Enzalutamide, Enzalutamide with Mifepristone, and Treatment of Physician's Choice for the Treatment of Patients with AR-Positive Metastatic Triple-Negative or ER-Low Breast Cancer
This phase II trial tests how well enzalutamide given alone or in combination with mifepristone works compared to treatment of physician's choice (TPC) in treating patients with breast cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) and is androgen receptor positive (AR+), triple-negative or estrogen receptor (ER)-low. Androgen is a hormone that may cause the growth of tumor cells. Enzalutamide is a drug that works by blocking the androgen receptor to slow the growth of tumor cells. Mifepristone is a drug that blocks the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) protein. Studies have shown that GR may work with AR to promote the survival and growth of tumor cells, so blocking the GR protein may help to stabilize or shrink the cancer. Chemotherapy drugs, such as carboplatin, paclitaxel, capecitabine, and eribulin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Enzalutamide, on its own or in combination with mifepristone, may be an effective treatment for patients with AR+ triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) or ER-low breast cancer because it targets cells with the AR protein.
Inclusion Criteria
- Female or male
- Pathologically confirmed invasive breast cancer that is unresectable, locally advanced, or metastatic
- TNBC (ER/progesterone Receptor [PgR] <1%) or ER-low defined as: * ER and PgR 1-10% * Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative per American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guidelines * Local testing for ER/PgR and HER2 is acceptable for eligibility
- Tumor must be AR positive. AR is considered positive by immunohistochemistry (IHC) if >= 10% of cell nuclei are immunoreactive. * AR testing performed locally must use protocol specified methodology to be acceptable for eligibility. Central testing is an option for those unable to perform local testing per this methodology
- Evaluable or measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1; subjects with no evaluable AND no measurable disease (e.g., malignant effusions or bone marrow as the only manifestations of disease) are not eligible for enrollment
- Eligible for one of the chemotherapy options listed as TPC (eribulin, capecitabine, paclitaxel, or carboplatin), as per investigator assessment
- A representative, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor specimen that enables the diagnosis of breast cancer, with adequate viable tumor cells in a tissue block (preferred) or 15 freshly cut unstained slides and 1 hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) slide. Tissue from a metastatic site is preferred. If not available, tissue from the primary site may be obtained
- Patients may have received up to 2 prior lines of chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer. * Patients with ER-low breast cancer may receive any number of lines of endocrine therapy +/- targeted therapy (i.e., CDK4/6 inhibitors, PI3K inhibitors). * Patients with PD-L1 positive breast cancer (CPS ≥ 10) should have received prior treatment with pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy in the first line setting unless there is a contraindication to checkpoint inhibitor therapy
- Patients may receive bisphosphonate or denosumab
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Able to understand and the willingness to provide informed consent
- Patients must not have another active malignancy that requires treatment
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use 2 forms of adequate contraception (i.e., barrier contraception, abstinence, intrauterine device, or sterilization method) during study period and for 7 months following treatment end. Women must not breast feed while on study and for at least 3 months after final drug administration
- Ability to swallow intact enzalutamide and mifepristone
- Patient must be recovered from any recent major surgery. Radiation must have completed 14 days prior to study start. If treated in the second-line setting, the last chemotherapy or investigational anticancer therapy dose must be at least 14 days prior
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1000
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
- Platelets ≥ 100,000
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x upper limit of normal (ULN), except for patients with known Gilbert syndrome
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 3x ULN (≤ 5x ULN if liver metastases)
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5x ULN
- Cortisol within normal limits
- Patients must agree to research biopsy at study entry until 40 patients randomized to Arm A and 40 patients randomized to Arm B and 20 patients randomized to Arm C have been biopsied. * Biopsy requirement may be waived in consultation with the study principal investigator (PI) (Drs. Traina or Nanda) if not medically feasible
Exclusion Criteria
- History of seizure or any condition that may predispose to seizure (e.g., prior cortical stroke, significant brain trauma) at any time in the past. History of loss of consciousness or transient ischemic attack within 12 months
- History of brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease
- Prior antiandrogen therapy (AR antagonist or CYP17 inhibitors)
- Other concurrent investigational anticancer agents
- Confirmed QT interval with Fridericia correction (QTcF) > 480 msec
- Any severe concurrent disease, infection, or comorbid condition that renders the patient inappropriate for enrollment in the opinion of the investigator or that interferes with the patient’s ability to participate in the study requirements
- Pregnant patients are not eligible for study
- Women with a history of unexplained vaginal bleeding or with endometrial hyperplasia with atypia or endometrial carcinoma are excluded from study
- An active gastrointestinal disorder affecting absorption (e.g., gastrectomy, uncontrolled celiac disease)
- Use of concurrent or chronic daily corticosteroid use. Topical or inhaled corticosteroids are permitted
- Use of concurrent medications that are strong inducers/inhibitors or substrates of CYP3A4. Patients may be switched to alternative medications for eligibility purposes
- Hypersensitivity reaction to the active pharmaceutical ingredient or any of the tablet components, including Labrasol, butylated hydroxyanisole, and butylated hydroxytoluene
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To compare progression free survival (PFS) between the combined enzalutamide and enzalutamide plus mifepristone arms versus (vs.) TPC.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To perform pairwise comparisons of PFS among the three arms, i.e., enzalutamide vs. TPC, enzalutamide plus mifepristone vs. TPC, and enzalutamide plus mifepristone vs. enzalutamide.
II. To compare additional efficacy endpoints, including response rate, clinical benefit rate, duration of response, and overall survival between treatment arms.
III. To describe the safety and toxicity profile of enzalutamide, and enzalutamide with mifepristone compared with TPC.
IV. To describe patient-reported outcomes using validated instruments including Patient-Reported Outcomes Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO CTCAE), Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) physical function, fatigue, and social activity measures between patients receiving enzalutamide, enzalutamide and mifepristone and those receiving TPC.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. Compare PFS between enzalutamide and TPC and enzalutamide with mifepristone and TPC by biomarker expression and to assess for an interaction between biomarker and treatment. This may include somatic genomic alterations, ribonucleic acid (RNA) transcriptomics, or protein-based diagnostics.
II. To identify common gene expression pathways using RNA-seq patterns from research biopsiable tumor tissue, coordinating the pathways with level of AR, GR, and ARV7 expression by immunohistochemistry and RNA-sequencing (seq).
III. To evaluate circulating tumor cell deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (ctDNA) for presence of acquired AR or GR ligand binding mutations.
IV. To assess change in ctDNA as a predictor of treatment failure.
V. To determine whether AR, AR V7 and GR protein expression in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) correlates with accessible tumor biopsy material mRNA measured by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (Q-RT-PCR).
VI. To determine if AR, AR-V7, and GR expression increases in tumor from baseline to at the time of progression (CTCs).
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 arms.
ARM I: Patients receive enzalutamide orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-21 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
ARM II: Patients receive enzalutamide PO QD and mifepristone PO QD on days 1-21 of each cycle. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
ARM III: Patients receive TPC with paclitaxel intravenously (IV) over 60 minutes on days 1 and 8 or days 1, 8 and 15 of each cycle at the discretion of the treating physician or carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 or days 1, 8 and 15 of each cycle or eribulin IV over 2-5 minutes on days 1 and 8 of each cycle or capecitabine PO twice daily (BID) on days 1-14 of each cycle at the discretion of the treating physician. Cycles repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may be crossed over to Arm II at the time of disease progression.
All patients undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as clinically indicated and computed tomography (CT) throughout the trial. Patients also undergo blood sample collection throughout the trial and may undergo a tissue biopsy during screening.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorTiffany A. Traina
- Primary ID22-334
- Secondary IDsNCI-2023-09254
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT06099769