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Triple Negative Breast CancerPhase 1/2NCT03090165

Ribociclib and Bicalutamide in AR+ TNBC

A Phase 1/2 study testing ribociclib and Bicalutamide in people with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, run by Kari Wisinski at 6 sites in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

Official record
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Trial summary

This is an open label, multi-institutional, single arm phase II trial of ribociclib in combination with bicalutamide in advanced AR+ triple-negative breast cancer. No randomization or blinding is involved. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Triple Negative Breast Cancer
What is being tested?
ribociclib and Bicalutamide
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
37 participants
Where
6 sitesUnited States
Study dates
7 May 2018to Oct 2026
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • In addition to being AR positive as defined in protocol, subjects must also meet all of the following applicable inclusion criteria.
  • Histological or cytological confirmed, metastatic or unresectable triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC will be defined as expression of ER<10%, PR< 10% and HER2 negative either by IHC (0, 1+ are negative, 2+ equivocal) or in situ hybridization method (ratio <2.0 is negative).
  • Written informed consent and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. NOTE: HIPAA authorization may be included in the informed consent or obtained separately.
  • Up to 3 prior line of systemic therapy for metastatic disease is allowed. Combination therapy will be considered 1 line.
  • Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
  • ECOG Performance Status of 0, 1 or 2 within 28 days prior to registration.
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  • Life expectancy of > 12 weeks as determined by the treating physician.
  • Measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 within 28 days prior to registration.
  • No active central nervous system (CNS) metastatic disease. NOTE: Subjects with CNS involvement must meet ALL of the following to be eligible:
  • At least 28 days from prior definitive treatment of their CNS disease by surgical resection, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) or whole brain radiation treatment (WBRT) at the time of registration
  • AND asymptomatic and off systemic corticosteroids and/or enzyme-inducing anti-epileptic medications for brain metastases for >14 days prior to registration.
  • Prior cancer treatment must be completed at least 14 days prior to registration and the subject must have recovered from all reversible acute toxic effects of the regimen (other than alopecia) to ≤grade 1 or to baseline prior to initiation of that therapy.
  • Screening rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) must be <450msec and a resting heart rate of at least 50-90 bpm via a standard 12-lead ECG within 28 days prior to registration.
  • Demonstrate adequate bone marrow and organ function as defined in the protocol; all screening labs to be obtained within 28 days prior to registration.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to registration. NOTE: Females are considered of child bearing potential unless they are surgically sterile (have undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy), or they are naturally postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months, or her male partner has had a vasectomy at least 6 months prior to screening (The sterilized male partner must be her only sexual partner.).
  • Females of childbearing potential and males must be willing to abstain from heterosexual activity or must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method) for the duration of study participation and for 3 weeks after discontinuation of study treatment.
  • As determined by the enrolling physician or protocol designee, ability of the subject to understand and comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study.
  • Able to swallow bicalutamide and ribociclib tablets.

Who cannot join

  • Prior therapy with AR antagonists including but not limited to bicalutamide, enzalutamide, abiraterone and orteronel.
  • Prior therapy with any CDK 4/6 inhibitors with the exception of participation in a window or preoperative study for Stage I-III operable breast cancer..
  • Active infection requiring systemic therapy.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding (NOTE: breast milk cannot be stored for future use while the mother is being treated on study).
  • Known additional malignancy that is active and/or progressive requiring treatment; exceptions include basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical or bladder cancer, or other cancer for which the subject has been disease-free for at least three years.
  • Treatment with any investigational drug within 14 days prior to registration or within 5 half-lives of the investigational product, whichever is longer. Immunotherapies such as PD-L1 or PD-1 inhibitors only require a 14 day window, regardless of half-life. Investigational imaging agents are not included in this definition and are allowed.
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  • Subject who has received radiotherapy <14 days prior to registration, and who has not recovered to grade 1 or better from related side effects of such therapy (exceptions include alopecia and any adverse events deemed by the investigator to be unlikely to interfere with the study drug safety).
  • Subject has had major surgery within 14 days prior to registration or has not recovered from major side effects of the surgery (tumor biopsy is not considered as major surgery).
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of ribociclib or bicalutamide.
  • Any impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the study drugs (e.g., ulcerative diseases, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection).
  • Known history of HIV infection (testing not mandatory).
  • Any concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, cause unacceptable safety risks, contraindicate subject participation in the clinical study or compromise compliance with the protocol (e.g. chronic pancreatitis, chronic active hepatitis, active untreated or uncontrolled fungal, bacterial or viral infections, etc.).
  • Subjects with any of the following conditions are excluded:
  • Serious or non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
  • History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra- abdominal abscess within 28 days prior to registration.
  • Any history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack within 12 months prior to registration.
  • Any history of arterial or venous thrombosis/thromboembolic event, including pulmonary embolism within the past 12 months prior to registration.
  • History of acute coronary syndromes (including myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary artery bypass grafting, coronary angioplasty, or stenting) or symptomatic pericarditis within 6 months prior to registration.
  • Symptomatic congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association III-IV) or documented current cardiomyopathy with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%
  • Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias (e.g. ventricular tachycardia) or clinically significant, complete left bundle branch block, high-grade AV block (e.g. bifascicular block, Mobitz type II and third-degree AV block).
  • Any episode of atrial fibrillation in the prior 12 months.
  • Long QT syndrome or family history of idiopathic sudden death or congenital long QT syndrome.
  • Concomitant use of medication(s) with a known risk to prolong the QT interval and/or known to cause Torsades de Pointe that cannot be discontinued (within 5 half-lives or 7 days prior to starting study drug) or replaced by safe alternative medication. See ManualDocuments/Info tab of the EDC for list of medications.
  • Systolic blood pressure (SBP) >160 mmHg or <90 mmHg at screening.
  • Currently receiving any known strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4/5 which cannot be discontinued 7 days prior to starting study drug (see Appendix 1 for details).
  • Subject is currently receiving or has received systemic corticosteroids <14 days prior to starting study drugs. The following uses of corticosteroids are permitted: a short duration (<5 days) of systemic corticosteroidssingle doses, any duration of topical applications (e.g., for rash), inhaled sprays (e.g., for obstructive airways diseases), eye drops or local injections (e.g., intra-articular).
  • Subject is currently receiving warfarin or other coumarin-derived anticoagulant for treatment, prophylaxis or otherwise. Therapy with heparin, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) or fondaparinux is allowed.
  • In subjects with a diagnosis of cirrhosis, sSubjects with a Child-Pugh score B or C are excluded. Please see chart in the ManualDocuments/Info tab of the electronic data capture system (EDC) for Child-Pugh score calculation. If subject does not have diagnosed or suspected cirrhosis, the Child-Pugh score does not need to be calculated.
  • Subjects taking herbal supplements (St. John's Wort, gingko balboa, etc.) must discontinue these supplements 14 days prior to study registration.
  • Consumption of grapefruit, grapefruit hybrids, pummelos, star-fruit, Seville oranges or products containing the juice of each within 7 days prior to study registration.

Trial locations and contacts

6 sites in 1 country.

6 sites in 1 country

United States6 sites
  • University of Illinois Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • Penn State Cancer Institute

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033

  • Michigan State University

    Lansing, Michigan, 48910

  • University of Wisconsin

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I/II, Single Arm, Non-randomized Study of Ribociclib (LEE011), a CDK 4/6 Inhibitor, in Combination With Bicalutamide, an Androgen Receptor (AR) Inhibitor, in Advanced AR+ Triple-negative Breast Cancer: Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium BRE15-024

This is an open label, multi-institutional, single arm phase II trial of ribociclib in combination with bicalutamide in advanced AR+ triple-negative breast cancer. No randomization or blinding is involved.

Read the detailed description

This is a non-randomized, single arm, open label study of the combination of bicalutamide with ribociclib in subjects with advanced AR+ TNBC. Prior to enrollment on the phase II cohort, a phase I run-in study will be performed to ensure safety and tolerability of the combination of bicalutamide and ribociclib in subjects with advanced AR+ TNBC.

In both the phase I and phase II portions of the study, subjects will receive bicalutamide 150 mg orally, once daily, continuously on Day 1 to Day 28. Each cycle of treatment is 28 days.

In the phase I portion of the study, cohorts of subjects will receive ribociclib in escalated doses orally, once daily in a 28 day cycle. For the phase II portion, the RP2D dose of ribociclib will be based on the phase I run-in.

In the phase II cohort, a two week lead-in of bicalutamide monotherapy will occur before cycle 1 combination therapy (Day -14 to day -1). Then ribociclib will be added on day 1 of cycle 1. This lead-in will be for CTC androgen receptor analysis.

Being tested
ribociclib, Bicalutamide
Keywords
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, ribociclib, LEE011, CDK 4/6 inhibitor, bicalutamide
Medical subject headings
Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • ribociclibDrug

    Also called LEE011

    400mg PO

  • ribociclibDrug

    Also called LEE011

    600mg PO

  • BicalutamideDrug

    150mg PO

Study groups in NCT03090165
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm A - Phase IExperimentalDose Escalation Cohort 1 will consist of 3-6 patients who will receive bicalutamide 150mg PO daily on days 1-28 of a 28 day cycle and ribociclib 400mg PO daily on days 1-21 of a 28 day cycle. Cohort 2 will consist of 3-6 patients who will receive bicalutamide 150mg PO daily on days 1-28 of a 28 day cycle and ribociclib 400mg PO daily on days 1-28 of a 28 day cycle. Cohort 3 will consist of 3-6 patients who will receive bicalutamide 150mg PO daily on days 1-28 of a 28 day cycle and ribociclib 600mg PO daily on days 1-21 of a 28 day cycle. Experimental: Arm B - Phase II Investigational Treatment The maximum safe dose of ribociclib in combination with bicalutamide will be given to up to 25 patients.
Receives: Drug: ribociclib; Drug: Bicalutamide

What is being measured

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

  1. Phase I: Maximum Tolerated Dose

    Phase I: Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for subjects receiving ribociclib and bicalutamide without experiencing dose-limiting toxicity(s) (DLT) per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4

    Measured: D1 of treatment to end of cohort cycle (assessed at 28 days)

  2. Phase II: Clinical benefit rate (CBR) of treatment combination

    Compare sum of confirmed complete plus partial responses plus stable disease per response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria

    Measured: D1 of treatment to end of 4 treatment cycles (assessed at 16 weeks)

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Phase I: Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    The objective response rate is the proportion of all subjects with confirmed PR or CR according to RECIST 1.1, from the start of treatment until disease progression/recurrence (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the start of treatment).

    Measured: 2 years

  2. Phase I: Duration of Response

    Duration of overall response-the period measured from the time that measurement criteria are met for complete or partial response (whichever status is recorded first) until the date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since treatment started).

    Measured: 2 years

  3. Phase I: Assess Safety and Tolerability By summarizing counts and percentages grade 3-5 adverse events (NCI CTCAE Version 4)

    By summarizing counts and percentages grade 3-5 adverse events (NCI CTCAE Version 4)

    Measured: 2 years

  4. Phase I: Ribociclib pharmacokinetics

    Time points: Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax) Pre dose and 2-hours post-dose (±15 min) pharmacokinetic samples will be collected on Cycle 1 Day 1, Cycle 1 Day 15, Cycle 2 Day 1 and Cycle 2 Day 15.

    Measured: 2 months

  5. Phase II: Progression Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates of the median survival times.

    Measured: 2 years

  6. Phase II: Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    by RECIST 1.1 on treatment with combination of bicalutamide and ribociclib in advanced AR+ TNBC

    Measured: 2 years

  7. Phase II: Overall Survival (OS)

    Overall survival is defined by the date of treatment initiation to date of death from any cause.

    Measured: 5 years

  8. Phase II: Estimate Duration of Response

    On treatment with combination of bicalutamide and ribociclib in advanced Androgen Receptor (AR)+ Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)

    Measured: 2 years

  9. Phase II: Evaluate Safety and Tolerability By summarizing counts and percentages grade 3-5 adverse events (NCI CTCAE Version 4)

    By summarizing counts and percentages grade 3-5 adverse events (NCI CTCAE Version 4)

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted24 Mar 2017
  2. Study start7 May 2018
  3. Primary completionOct 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionOct 2026 (estimated)

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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
37 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03090165
Sponsor's protocol ID
BTCRC BRE15-024
Status last verified
Dec 2025
First submitted
1 Mar 2017
Last updated
2 Jan 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing ribociclib and Bicalutamide in people with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, run by Kari Wisinski at 6 sites in United States.

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 18 inclusion and 30 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Jan 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 6 sites in United States. 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 combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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?

Phase I: Maximum Tolerated Dose (time frame: D1 of treatment to end of cohort cycle (assessed at 28 days)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 2 Jan 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 30 Oct 2026.

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