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No longer recruiting (closed or complete)Last updated: 3 April 2025

AMEERA-5: This phase III trial is trying to find the best combination of cancer drugs (SAR439859 + palbociclib, compared to letrozole + palbociclib) to improve survival in patients with ER+, HER2- advanced breast cancer who have not received prior treatment for advanced diseaseA Randomized, Multicenter, Double-blind Phase 3 Study of SAR439859 Plus Palbociclib Versus Letrozole Plus Palbociclib for the Treatment of Patients With ER (+), HER2 (-) Breast Cancer Who Have Not Received Prior Systemic Anti-cancer Treatment for Advanced Disease

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Breast Cancers Breast

Age

People18+

Trial acronym

AMEERA-5

Clinical summary

Summary

Eligible patients will be randomised to receive a continuous dose of either SAR439859 or Letrozole once-daily, in combination with a dose of Palbociclib once daily on days 1-21 of every 28-day cycle. Goserelin may also be administered once every 4 weeks in pre/peri menopausal women and men.

Conditions

This trial is treating people with ER+, HER2- breast cancer

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Adult participants with loco-regional recurrent or metastatic disease not amenable to curative treatment.
  • Confirmed diagnosis of ER+/HER2- breast cancer.
  • No prior systemic treatment for loco-regional recurrent or metastatic disease.
  • Measurable disease evaluable per Response Evaluation Criterion in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v.1.1 or non-measurable bone-only disease.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2.
  • Participants should be willing to provide tumor tissue.
  • Capable of giving informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Known active brain metastases.
  • Prior neo (adjuvant) treatment with any selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD).
  • Inadequate organ and marrow function.
  • Disease recurrence while on, or within 12 months of completion of (neo)adjuvant endocrine therapy.
  • Pregnant, breastfeeding, or woman of childbearing potential unwilling to use recommended contraception methods.
  • Male participants who disagree to follow contraception.
  • Participants with advanced, symptomatic visceral spread, that are at risk of life-threatening complications in the short term.
  • Participants with significant concomitant illness.

The above information was not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
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Trial sponsor

Sanofi Aventis

Scientific Title

A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-blind Phase 3 Study of SAR439859 Plus Palbociclib Versus Letrozole Plus Palbociclib for the Treatment of Patients With ER (+), HER2 (-) Breast Cancer Who Have Not Received Prior Systemic Anti-cancer Treatment for Advanced Disease

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