Trial purpose
Cancer treatment
Tumor type
Breast
Age
18+
Clinical summary
Summary
The purpose of this trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of:
- Arm A: palazestrant + ribociclib + a placebo that matches letrozole
- Arm B: letrozole + ribociclib + a placebo that matches palazestrant
The trial is seeking adult participants with ER+, HER2- advanced breast cancer who have not received prior systemic anti-cancer treatment for advanced disease.
Approximately 1,000 participants will be randomly allocated (by chance) to one of the two study arms for treatment.
Conditions
This trial is treating people with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is ER+ and HER-
Eligibility
Inclusion
- Adult female or male participants.
- ER+, HER2- locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is not amenable to curative therapy.
- Evaluable disease (measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 or bone-only disease).
- De novo advanced breast cancer or with disease recurrence occurring after 12 months of completing adjuvant endocrine therapy (with or without CDK4/6 inhibitors)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
- Adequate hematologic, hepatic, and renal functions.
- Female participants can be pre-, peri- or postmenopausal.
- Male and pre- or peri-menopausal female participants must be willing to take a GnRH (or LHRH) agonist.
Exclusion
- Disease recurrence during adjuvant endocrine therapy
- Currently receiving or previously received systemic anti-cancer therapy for ER+, HER2- advanced breast cancer.
- Previously received treatment with fulvestrant, elacestrant or an investigational endocrine therapy in any setting.
- History of allergic reactions to study treatment.
- Any contraindications to letrozole and ribociclib.
- Symptomatic central nervous system metastases, carcinomatous meningitis, leptomeningeal disease, or a spinal cord compression that require immediate treatment.
Inclusion
- Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or has grown into nearby parts of the body (locally advanced).
- You are able to swallow medication by mouth.
Exclusion
- You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
- You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.
More information
Trial Identifiers
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Trial sponsor
Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Scientific Title
A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Controlled Study of Palazestrant With Ribociclib Versus Letrozole With Ribociclib for the First-Line Treatment of ER+, HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer
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