To Identify Primary Resistance to CDK4/6 Inhibitors in Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT04660435

Last Updated: 2025-02-26

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-01

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

This is a multi-center biomarkers study aiming to prospectively collect biological samples from patients with ER+ and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, who are candidate to first-line treatment with an aromatase inhibitor and a CDK4/6 inhibitor as per standard clinical practice.

Blood and tissue samples will be collected for biomarker analysis, including thymidine kinase1 activity, gene expression signatures and circulating tumor DNA.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Enrolled patients will receive first-line treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor + AI (anastrozole, letrozole or exemestane) in accordance with local practice. No drugs will be provided by the study Sponsor. Following disease progression on first-line therapy, subsequent, second-line therapy will be administered at physician discretion and as per physician choice.

For all participating patients, serum and plasma samples will be collected at the following time-points:

* Baseline (\< 2 weeks before treatment)
* During treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors + AI: at day 15 (+/- 2) of the first cycle, day 1 (+/-2) of cycle 2, day 1 (+/- 2) of the cycle closest to the first trial-mandated tumor evaluation (after 12-18 weeks from study inclusion), day 1 (+/- 2) of cycle 6, and every 6 cycles thereafter
* At disease progression or permanent discontinuation of CDK4/6 inhibitors + AI (within 35 days from last CDK4/6 inhibitor dosing)
* During the immediate subsequent treatment (second line) (any type, as per physician choice): at day 1 (+/- 2) of cycle 1 (if \> 7 days from last CDK4/6 inhibitors dosing), at day 1 of cycles 3, 6 and every 6 cycles thereafter
* At disease progression or permanent discontinuation of second line treatment (within 35 days from last dosing)

One sample of whole blood will be collected at baseline.

All blood samples will be taken concomitantly with blood draws for routine clinical practice.

To be eligible for the study, availability of material from one formalin fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor block from a baseline biopsy of a metastatic site taken before starting treatment is mandatory. Although not mandatory for inclusion, material from an archival FFPE tumor block from the primary breast tumor must also be provided, whenever available. Additionally, material from one FFPE tumor block of a tissue biopsy from a metastatic site collected upon disease progression to first-line treatment with CDK4/6 in and AI will be collected whenever possible

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Metastatic Breast Cancer ER Positive Breast Cancer HER2-negative Breast Cancer

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Women with ER+/Her2 negative metastatic breast cancer

Patients with ER+/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer candidate to first-line treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor and an aromatase inhibitor as per standard clinical practice

Thymidine kinase activity

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

DiviTum® assay determines the enzymatic activity of TK in serum samples

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Thymidine kinase activity

DiviTum® assay determines the enzymatic activity of TK in serum samples

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

Discover alternative or legacy names that may be used to describe the listed interventions across different sources.

Divitum

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women aged 18 years or older, with a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer
2. ER-positive and HER2-negative disease as assessed locally either on primary tumor tissue or on a biopsy of a metastasis
3. The patient has not received any prior systemic therapy for metastatic breast cancer (may have received prior hormonal therapy or chemotherapy in the neo/adjuvant setting)
4. The patient is candidate to receive first-line therapy with an aromatase inhibitor (AI) and a CDK4/6 inhibitor per local clinical practice
5. The patient must have evaluable disease according to RECIST 1.1 (either measurable or non-measurable).

Note: Patients with bone-only disease will be allowed in a specific sub-cohort, which will comprise 10% of the total sample size.
6. Hystologic material from one formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor block from a diagnostic core or excisional biopsy of a metastatic lesion, taken before study entry must be provided (patients with bone-only disease will be accepted into the trial without a biopsy of the metastatic site). Hystologic material from an additional biopsy (core or excisional) taken at time of disease progression on the study treatment must also be provided, if clinically feasible. When available, hystologic material from an FFPE tumor block from the primary breast cancer must also be submitted.
7. The patient agrees to provide blood samples. at the trial specified time points

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with metastatic disease isolated to the central nervous system (CNS) without metastatic involvement of any other site, unless surgical excision of CNS metastasis has been performed and the tumor tissue is available for the study.
2. Previous or current non-breast malignancies within the last 5 years, with the exception of in situ carcinoma of the cervix and/or adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Clinical Research Technology S.r.l.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondazione Sandro Pitigliani

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Luca Malorni

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Azienda USL Toscana Centro - Prato

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Hospital Santo Stefano

Prato, Tuscany, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

Italy

Central Contacts

Reach out to these primary contacts for questions about participation or study logistics.

Luca Malorni

Role: CONTACT

+390574802523

Chiara Biagioni

Role: CONTACT

+390574802526

Facility Contacts

Find local site contact details for specific facilities participating in the trial.

Luca Malorni

Role: primary

+390574802523

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Malorni L, Tyekucheva S, Hilbers FS, Ignatiadis M, Neven P, Colleoni M, Henry S, Ballestrero A, Bonetti A, Jerusalem G, Papadimitriou K, Bernardo A, Seles E, Duhoux FP, MacPherson IR, Thomson A, Davies DM, Bergqvist M, Migliaccio I, Gebhart G, Zoppoli G, Bliss JM, Benelli M, McCartney A, Kammler R, De Swert H, Ruepp B, Fumagalli D, Maibach R, Cameron D, Loi S, Piccart M, Regan MM; International Breast Cancer Study Group; Breast International Group and PYTHIA Collaborators. Serum thymidine kinase activity in patients with hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer treated with palbociclib and fulvestrant. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Mar;164:39-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.12.030. Epub 2022 Feb 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35172272 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

Tiresias

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.