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An Open Label, Randomized, Multicenter Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of the Combination of Lasofoxifene and Abemaciclib to the Combination of Fulvestrant and Abemaciclib for the Treatment of Pre- and Postmenopausal Women and Men With Locally Advanced or Metastatic ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer With an ESR1 Mutation

NCT ID: NCT05696626Sponsor: LeonaBioLast updated: 2026-04-21

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of the combination of lasofoxifene and abemaciclib compared to fulvestrant and abemaciclib for the treatment of pre- and postmenopausal women and men who have previously received ribociclib or palbociclib-based treatment and have locally advanced or metastatic estrogen receptor positive (ER+)/human epidermal growth factor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancer with an estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) mutation. The main question the study aims to answer is: • To compare the efficacy of the combination of lasofoxifene and abemaciclib with that of fulvestrant and abemaciclib Participants will receive either receive 5 mg/d of oral lasofoxifene plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day or the combination of fulvestrant 500 mg intramuscular (IM) on Days 1, 15, and 29 and then once monthly thereafter plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day.

Arms & interventions

  • DrugLasofoxifene in combination with abemaciclib

    5 mg/d of oral lasofoxifene plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day

  • DrugFulvestrant in combination with abemaciclib

    Fulvestrant 500 mg intramuscular (IM) on Days 1, 15, and 29 and then once monthly thereafter plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Progression free survival (PFS)

    PFS is defined as the time from the date of randomization \[Visit 0 (Day 1)\] to the earliest date of first documented progression per RECIST 1.1 or death due to any cause.

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

Secondary

  • Objective response rate (ORR)

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

  • Overall survival (OS)

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

  • Clinical benefit rate (CBR)

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

  • Duration of response (DoR) in subjects with an objective response

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

  • Time to response (TTR) in subjects with an objective response

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

  • Time to cytotoxic chemotherapy

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

  • Quality of Life (QoL) evaluated using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast Cancer-Endocrine Subscale (FACT B-ES)

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

  • Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious AEs

    Time frame: Within approximately 3 years

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Pre- or postmenopausal women or men. 2. Locally advanced and/or metastatic ER+ breast cancer with radiological or clinical evidence of progression on an AI in combination with either palbociclib or ribociclib as their first hormonal treatment for metastatic disease. 3. Histological or cytological confirmation of ER+/HER2 - disease 4. No evidence of progression for at least 6 months on an AI/CDKi combination for advanced breast cancer. 5. At least 1 or more ESR1 point mutations in the ESR1 ligand binding domain as assessed in cell- free ctDNA obtained from a blood or breast cancer tissue. 6. Locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with either measurable (according to RECIST 1.1) or non-measurable lesions. 7. Subjects may have received 1 cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen in the metastatic disease setting prior to study entry, but must have recovered from chemotherapy acute toxicity excluding alopecia and Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy. 8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score of 0 or 1 9. Adequate organ function 10. Able to swallow tablets 11. Brain metastases are allowed only if the following 4 parameters hold: 1. Asymptomatic, 2. Definitively treated (e.g., radiotherapy, surgery), 3. Not requiring steroids up to 4 weeks before study treatment initiation, AND 4. Central nervous system disease stable for \>3 months prior to registration as documented by magnetic resonance imagining (MRI). 12. Able to understand and voluntarily sign a written informed consent before any screening procedures. 13. Every attempt should be made to obtain a biopsy of metastatic breast cancer tissue, when safe and feasible, to provide histological or cytological confirmation of ER+/HER2- disease as assessed by a local laboratory, according to American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guidelines, using slides, paraffin blocks, or paraffin samples. If a biopsy is done, it may undergo genomic testing at some point to assess for ESR1 mutations and correlation with ctDNA results. If a biopsy is not possible or inappropriate from a clinical standpoint, the ER and HER2 status from the subject's most recent biopsy must confirm that the subject is ER+ and HER2 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis involving the lung. 2. History of Grade 3 or Grade 4 interstitial lung disease (ILD) on previous therapy. 3. Visceral crisis in need of cytotoxic chemotherapy as assessed by the investigator. 4. Prior progression of disease on abemaciclib, fulvestrant, or other selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) therapy. 5. Subjects with a known hypersensitivity to fulvestrant or to any of the excipients 6. Radiotherapy within 30 days prior to Visit 0 (Day 1) except in case of localized radiotherapy for analgesic purposes or for lytic lesions at risk of fracture, which can then be completed within 7 days prior to Visit 0 (Day 1). Subjects must have recovered from radiotherapy toxicities prior to Visit 0 (Day 1). 7. Known RB1 mutations or deletions that in the opinion of the investigator confer resistance to CDK4/6i. (Screening for RB1 mutation is not required for entry.) 8. History of long QTc (Q-T interval corrected for heart rate) syndrome or a QTc of \>480 msec. 9. History of a pulmonary embolus (PE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or any known thrombophilia, unless the event occurred greater than 6 months prior to screening and the subject is treated with chronic anticoagulant therapy such as apixaban (Eliquis) or rivaroxaban (Xarelto). 10. Lasofoxifene is not recommended for use in subjects with conditions that place them at increased risk for VTEs (such as severe congestive heart failure \[CHF\] or prolonged immobilization). 11. On concomitant strong CYP3A4 inhibitors. 12. On strong and moderate CYP3A4 inducers. 13. Any significant co-morbidity that would impact the study or the subject's safety, including subjects with significant malabsorption. 14. Active systemic bacterial or fungal infection (requiring intravenous \[IV\] antibiotics or antifungals at the time of initiating study treatment). 15. Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV). 16. History of malignancy within the past 5 years (excluding breast cancer), except basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin curatively treated by surgery. 17. Positive serum pregnancy test (only if premenopausal). 18. Sexually active premenopausal women and men unwilling to use double-barrier contraception. 19. Women who are breast feeding 20. History of non-compliance to medical regimens. 21. Unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol. 22. Current participation in any clinical research trial involving an investigational drug or device within the last 30 days.

Study locations (36)

Mayo Clinic - Scottsdale

Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259

Recruiting
Clinical Trials Office - All Mayo Clinic Locations · Contact

University of Arizona - Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, 85719

Recruiting
Carissa Ganzer · Contact

Providence Medical Foundation - Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa, California, 95403

Recruiting
Jarrod Holmes · Contact

Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

Recruiting
Clinical Trials Office - All Mayo Clinic Locations · Contact

Miami Cancer Institute

Miami, Florida, 33143

Recruiting
Ana Sandoval Leon · Contact

Miami Cancer Institute Plantation

Plantation, Florida, 33324

Recruiting
Ana Sandoval Leon · Contact

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

Recruiting
Jane Meisel · Contact

Norton Cancer Institute

Louisville, Kentucky, 40202

Recruiting
Laila Agrawal · Contact

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21231

Recruiting
Jessica Tao · Contact

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

Recruiting
Seth Wander · Contact

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

Recruiting
Erica Mayer · Contact

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

Recruiting
S Berwick · Contact

Cancer and Hematology Centers of Western Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Recruiting
Amy Vander Woude · Contact

Allina Health System DBA Virginia Piper Cancer Institute

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407

Recruiting
Domingo Perez · Contact

Mayo Clinic - Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

Recruiting
Clinical Trials Office - All Mayo Clinic Locations · Contact

Saint Luke's Cancer Institute

Kansas City, Missouri, 64111

Recruiting
Timothy Pluard · Contact

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, 63110

Recruiting
Nusayba Bagegni · Contact

Renown Regional Medical Centre

Reno, Nevada, 89502

Recruiting
Lee Schwartzberg · Contact

Cancer Care Specialists

Reno, Nevada, 89511-2250

Recruiting
Sowjanya Reganti · Contact

New Jersey Cancer Care, PA

Belleville, New Jersey, 07109

Withdrawn

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901

Recruiting
Coral Omene · Contact

Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87110

Not Yet Recruiting
Ethan Binder · Contact

Presbyterian Rust Cancer Center

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 87124

Recruiting
Ethan Binder · Contact

The Blavatnik Family - Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, 10011

Recruiting

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, 10029

Recruiting
Amy Tiersten · Contact

David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10065

Recruiting
Sherry Shen · Contact

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, 27705

Recruiting
Rani Bansal · Contact

Altru Health Systems

Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58201

Completed

University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, 44106

Not Yet Recruiting
Takae Mizukami · Contact

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, 44119

Withdrawn

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solovev Research Institute (OSUCCC - James)

Columbus, Ohio, 42112

Recruiting
Daniel Stover · Contact

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232

Completed

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, 77030

Recruiting
Ahmed Elkhanany · Contact

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Recruiting
Senthil Damodaran · Contact

Harris Health System - Smith Clinic

Houston, Texas, 77054

Recruiting
Ahmed Elkhanany · Contact
Ahmed Elkhanany · Principal Investigator

Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI)

Seattle, Washington, 98104

Withdrawn

References

  • Goetz MP, Wander SA, Bachelot T, de Nonneville A, Gal-Yam EN, Sammons SL, Shen S, Twelves C, Boruta G, Portman DJ, Damodaran S. ELAINE 3: phase 3 study of lasofoxifene plus abemaciclib to treat ER+/HER2-, ESR1-mutated, metastatic breast cancer. Future Oncol. 2025 May;21(11):1317-1324. doi: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2481825. Epub 2025 Apr 13.(PubMed)
Evaluation of Lasofoxifene Combined With Abemaciclib Compared With Fulvestrant Combined With Abemaciclib in Locally Advanced or Metastatic ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer With an ESR1 Mutation | Cancerify