Endocrine Therapy Fulvestrant & Palbociclib or Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy in Treating Older Patients With Hormone Responsive Breast Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

NCT ID: NCT02760030

Last Updated: 2025-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

14 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-02-16

Study Completion Date

2025-08-31

Brief Summary

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This phase II clinical trial studies how well fulvestrant and palbociclib works in treating older patients with breast cancer that responds to hormone treatment (hormone responsive) that cannot be removed by surgery. Estrogen can cause the growth of estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using fulvestrant may fight estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells. Palbociclib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving fulvestrant together with palbociclib may be an effective treatment for hormone responsive breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine treatment failure-free survival (TFFS) rate at one year of combination therapy with pure estrogen antagonist, fulvestrant and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, palbociclib as primary endocrine therapy in patients 70 years or older with newly diagnosed non-metastatic hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) negative breast cancer.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine 1- and 2-year progression free survival. II. To determine safety and toxicity of this combination in the population of patients 70 years or older.

III. To determine whether longitudinal changes in geriatric assessment measures correlate with tolerability of this regimen.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive fulvestrant intramuscularly (IM) on days 1 and 15. Patients also receive palbociclib orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 12 weeks.

Conditions

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Estrogen Receptor and/or Progesterone Receptor Positive HER2/Neu Negative Stage IA Breast Cancer Stage IB Breast Cancer Stage IIA Breast Cancer Stage IIB Breast Cancer Stage IIIA Breast Cancer Stage IIIB Breast Cancer Stage IIIC Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment (fulvestrant, palbociclib)

Patients receive fulvestrant IM on days 1 and 15. Patients also receive palbociclib PO QD on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fulvestrant

Intervention Type DRUG

Given IM

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Intervention Type OTHER

Correlative studies

Palbociclib

Intervention Type DRUG

Given PO

Questionnaire Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Correlative studies

Aromatase Inhibitors

Intervention Type DRUG

Given PO

Interventions

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Fulvestrant

Given IM

Intervention Type DRUG

Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Palbociclib

Given PO

Intervention Type DRUG

Questionnaire Administration

Correlative studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Aromatase Inhibitors

Given PO

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Faslodex Faslodex(ICI 182,780) ICI 182,780 ICI 182780 ZD9238 Ibrance PD-0332991 PD-332991

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Newly diagnosed invasive, estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PR)-positive, HER2 negative breast cancer; ER-and/or PR-positive breast cancer is defined by \> 10% staining by immunohistochemistry
* Patients must be vulnerable or frail by Balducci Criteria or the patient is refusing breast surgery; vulnerable patients are defined as those with dependence in some instrumental activities of daily living, well controlled co-morbidities, and early symptoms of geriatric syndrome; frail patients are defined as those with three or more co-morbidities, dependence in one or more activities of daily living, or a clinically significant geriatric syndrome; geriatric syndromes include: dementia, delirium, incontinence (fecal and/or urinary), osteoporosis or spontaneous fractures, polypharmacy, visual/hearing impairment, sarcopenia and neglect or abuse
* The patient's refusal to proceed with curative breast surgery has to be documented by the surgeon's and medical oncologist's note
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \> 1000/uL
* Platelets \> 75,000/L
* Serum creatinine 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Total bilirubin \< 1.5 X ULN
* Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 2.5 ULN
* Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior aromatase inhibitor therapy
* Evidence of distant metastases
* Psychiatric illness, which would prevent the patient from giving informed consent
* Patients receiving strong inducers or inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4)
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nicole Williams

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nicole O Williams, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

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St. Elizabeth Healthcare

Edgewood, Kentucky, United States

Site Status

Case Western University

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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NCI-2016-00146

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

OSU-15266

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id