Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether BYL719, an oral selective PI3K alpha specific inhibitor, is a safe and effective drug treatment for adult patients with advanced breast cancer who have progressed after first line anti-cancer therapy. Patients who enrol in this study are required to have their breast cancer genetically characterised so we can understand the mutational profiles of their tumor. Who is it for? You may be eligible to join this study if you are over 18 years old, male or female, with advanced metastatic or locally recurring breast cancer which has progressed after first line therapy. It is a requirement of the study that some of your tumor tissue will evaluated in the laboratory for genetic alterations in their DNA. Regular blood tests will also be required to try to understand if we can detect the breast cancer's abnormal DNA in the blood. Study details All participants enrolled in this study will take the study drug, BYL719, which is an oral selective PI3K alpha specific inhibitor. Dose will commence at 350mg orally daily. This will involve taking tablets daily. Even though the study medication is taken daily, cycles are considered every 4 weeks. Visits to the Oncologist will be required every 4 weeks. Study medication will be continued until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or requirement for new anti-cancer therapy. Participants will attend regular follow-up visits for up to 2 years in order to evaluate objective response rate, clinical benefit rate, progression free survival, safety and tolerability of treatment. Regular CT and/ or bone scans as well as blood tests will be performed. There will be two cohorts of participants involved in this study – those with advanced/ metastatic TNBC and those with advanced/metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancers with a genetic mutation in the PI3K pathway. We plan to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BYL719 in these patients and associations with genetic features in order to try to identify biomarkers that can indicate those breast cancers more likely to respond to the study medication. *Patients are defined as “PI3K abnormal†if they have documented gene mutation in AKT1,2,3,ALK, EGFR, ERBB2,3,4, HRAS, INPP4B, KRAS, NRAS, PTEN, PIK3CA, PIK3R1, PIK3R3, PTEN or gene amplification in EGFR, PIK3CA, PIK3R1 or loss in PTEN and INPP4B as per a next generation targeted gene sequencing panel