defined in the inclusion criteria. Subjects with Grade ≥2 neuropathy will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the Study Physician. Subjects with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment with durvalumab or oleclumab may be included only after consultation with the Study Physician\n- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, interstitial lung disease, serious chronic gastrointestinal conditions associated with diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirement, substantially increase risk of incurring AEs or compromise the ability of the subject to give written informed consent\n- History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject’s participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator\n- Prior organ transplantation\n- Subjects with urinary outflow obstruction\n- Exclusion criterion applicable to FRANCE only (Safety run-in and Phase II subjects). Vulnerable persons according to the article L.1121-6 of the CSP, adults who are the subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to express their consent according to article L.1121-8 of the CSP\n- TNM stage cT4 breast cancer including inflammatory breast cancer\n- Presence of any distant metastasis\n- Contra-indication for treatment by paclitaxel, doxorubicin or cyclophosphamide, or known allergy to any tested substance or excipients (e.g; chemotherapy or immunotherapy formulations). Contra-indication for subjects with known sensitivity to acetaminophen/paracetamol, diphenhydramine or equivalent antihistamine (this is a contra-indication for treatment with oleclumab).\n- Previously known contra-indication for treatment by radiation therapy such as rare genetic disorders associated with DNA repair disorders such as ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome (NBS) and Fanconi anemia.\n- Active or prior documented autoimmune disease (including inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, Wegener’s granulomatosis) within the past 3 years. NOTE: Subjects with childhood atopy or asthma, vitiligo, alopecia, Grave’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, or psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment (within the past 2 years) are not excluded\n- Prior malignancy active within the previous 5 years, except for localised cancers that are considered to have been cured and in the opinion of the investigator present a low risk for recurrence. Examples include basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breas\n- Known history of, or any evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Residual cancer burden (RCB 0-1 vs. RCB 2-3) at time of surgery. RCB 0 is defined as pathological complete response (pCR) and RCB 1 is defined as minimal residual disease. RCB is calculated as a continuous index combining pathologic measurements of the primary tumour (size and cellularity) and nodal metastases (number and size) as defined by Symmans et al. (15).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"RCB calculated as a continuous index combining pathologic measurements of the primary tumour (size and cellularity) and nodal metastases (number and size) as defined by Symmans et al.; RCB categories 0-1 versus 2-3, where RCB 0 = pathological complete response (pCR) and RCB 1 = minimal residual disease."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- At surgery: • Rate of pCR - ypT0/Tis ypN0, defined as the absence of residual invasive cancer at the time of definitive surgery.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"pCR defined as ypT0/Tis ypN0: absence of residual invasive disease at definitive surgery."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rate of pCR - no DCIS (yp DCIS (ypT0 ypN0), defined as the absence of residual invasive and in situ cancer at time of definitive surgery","definition_or_measurement_approach":"pCR with no DCIS defined as absence of residual invasive and in situ cancer at definitive surgery (ypT0 ypN0)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Complete pathologic response rate (pCR) of the primary tumour (ypT0/ Tis), irrespective of the response rate of the resected nodal metastases.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"pCR of primary tumour defined as ypT0/Tis, regardless of nodal response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Complete pathologic response rate (pCR) of the resected nodal metastases (ypN0), irrespective of the response rate of the primary tumour.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"pCR of resected nodal metastases defined as ypN0."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- % of breast conservation surgery in arms 2 and 3 versus arm 1","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of subjects undergoing breast-conserving surgery compared between arms 2 and 3 versus arm 1 at the time of definitive surgery."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in TIL levels between baseline and the week 6 biopsy.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) levels measured between baseline and week 6 biopsy."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Follow-up Phase: Efficacy endpoints at 3 years and 5 years after surgery will be measured, as defined by the Standardized Definitions for Efficacy End Points in Neoadjuvant Breast Cancer Clinical Trials (NeoSTEEP) (88). The following endpoints will be assessed: event-free survival (EFS), breast cancer event-free survival (BC-EFS), overall survival (OS) and distant recurrence-free survival (DRFS). Furthermore, the occurrence of ipsilateral locoregional recurrence (breast, chestwall or lo","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Efficacy endpoints at 3 and 5 years post-surgery per NeoSTEEP definitions: event-free survival (EFS), breast cancer event-free survival (BC-EFS), overall survival (OS), distant recurrence-free survival (DRFS); assessment of ipsilateral locoregional recurrence."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
147
Recruitment Window Months
117
Consent Approach
Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) required prior to any study-related procedure. Consent must be provided by the participant (no assent procedures for minors; age inclusion is ≥18). Country-specific ICF documents available (documents include French and Dutch versions for Belgium and French versions for France; subject information and ICF documents are listed among trial documents).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
7
Total Number Of Participants
147

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
02-10-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
22-10-2024
Processing Time Days
20
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
77

Sites

Site Name
Institut Curie
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Emanuela Romano
Principal Investigator Email
emanuela.romano@curie.fr
Contact Person Name
Emanuela Romano
Contact Person Email
emanuela.romano@curie.fr
Site Name
Centr Georges Francois Leclerc
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Isabelle Desmoulins
Principal Investigator Email
idesmoulins@cgfl.fr
Contact Person Name
Isabelle Desmoulins
Contact Person Email
idesmoulins@cgfl.fr

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
02-10-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
17-10-2024
Processing Time Days
15
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
70

Sites

Site Name
Ziekenhuis Aan De Stroom
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Philip Poortmans
Principal Investigator Email
philip.poortmans@zas.be
Contact Person Name
Philip Poortmans
Contact Person Email
philip.poortmans@zas.be
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dinant Godinne Sainte-Elisabeth-UCL-Namur
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Vincent Remouchamps
Principal Investigator Email
vincent.remouchamps@uclouvain.be
Contact Person Name
Vincent Remouchamps
Site Name
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Eleonore Longton
Principal Investigator Email
eleonore.longton@saintluc.uclouvain.be
Contact Person Name
Eleonore Longton
Site Name
UZ Leuven
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Adinda Baten
Principal Investigator Email
adinda.baten@uzleuven.be
Contact Person Name
Adinda Baten
Contact Person Email
adinda.baten@uzleuven.be
Site Name
Institut Jules Bordet
Department Name
Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Laurence Buisseret
Principal Investigator Email
laurence.buisseret@bordet.be
Contact Person Name
Laurence Buisseret
Contact Person Email
laurence.buisseret@bordet.be

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Institut Jules Bordet
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Belgium

Third parties

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Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Active Substance
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous
Route
Intravenous
Maximum Dose
600 mg/m2
Investigational Product Name
Paclitaxel 6 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
PACLITAXEL
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
PL 04515/0159
Frequency
Weekly
Maximum Dose
80 mg/m2
Investigational Product Name
Doxorubicin 2 mg/ml Concentrate for Solution for Infusion
Active Substance
DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
PL 20075/0109
Maximum Dose
60 mg/m2
Investigational Product Name
DURVALUMAB
Active Substance
DURVALUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous (concentrate for solution for infusion)
Route
Intravenous
Maximum Dose
1500 mg
Investigational Product Name
Oleclumab_IJB2
Active Substance
OLECLUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous (concentrate for solution for infusion)
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
PRD7190653
Maximum Dose
3000 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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