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PIKALO-2: A new drug called tersolisib with other standard treatments as first-line treatment for people with HR+, HER2- advanced breast cancer with PIK3CA mutationA Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of LY4064809 Combined With a CDK4/6 Inhibitor and Endocrine Therapy in Adults With HR+, HER2-Advanced Breast Cancer With a PIK3CA Mutation Who Received No Prior Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer (PIKALO-2)

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Breast Cancers Breast

Age

People18+

Trial acronym

PIKALO-2

Clinical summary

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the addition of a medicine called Tersolisib (called called LY4064809/STX-478) to other anti-cancer drugs as first treatment for advanced breast cancer.

Who is it for?
You may be eligible if you have locally advanced or metastatic HR+, HER2- breast cancer, have evidence of an activating PIK3CA mutation.  For each part of the study, different amounts and types of prior treatment is permitted. Please speak with your doctor about your specific treatment history and eligibility. 

In Part 1, participants will be given LY4064809 orally in one of two doses, in combination with investigator's choice of CDK4/6 inhibitor given orally (ribociclib, palbociclib or abemaciclib) plus hormone therapy given orally or intramuscularly (anastrozole, letrozole, exemestane  or fulvestrant).

In Part 2, participants will be randomly assigned (by chance) to one of two treatment arms.

  • Experimental arm, particpants will receive LY4064809 + CDK4/6 Inhibitor + hormone therapy.
  • Placebo comparator arm, participants will receive a placebo + CDK4/6 inhibitor + hormone therapy

Participants can remain in the study as long as the drug is helping the cancer without unbearable side effects. 

Conditions

This trial is treating people with advanced HR+, HER2- breast cancer with a PIK3CA mutation

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Are willing to follow contraception requirements. Contraceptive use by participants should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies.
  • If assigned female at birth, pre-/peri- and postmenopausal status is allowed. Those with pre- or peri-menopausal status at study entry must agree to use ovarian function suppression with any locally approved gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist.
  • If assigned male at birth with an estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer diagnosis, they must agree to use hormone suppression with a GnRH agonist.
  • Have histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer, defined as individuals with

    • locally advanced breast cancer not amenable to curative therapy (for example, surgery) or metastatic disease, and
    • hormone receptors (HR)+/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)- or HR+/HER low defined by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) Guidelines

      • HR status: Documented ER+ and/or progesterone receptor-positive (PR+) tumor according to ASCO/CAP Guidelines, defined as greater than or equal to (≥)1 percent (%) of tumor cells stained positive based on the most recent tumor biopsy and assessed locally
      • HER status: immunohistochemistry score of 1+ or score of 2+ with a negative Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) based on local results as defined in the ASCO/CAP Guidelines
  • Have evidence of an activating PIK3CA mutation, detected in tumor or blood samples using an appropriate assay.
  • Have measurable disease or non-measurable, evaluable bone disease
  • Part 1:

    • Received 0-2 prior systemic treatments for advanced breast cancer not amenable to curative therapy (for example, surgery) or metastatic disease.
    • Up to 1 of these prior systemic treatments may contain chemotherapy
  • Part 2:

    • Received 0 prior systemic treatment for advanced breast cancer not amenable to curative therapy (for example, surgery) or metastatic disease.
    • Individuals who are eligible are either

      • Population 1 (P1): Endocrine sensitive

        • newly diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (de novo)
        • relapsed with documented evidence of progression greater than (>)12 months from completion of (neo)adjuvant ET ± cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor, or
      • Population 2 (P2): Endocrine resistant

        • relapsed with documented evidence of progression less than or equal to (≤)12 months of completing (neo)adjuvant ET ± CDK4/6 inhibitor.
        • if a CDK4/6 inhibitor was included as part of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, progression event must be >12 months since completion of CDK4/6 inhibitor portion of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy.

Exclusion

  • Have an established diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus or Type 2 diabetes mellitus with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥8%, fasting blood glucose (FBG) ≥140 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) (7.7 millimoles per liter [mmol/L]), or requiring insulin.
  • Have inflammatory or metaplastic breast cancer.
  • History of leptomeningeal disease or carcinomatous meningitis.
  • Have known and untreated or active central nervous system (CNS) metastases. Exception: Asymptomatic brain or spinal metastases if treated by surgery, surgery plus radiotherapy, or radiotherapy alone with no evidence of radiographic progression or hemorrhage within at least 28 days before randomization and no requirement for anticonvulsants or systemic corticosteroids for at least 28 days before randomization.
  • Have received treatment with any local or systemic antineoplastic therapy or investigational anticancer agent within 14 days or 4 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to randomization up to a maximum washout period of 28 days.
  • Have a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (dose more than 10 milligrams [mg] daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to randomization.
  • Are pregnant, breastfeeding, or intend to become pregnant during the study or within 6 months of the last dose of study intervention and at least 2 years after the last dose of fulvestrant and/or CDK4/6 inhibitor after the final administration of study treatment.

Inclusion

  • Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or has grown into nearby parts of the body (locally advanced).
  • Your cancer has not spread to other parts of the body, but it is not possible to perform surgery to remove it (unresectable).

Exclusion

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

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.

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Trial sponsor

Eli Lilly and Company

Scientific Title

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of LY4064809 Combined With a CDK4/6 Inhibitor and Endocrine Therapy in Adults With HR+, HER2-Advanced Breast Cancer With a PIK3CA Mutation Who Received No Prior Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer (PIKALO-2)

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