Abemaciclib and Letrozole in Patients With Estrogen Receptor-positive Rare Ovarian Cancer

NCT ID: NCT05872204

Last Updated: 2025-03-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-30

Study Completion Date

2028-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of abemaciclib and letrozole for treatment of estrogen receptor-positive rare ovarian cancer.

Detailed Description

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Patients with recurrent, persistent and/or metastatic estrogen receptor-positive rare ovarian cancer, who failed one line of platinum based chemotherapy for advanced or recurrent disease, will be included in this study. One cohort will include low-grade serous or endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer and another cohort will include adult type granulosa cell tumors. The results of large randomized phase 3 trials of the combination of an aromatase inhibitor combined with a CDK4/6 inhibitor in hormone sensitive, HER2 negative breast cancer can form the basis for a trial with this drug combination in hormone sensitive rare ovarian cancer. The aim is to increase the response rate to aromatase inhibitors and the duration of response in this study population with limited therapeutic options, monitor the quality of life and explore the (epi)genomic signatures that correlate with response or endocrine resistance. Abemaciclib will be supplied as capsules administered orally, 150 mg every 12 hours (Q12H) on Days 1 to 28 of a 28-day cycle, plus letrozole 2.5 mg OD Days 1 to 28 of a 28-day cycle.

Conditions

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Low Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor

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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Abemaciclib and letrozole

Participants received abemaciclib 150 mg tablet orally twice daily and letrozole tablet 2.5 mg orally once daily until disease progression, unacceptable adverse event(s) or death.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Abemaciclib

Intervention Type DRUG

150 mg tablet twice daily

Letrozole

Intervention Type DRUG

2.5 mg tablet once daily

Interventions

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Abemaciclib

150 mg tablet twice daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Letrozole

2.5 mg tablet once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Verzenios Femara

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures.
2. Use of highly effective methods of birth control; defined as those that, alone or in combination, result in low failure rate (i.e., less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly; such as implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, some IUDs, true sexual abstinence (i.e. refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the Trial treatment(s)) or commitment to a vasectomised partner.
3. Histological confirmation of diagnosis of low-grade serous (original diagnosis of low-grade serous carcinoma or original diagnosis of serous borderline tumor with subsequent diagnosis of low-grade serous carcinoma )or low-grade endometrioid carcinoma of ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum or granulosa-cell tumor of the adult type and ER positivity on immunohistochemistry. In order to prevent inclusion of patients with high-grade serous carcinoma, diagnosis of low-grade serous carcinoma will be verified as part of screening review by a gynecologic pathologist. Tissue for confirmation can be from primary tumor or recurrence.
4. For Stage 1: only patients where platinum is still an option are eligible with no limitations in prior chemotherapy regimens and a maximum of 2 prior endocrine therapy regimens. For Stage 2: a further 20 patients where platinum is still an option will be included, with no limitations in prior chemotherapy regimens and a maximum of 2 prior endocrine therapy regimens. Fifteen patients where platinum is not an option are allowed with no limitations in prior chemotherapy regimens and maximum of 2 prior endocrine therapy regimens. Patients cannot have received chemotherapy for platinum resistant or refractory disease.
5. Age \> 18 years at time of study entry.
6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-1.
7. Patient must have recurrent, measurable disease by RECIST v1.1. Measurable disease is defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least 1 dimension (longest dimension to be recorded). Each lesion must be ≥10 mm when measured by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or caliper measurement by clinical exam or must be ≥20 mm when measured by chest x-ray. Lymph nodes must be \>15 mm in short axis when measured by CT or MRI.
8. Pre- and post-treatment tissue biopsy and ct-DNA blood sample are mandatory for translational studies. Tissue from an archival tissue sample or fresh tissue obtained from a core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion.
9. Patients who were previously treated with letrozole or another aromatase inhibitor are allowed, but capped at 10 patients in each cohort.
10. Patients who received radiotherapy must have completed and fully recovered from the acute effects of radiotherapy. A washout period of at least 14 days is required between end of radiotherapy and randomization.
11. Patients must not have remaining ovarian function. In women who have at least one retained ovary, menopause must be confirmed with laboratory confirmation. Women who have ovarian function are eligible but must be placed on hormonal suppression after a negative serum or urine human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) test.
12. Abnormal organ function is permitted. However, patients must have:

1. absolute neutrophil count ≥1500/mL
2. platelets ≥100.000/mL
3. hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL
4. estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 45 ml/min as calculated using the method standard for the institution
5. total serum bilirubin ≤1.5 X ULN
6. aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) ≤3 X ULN
7. alkaline phosphatase ≤2.5x ULN (or ≤5.0x ULN if liver or bone metastases)

Exclusion Criteria

1. For Stage 1: patients where platinum is not an option and platinum refractory patients are not allowed. For Stage 2: patients with platinum refractory disease are not allowed. Patients who received chemotherapy must have recovered (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[CTCAE\] Grade ≤1) from the acute effects of chemotherapy except for residual alopecia or Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy prior to randomization. A washout period of at least 21 days is required between last chemotherapy dose and randomization (provided the patient did not receive radiotherapy).
2. The patient has serious preexisting medical condition(s) that would preclude participation in this study (for example, interstitial lung disease, severe dyspnea at rest or requiring oxygen therapy, severe renal impairment (e.g. estimated creatinine clearance \<30 mL/min), history of major surgical resection involving the stomach or small bowel, or preexisting Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis or a preexisting chronic condition resulting in baseline Grade 2 or higher diarrhea).
3. Current use of food or drugs known to be potent CYP3A4 inhibitors, drugs known to be potent CYP3A4 inducers (for examples, see the Prohibited Concomitant Medications section).
4. Diagnosis of another malignancy within 3 years, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
5. Patient cannot have previously received a prior cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKi).
6. Known Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
7. Inability or unwillingness to swallow pills.
8. Patient has had major surgery within 14 days prior to starting study drug or has not recovered from major side effects (tumor biopsy is not considered as major surgery).
9. Active infection requiring intravenous (IV) antibiotics or antifungals, or other uncontrolled recurrent illness requiring hospitalization.
10. History of any of the following: syncope of cardiovascular etiology, ventricular arrhythmia of pathological origin (including, but not limited to, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation), sudden cardiac arrest.
11. Prior hematopoietic stem cell or bone marrow transplantation.
12. Known history of brain metastasis(es) that may be considered active (screening imaging of brain is not required unless there is clinical suspicion of brain metastases). Patients with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided that the lesions are stable (without evidence of progression for at least 12 weeks on imaging), there is no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases.
13. Known abnormalities in coagulation such as bleeding diathesis, or treatment with anticoagulants precluding intramuscular injections of goserelin (if applicable).
14. Known or possible hypersensitivity to letrozole or abemaciclib or any of their excipients.
15. Pre/perimenopausal women with a known hypersensitivity to gnRH (gonadotropin-releasing hormone) agonists.
16. Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
17. Participation in an interventional Trial with an investigational medicinal product (IMP) or device. The patient has received an experimental treatment in a clinical trial within the last 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to randomization, or is currently enrolled in any other type of medical research (for example: medical device) judged by the sponsor not to be scientifically or medically compatible with this study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Kom Op Tegen Kanker

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eli Lilly and Company

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

European Network of Gynaecological Oncological Trial Groups (ENGOT)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UZ Leuven

Locations

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CHU de Liège

Liège, Liège, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

UZ Gent

Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

UZ Leuven

Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut De Cancerologie Strasbourg Europe

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut Bergonie

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut Universitaire Du Cancer Toulouse-Oncopole

Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut De Cancerologie De L'Ouest

Saint-Herblain, Loire-Atlantique, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Leon Berard

Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint Simon

Paris, Île-de-France Region, France

Site Status RECRUITING

University Medical Center Groningen

Groningen, Provincie Groningen, Netherlands

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

University Medical Center Utrecht

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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Belgium France Netherlands

Central Contacts

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Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, MD PhD

Role: CONTACT

+3216342531

Tine Ottenbourgs

Role: CONTACT

+3216348131

Facility Contacts

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Frédéric Kridelka, MD

Role: primary

+3243237169

Hannelore Denys, MD PhD

Role: primary

+3293322692

Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, MD PhD

Role: primary

+3216342531

Tine Ottenbourgs

Role: backup

+3216348131

Lauriane Eberst, MD

Role: primary

Coriolan Lebreton, MD

Role: primary

Laurence Gladieff, MD

Role: primary

Dominique Berton, MD

Role: primary

Isabelle Ray-Coquard, MD PhD

Role: primary

Frédéric Selle, MD

Role: primary

Hilde Jalving, MD

Role: primary

Ingrid Boere, MD

Role: primary

Inge Baas, MD

Role: primary

References

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Ottenbourgs T, van Gorp T, Kridelka F, Baert T, Denys H, Selle F, Baas I, Van Rompuy AS, Lambrechts D, Van Nieuwenhuysen E. A phase II, multicenter, open-label study of abemaciclib and letrozole in patients with estrogen receptor-positive rare ovarian cancer: ALEPRO trial. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 Apr 1;34(4):627-630. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2023-005189.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38453176 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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S66468

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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