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Breast CancerPhase 2NCT02491892

A Study of Pertuzumab in Participants With Metastatic Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing Pertuzumab in people with Breast Cancer, run by Hoffmann-La Roche at 18 sites in 8 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of pertuzumab (rhuMAb 2C4) in participants with metastatic breast cancer which has progressed during or after standard chemotherapy and which is not amenable to curative therapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older, women only
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
Pertuzumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
79 participants
Where
18 sitesin 8 countries
Study dates
Feb 2003to Apr 2005
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • Women only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Females at least 18 years of age
  • Histologically-confirmed metastatic breast cancer with low HER2 expression and at least one measurable lesion according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)
  • Karnofsky performance status at least 80%
  • Disease progression on/after up to 2 different chemotherapy regimens, including an anthracycline-containing therapy
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at least 50%
  • Adequate liver function

Who cannot join

  • Pleural effusions, ascites, or bone lesions as the only manifestation(s) of cancer
  • Pulmonary or central nervous system (CNS) metastases
  • Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy within 4 weeks; or hormone therapy within 2 weeks of Day 1
  • Previous treatment with any drug that targets the HER2 receptor family
  • Previous treatment with corticosteroids as cancer therapy
  • History of significant cardiac disease
  • Major surgery or trauma within 4 weeks of Day 1
  • Pregnant or lactating women

Trial locations and contacts

18 sites in 8 countries.

18 sites in 8 countries

Australia3 sites
  • Study site

    Camperdown, 2050

  • Study site

    Fitzroy, 3065

  • Study site

    Geelong, 3220

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Germany3 sites
  • Study site

    Hamburg, 20246

  • Study site

    Herne, 44625

  • Study site

    München, 81675

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Spain3 sites
  • Study site

    Barcelona, 08035

  • Study site

    Barcelona, 08907

  • Study site

    Valencia, 46009

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United Kingdom3 sites
  • Study site

    Edinburgh, EH4 2XU

  • Study site

    London, SE1 9RT

  • Study site

    Manchester, M20 4BX

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Finland2 sites
  • Study site

    Helsinki, 00029

  • Study site

    Tampere, 33520

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Italy2 sites
  • Study site

    Milan, 20133

  • Study site

    Parma, 43100

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Belgium1 site
  • Study site

    Namur, 5000

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Netherlands1 site
  • Study site

    Amsterdam, 1081 HV

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About this study

Official title: Open-Label, Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized Study of Efficacy and Safety for Two Different Doses of a Recombinant Humanized Antibody to HER2 (rhuMAb 2C4) Administered Every 3 Weeks to Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer With Low Expression of HER2

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of pertuzumab (rhuMAb 2C4) in participants with metastatic breast cancer which has progressed during or after standard chemotherapy and which is not amenable to curative therapy. Those who are maintaining a response to therapy or who have stable disease at the end of the formal study period will continue treatment until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Approximately 120 participants will be enrolled.

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Being tested
Pertuzumab
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • PertuzumabDrug

    Also called rhuMAb 2C4

    Participants will receive one of two IV treatment regimens with pertuzumab: either 420 mg every 3 weeks, with an initial 840-mg loading dose, or 1050 mg every 3 weeks with no loading dose administered.

Study groups in NCT02491892
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Pertuzumab 1050 mgExperimentalParticipants will not receive a loading dose, but will receive pertuzumab 1050 milligrams (mg) via intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks until unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.
Receives: Drug: Pertuzumab
Pertuzumab 420 mgExperimentalParticipants will receive a loading dose of 840 mg via IV infusion at the first infusion of pertuzumab, followed by a maintenance dose of 420 mg every 3 weeks until unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.
Receives: Drug: Pertuzumab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Percentage of Participants Achieving a Best Overall Response of Confirmed Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR)

    Objective tumor response was assessed using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Confirmed CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions, and confirmed PR was defined as at least at 30 percent (%) decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions. Response was to be confirmed at follow-up assessment completed within 4 weeks of the first documented response. The percentage of participants achieving a best overall response of CR or PR was calculated as [number of participants meeting the above criteria divided by the number analyzed] multiplied by 100.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

Secondary outcomes (19)
  1. Time to Response Among Participants Achieving a Best Overall Response of Confirmed CR or PR

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. Confirmed CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions, and confirmed PR was defined as at least at 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions. Response was to be confirmed at follow-up assessment completed within 4 weeks of the first documented response. Time to response was defined as the time from treatment start to first documented response (ie, CR or PR). Participants with stable disease (SD) were censored from the last tumor assessment, and those with progressive disease (PD) or death were assigned an artificial censoring time of 1000 days. Time to response was estimated using Kaplan-Meier and expressed in weeks.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  2. Duration of Response Among Participants Achieving a Best Overall Response of Confirmed CR or PR

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. Confirmed CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions, and confirmed PR was defined as at least at 30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions. Response was to be confirmed at follow-up assessment completed within 4 weeks of the first documented response. Duration of response was defined as the time from first documented response (ie, CR or PR) to PD or death. Participants who did not experience PD or death were censored from the last tumor assessment. Duration of response was estimated using Kaplan-Meier and expressed in weeks.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  3. Percentage of Participants Achieving a Best Overall Response of Confirmed CR

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. Confirmed CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions. Response was to be confirmed at follow-up assessment completed within 4 weeks of the first documented response. The percentage of participants achieving a best overall response of CR was calculated as [number of participants meeting the above criteria divided by the number analyzed] multiplied by 100.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  4. Duration of Response Among Participants Achieving a Best Overall Response of Confirmed CR

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. Confirmed CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions. Response was to be confirmed at follow-up assessment completed within 4 weeks of the first documented response. Duration of response was defined as the time from first documented response (ie, CR) to PD or death. Participants who did not experience PD or death were to be censored from the last tumor assessment. Duration of response was to be estimated using Kaplan-Meier.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  5. Number of Participants Who Experienced PD or Death

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. PD was defined as the appearance of new lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum obtained at Screening or during treatment. Participants who withdrew from the study early for insufficient therapeutic response without tumor assessment for PD were also included within the definition of PD.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  6. Time to Progression

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. PD was defined as the appearance of new lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum obtained at Screening or during treatment. Participants who withdrew from the study early for insufficient therapeutic response without tumor assessment for PD were also included within the definition of PD. Time to progression was defined as the time from treatment start to PD or death. Participants who did not experience PD or death were censored from the last tumor assessment. Time to progression was estimated using Kaplan-Meier and expressed in weeks.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  7. Number of Participants Who Experienced PD or Withdrew From the Study Early

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. PD was defined as the appearance of new lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum obtained at Screening or during treatment.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  8. Time to Treatment Failure

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. PD was defined as the appearance of new lesion(s) or at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum obtained at Screening or during treatment. Time to treatment failure was defined as the time from treatment start to PD or early withdrawal from the study for death, toxicity, refusal/noncompliance, insufficient therapeutic response, or failure to return. Participants who did not experience PD or who did not withdraw from the study early were censored from the last tumor assessment. Time to treatment failure was estimated using Kaplan-Meier and expressed in weeks.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  9. Percentage of Participants Who Died

    The percentage of participants who died was calculated as [number of participants with event divided by the number analyzed] multiplied by 100.

    Measured: Up to approximately 2 years (from start of treatment until death)

  10. Overall Survival

    Overall survival was defined as the time from treatment start to death. Participants who did not die during follow-up were to be censored from the last known alive date. Overall survival was to be estimated using Kaplan-Meier.

    Measured: Up to approximately 2 years (from start of treatment until death)

  11. Percentage of Participants Achieving a Best Overall Response of SD

    Objective tumor response was assessed using RECIST. SD was defined as neither sufficient shrinkage to quality for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD. The percentage of participants achieving a best overall response of SD was calculated as [number of participants meeting the above criteria divided by the number analyzed] multiplied by 100.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)

  12. Apparent Half-Life (t1/2) of Pertuzumab

    Serum samples were obtained for pharmacokinetic (PK) assessment using a receptor-binding, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Pertuzumab concentrations at each collection point were used to determine the apparent t1/2 by non-compartmental analysis, defined as the time elapsed for pertuzumab concentrations to decrease by 50%. The derived value was averaged among all participants and expressed in days.

    Measured: Pre-dose and within 15 minutes of the end of infusion on Day 1 of each cycle, and on Days 8 and 15 of Cycles 1 and 2

  13. Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Pertuzumab

    Serum samples were obtained for PK assessment using a receptor-binding ELISA. The maximum observed pertuzumab concentration across all collection points was documented. Cmax was averaged among all participants and expressed in micrograms per milliliter (mcg/mL).

    Measured: Pre-dose and within 15 minutes of the end of infusion on Day 1 of each cycle, and on Days 8 and 15 of Cycles 1 and 2

  14. Time to Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of Pertuzumab

    Serum samples were obtained for PK assessment using a receptor-binding ELISA. The time of maximum observed pertuzumab concentration across all collection points was documented. Tmax was averaged among all participants and expressed in days.

    Measured: Pre-dose and within 15 minutes of the end of infusion on Day 1 of each cycle, and on Days 8 and 15 of Cycles 1 and 2

  15. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Pertuzumab

    Serum samples were obtained for PK assessment using a receptor-binding ELISA. Pertuzumab concentrations at each collection point were used to determine AUC to the last measurable observation (AUClast) and AUC extrapolated to infinity (AUCinf) by non-compartmental analysis. The derived values were averaged among all participants and expressed in days by micrograms per milliliter (days*mcg/mL).

    Measured: Pre-dose and within 15 minutes of the end of infusion on Day 1 of each cycle, and on Days 8 and 15 of Cycles 1 and 2

  16. Systemic Clearance (CL) of Pertuzumab

    Serum samples were obtained for PK assessment using a receptor-binding ELISA. Pertuzumab concentrations at each collection point were used to determine CL by non-compartmental analysis, defined as the rate at which pertuzumab was removed from the body. The derived value was averaged among all participants and expressed in milliliters per day (mL/day).

    Measured: Pre-dose and within 15 minutes of the end of infusion on Day 1 of each cycle, and on Days 8 and 15 of Cycles 1 and 2

  17. Volume of Distribution at Steady State (Vss) of Pertuzumab

    Serum samples were obtained for PK assessment using a receptor-binding ELISA. Pertuzumab concentrations at each collection point were used to determine the Vss by non-compartmental analysis, defined as the theoretical volume at which the total amount of pertuzumab would be uniformly distributed to produce the desired concentration. The derived value was averaged among all participants and expressed in milliliters (mL).

    Measured: Pre-dose and within 15 minutes of the end of infusion on Day 1 of each cycle, and on Days 8 and 15 of Cycles 1 and 2

  18. Mean Residence Time (MRT) of Pertuzumab

    Serum samples were obtained for PK assessment using a receptor-binding ELISA. Pertuzumab concentrations at each collection point were used to determine the MRT by non-compartmental analysis. The derived value was averaged among all participants and expressed in days.

    Measured: Pre-dose and within 15 minutes of the end of infusion on Day 1 of each cycle, and on Days 8 and 15 of Cycles 1 and 2

  19. Number of Participants Experiencing a Drop in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) to a Value of Less Than 50%

    Echocardiography was performed to determine LVEF, defined as the volume of blood pumped from the left ventricle as a percentage of end-diastolic volume. Theoretically, LVEF may range from 0 to 100%. The number of participants experiencing a drop in LVEF greater than or equal to (≥) 10 or 15 percentage points to a final LVEF of less than (<) 50% is reported here.

    Measured: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; at the end of Cycles 2, 4, 8, 12, and 16; and up to 7 weeks following the last infusion)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Jul 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2003
  3. Primary completionApr 2005
  4. Study completionApr 2005

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
79 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02491892
Sponsor's protocol ID
BO16934
Status last verified
Aug 2015
First submitted
11 Jun 2015
Last updated
25 Aug 2015

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Pertuzumab in people with Breast Cancer, run by Hoffmann-La Roche at 18 sites in 8 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Aug 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 18 sites in Australia, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Finland and 3 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 25 Aug 2015). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Percentage of Participants Achieving a Best Overall Response of Confirmed Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) (time frame: Up to approximately 1 year (at Baseline; every 6 weeks for the first 8 cycles, then every 12 weeks until progression or death; and up to 4 weeks after initial response)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Aug 2015.

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