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Breast CancerPhase 2PERICLESNCT03971045

Pembrolizumab and Oral Metronomic Cyclophosphamide in Patients With Chest Wall Breast Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing Pembrolizumab in people with Breast Cancer and Chest Wall Tumor, run by European Institute of Oncology at 1 site in Italy.

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Trial summary

This is a Phase II single center, open-label, non-randomized study in patients with locally recurrent, inoperable, and/or metastatic inflammatory breast cancer with lymphangitic spread to the chest wall. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer, Chest Wall Tumor
What is being tested?
Pembrolizumab
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
46 participants
Where
1 siteItaly
Study dates
20 May 2020to 1 Mar 2025
Phase
Phase 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

  • Histologically proven, PDL1 (≥1%) positive and/or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) positive (≥1%), locally advanced "chest wall" breast cancer (with or without distant metastases), who have been treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be eligible for this study. Patients with cutaneous metastases only (with or without evidence of primary tumor) are also eligible;
  • Patients must have tissue accessible for serial biopsies;
  • Expected survival of > 3 months;
  • Be willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent for the trial. The subject may also provide consent/assent for Future Biomedical Research. However, the subject may participate in the main trial without participating in Future Biomedical Research. Newly-obtained is defined as a specimen obtained up to 6 weeks (42 days) prior to initiation of treatment on Day 1. Subjects for whom newly-obtained samples cannot be provided (e.g. inaccessible or subject safety concern) may submit an archived specimen only upon agreement from the Sponsor;
  • Be 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent;
  • Be a female or male subject with IBC with lymphangitic spread to the chest wall. ER, PgR and HER2 status determination is required for enrollment;
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  • Have provided tissue for PD-L1 biomarker analysis from a newly obtained core or excisional biopsy of a tumor lesion (mandatory) and received permission for enrollment from the Core Lab based on the adequacy of the biopsy specimen. Repeat samples may be required if adequate tissue is not provided;
  • Have measurable metastatic disease based on irRECIST criteria as determined by central radiology review. Tumor lesions situated in a previously irradiated area are considered measurable, if progression has been demonstrated in such lesions. Note: The exact same image acquisition and processing parameters should be used throughout the study;
  • Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the ECOG Performance Scale. Assessment should be performed within 10 days of treatment initiation;
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential (Section 2.9.2) must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception as outlined in Section 2.9.2 - Contraception, for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication;
  • Male subjects childbearing potential (Section 2.9.2) must agree to use an adequate method of contraception as outlined in Section 2.9.2- Contraception, starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject;
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required;
  • Patients with hormone receptor-positive and/or HER2-positive breast cancer would be eligible for the study only if their disease is considered refractory to hormonal or anti-HER2 agents, respectively, and no further hormonal or anti-HER2 treatment is indicated;
  • Demonstrate adequate organ function as defined in protocol, all screening labs should be performed within 10 days of treatment initiation;
  • Female subject of childbearing potential should have a negative urine or serum pregnancy within 72 hours prior to receiving the first dose of study medication. If the urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required;
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential (Section 5.7.2) must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception as outlined in Section 5.7.2 - Contraception, for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject;
  • Male subjects of childbearing potential (Section 5.7.1) must agree to use an adequate method of contraception as outlined in Section 5.7.1- Contraception, starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the subject.

Who cannot join

  • Is currently participating and receiving study therapy or has participated in a study of an investigational agent and received study therapy or used an investigational device within 4 weeks of the first dose of treatment;
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving systemic steroid therapy or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment;
  • Has a known history of active TB (Bacillus Tuberculosis);
  • Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients;
  • Has had a prior anti-cancer monoclonal antibody (mAb) within 4 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier;
  • Has had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study Day 1 or who has not recovered (i.e., ≤ Grade 1 or at baseline) from adverse events due to a previously administered agent. Note 1: Subjects with ≤ Grade 2 neuropathy are an exception to this criterion and may qualify for the study. Note 2: If subject received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting therapy.
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  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or requires active treatment. Exceptions include basal cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has undergone potentially curative therapy or in situ cervical cancer;
  • Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis. Subjects with previously treated brain metastases may participate provided they are stable (without evidence of progression by imaging for at least four weeks prior to the first dose of trial treatment and any neurologic symptoms have returned to baseline), have no evidence of new or enlarging brain metastases, and are not using steroids for at least 7 days prior to trial treatment. This exception does not include carcinomatous meningitis which is excluded regardless of clinical stability;
  • Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e. with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (eg., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment;
  • Has known history of, or any evidence of active, non-infectious pneumonitis;
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy;
  • Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the trial, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the trial, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator;
  • Has known psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial;
  • Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the trial, starting with the pre-screening or screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment;
  • Has received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent;
  • Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (HIV 1/2 antibodies);
  • Has known active Hepatitis B (e.g., HBsAg reactive) or Hepatitis C (e.g., HCV RNA [qualitative] is detected);
  • Has received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy. Note: Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally inactivated flu vaccines and are allowed; however intranasal influenza vaccines (e.g., Flu-Mist®) are live attenuated vaccines, and are not allowed.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Giuseppe Curigliano, MD PhD contact

+390257489001

giuseppe.curigliano@ieo.it

Bruno Duso, MD contact

+390257489001

bruno.duso@ieo.it

Italy1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

    Milan, 20141

    Giuseppe Curigliano, MD, 00390257489001, giuseppe.curigliano@ieo.it

    Giuseppe Curigliano, MD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Combination of Pembrolizumab With Oral Metronomic Cyclophosphamide in Patients With Chest Wall Breast Cancer (PERICLES): A Phase II Study

This is a Phase II single center, open-label, non-randomized study in patients with locally recurrent, inoperable, and/or metastatic inflammatory breast cancer with lymphangitic spread to the chest wall. Patients will be treated with pembrolizumab administered as an intravenous infusion at 200 mg in 21-day treatment cycles and oral cyclophosphamide (CTX) 50 mg per day in metronomic administration as a 21 days cycle Forty-six patients will be required for the study. Key inclusion criteria are PDL1 (≥1%) positive and/or tumor infiltrating lymphocyte positive (≥1%) locally advanced "chest wall" breast cancer (with or without distant metastases), who have been treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be eligible for this study. Patients with cutaneous metastases only (with or without evidence of primary tumor) are eligible for the study. Key exclusion criteria included prior anti PD1 or anti CTLA-4 or other immune pathway-targeted therapy. Patients with autoimmune diseases and/or receiving drugs who interfere with the immune system will not be eligible.

Read the detailed description

This is a Phase II single center, open-label, non-randomized study in patients with locally recurrent, inoperable, and/or metastatic inflammatory breast cancer with lymphangitic spread to the chest wall. Patients will be treated with pembrolizumab administered as an intravenous infusion at 200 mg in 21-day treatment cycles and oral cyclophosphamide (CTX) 50 mg per day in metronomic administration as a 21 days cycle. Forty-six patients will be required for the study. The study will be open to participants with histologically confirmed, inoperable, locally recurrent and/or metastatic breast cancer (mBC) with lymphangitic spread to the chest wall (chest wall disease), which had received one or more prior cytotoxic treatment. Key exclusion criteria consist of prior anti-PD1, anti-CTLA-4 or other immune pathway-targeted therapy. Patients with autoimmune diseases and/or receiving drugs who interfere with the immune system will not be eligible. Patients will be monitored carefully for the development of adverse experiences and will be monitored for clinical and/or radiographic evidence of disease progression according to usual standards of clinical practice. Adverse experiences will be evaluated according to criteria outlined in the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 3.0. For individual patients that experience dose-limiting toxicities, criteria for dose modification of pembrolizumab and CTX are outlined in details in the protocol. Treatment with pembrolizumab and metronomic chemotherapy will continue until documented disease progression, unacceptable adverse events (as reported by the site), intercurrent illness that prevents further administration of treatment, Investigator's decision to withdraw the subject, subject withdraws consent, pregnancy of the subject, noncompliance with trial treatment or procedure requirements, completion of 24 months of treatment with pembrolizumab, or administrative reasons requiring the cessation of treatment. Subjects who attain complete response (CR) confirmed by central radiology review may consider stopping trial treatment after receiving at least 24 weeks of treatment. Subjects who discontinue treatment after 24 months of therapy for reasons other than disease progression or intolerability or who discontinue treatment after attaining a CR may be eligible for up to one year of retreatment after they have experienced radiographic disease progression. The decision to retreat will be at the discretion of the Investigator, only if no cancer treatment was administered since the last dose of pembrolizumab, the subject still meets the safety parameters listed in the Inclusion/Exclusion criteria and the trial remains open.

Primary Objective: assessment of the efficacy of pembrolizumab and metronomic cyclophosphamide according to immune-related RECIST (irRECIST) criteria in patients with chest wall breast cancer. Primary endpoint will be objective response (confirmed CR or PR as best overall response) based on irRECIST criteria and also based on evaluable disease.

Secondary objectives: duration of response (DoR); time to progression (TTP); progression-free survival (PFS); overall survival (OS).

Exploratory Objectives: responses according to levels of PD-L1, measured by immunohistochemistry IHC in unresectable locoregional lesion. Responses according to levels of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. Responses according to ER status. Responses according to FISH ratio and HER2 copy number. Tumor dynamics during the disease course as well as emergence of new clones (i.e.: resistance mechanisms) by determination of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). Sequencing of material from tumor biopsies to determine molecular profiles of responders and non-responders. Evaluation of efficacy by immune-related RECIST (irRECIST) (i.e.: irORR, irDoR, irPFS, irDCR). Through analysis of peripheral blood transcriptome in patients treated with pembrolizumab and cyclophosphamide therapy (P and CTX) combination therapy the investigators aim at:

  1. Defining baseline peripheral blood gene signatures associated with treatment responsiveness (pre-treatment biomarkers);
  2. Defining molecular perturbations associated with the administration P and CTX combination therapy and their relationship with immune-related adverse events (post-treatment predictive biomarkers) and clinical outcome.
Being tested
Pembrolizumab
Keywords
Pembrolizumab, Immunotherapy
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • PembrolizumabDrug

    Also called Cyclophosphamide

    Patients will be treated with pembrolizumab administered as an intravenous infusion at 200 mg in 21-day treatment cycles and oral cyclophosphamide (CTX) 50 mg per day in metronomic administration as a 21 days cycle

Study groups in NCT03971045
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Pembrolizumab and metronomic cyclophosphamideExperimental.Patients will be treated with pembrolizumab administered as an intravenous infusion at 200 mg in 21-day treatment cycles and oral cyclophosphamide (CTX) 50 mg per day in metronomic administration as a 21 days cycle
Receives: Drug: Pembrolizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Objective response

    Confirmed CR or PR as best overall response based on irRECIST criteria

    Measured: Participants will be followed for the duration of treatment, an expected average of 6-months

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Duration of response (DoR)

    In months

    Measured: Participants will be followed for the duration of treatment, an expected average of 6-months

  2. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    In months

    Measured: Progression-free survival assessed at 24 months

  3. Overall survival (OS)

    In months

    Measured: Overall survival assessed up to 24 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted3 Jun 2019
  2. Study start20 May 2020
  3. Primary completion1 Dec 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completion1 Mar 2025 (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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
Phase II single center, open-label, non-randomized study
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
46 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03971045
Sponsor's protocol ID
IEO 675
Acronym
PERICLES
Status last verified
Nov 2024
First submitted
20 May 2019
Last updated
19 Nov 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Sharing of data will de decided if opportunity of collaborations will emerge

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Pembrolizumab in people with Breast Cancer and Chest Wall Tumor, run by European Institute of Oncology at 1 site in Italy.

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 17 inclusion and 18 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Nov 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Italy. 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?

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?

Contact Giuseppe Curigliano, MD PhD (+390257489001, giuseppe.curigliano@ieo.it), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Objective response (time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of treatment, an expected average of 6-months). 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 19 Nov 2024.

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