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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

Sponsor: LeonaBio

NCT ID: NCT05696626

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At a glance

What the study gets you
Access to the study treatment being tested
Type of study
Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
Time in hospital
In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
Drug or intervention
Lasofoxifene in combination with abemaciclib (drug), Fulvestrant in combination with abemaciclib (drug)
How long the study runs
Study runs about 54 months (dates as stated)
About the drug or intervention
Lasofoxifene in combination with abemaciclib — drug: 5 mg/d of oral lasofoxifene plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day · Fulvestrant in combination with abemaciclib — drug: Fulvestrant 500 mg intramuscular (IM) on Days 1, 15, and 29 and then once monthly thereafter plus oral abemaciclib 150 mg twice a day
Patient visit burden
Not specified by the sponsor

In plain English

This study looks at two drug combinations for locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) and HER2 negative, and has a change (mutation) in a gene called ESR1. It compares lasofoxifene plus abemaciclib against fulvestrant plus abemaciclib, in people whose cancer has progressed after a first hormonal treatment for metastatic disease. The sponsor is LeonaBio.

Who can take part

  • Pre- or postmenopausal women or men
  • Locally advanced and/or metastatic ER+ breast cancer that got worse on an aromatase inhibitor (a type of hormone drug) combined with either palbociclib or ribociclib as the first hormonal treatment for metastatic disease
  • Confirmed ER+/HER2- disease from tissue testing
  • No signs of the cancer getting worse for at least 6 months on the aromatase inhibitor/CDK inhibitor combination
  • At least one ESR1 mutation in a certain part of the gene, found from a blood test or breast cancer tissue
  • At least one measurable tumour (with or without other non-measurable areas)
  • May have had one course of chemotherapy for metastatic disease before joining, but must have recovered from side effects (except hair loss and some nerve tingling)
  • Good day-to-day functioning (performance score of 0 or 1) and healthy enough organ function
  • Able to swallow tablets
  • Brain secondaries allowed only if they cause no symptoms, have been definitively treated, no steroids needed in the 4 weeks before starting, and stable on a scan for over 3 months
  • Able to understand and voluntarily sign a consent form
  • A biopsy of the metastatic cancer will be requested when safe and possible, to confirm ER+/HER2- status

Who may not be able to

  • Cancer spread in the lungs affecting the lymph vessels (lymphangitic carcinomatosis)
  • History of severe (Grade 3 or 4) lung disease from previous treatment
  • Severe, life-threatening cancer symptoms needing chemotherapy straight away (visceral crisis)
  • Cancer that got worse on abemaciclib, fulvestrant, or similar drugs (selective oestrogen receptor degraders)
  • Known allergy to fulvestrant or its ingredients
  • Radiotherapy within 30 days before starting (with some exceptions for pain relief or fracture-risk treatment, finished at least 7 days before)
  • Known RB1 gene changes that doctors believe would make CDK4/6 inhibitors less likely to work
  • History of long QT syndrome or a QTc heart rhythm reading over 480 milliseconds
  • Blood clots (pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis) or clotting disorders, unless over 6 months ago and on long-term blood thinners such as apixaban or rivaroxaban
  • Conditions that raise the risk of blood clots, such as severe heart failure or being immobile for long periods
  • Taking certain medicines that strongly affect how the body processes these drugs (strong CYP3A4 inhibitors, or strong/moderate CYP3A4 inducers)
  • Other major health problems that could affect safety or the study, including severe problems absorbing food or medicines
  • Active bacterial or fungal infection needing treatment through a drip at the start of treatment
  • Known HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C infection
  • Any other cancer in the past 5 years (except treated skin basal cell or squamous cell cancer)
  • Positive pregnancy test (if premenopausal)
  • Sexually active premenopausal women and men unwilling to use double-barrier contraception
  • Women who are breastfeeding
  • History of not following medical treatment plans
  • Unwilling or unable to follow the study plan
  • Taking part in another research trial with an experimental drug or device in the last 30 days
  • Family history of very high blood fats, or fasting triglyceride levels over 880 mg/dL at screening
  • Fasting triglyceride levels over 300 mg/dL (up to 880) — may retest and join if a repeat result is 300 mg/dL or less
  • Fasting cholesterol over 400 mg/dL — may retest and join if a repeat result is 400 mg/dL or less

What taking part involves

  • • Taking tablets — you must be able to swallow tablets
  • • One of two combinations: lasofoxifene with abemaciclib, or fulvestrant with abemaciclib
  • • Blood tests to look for ESR1 mutations, and possibly genomic testing if a biopsy is done
  • • A biopsy of the metastatic cancer where safe and possible

Time commitment: Not stated — ask the trial team about how long the study lasts, how often visits happen, and what taking part involves.

Plain-English summary (AI-generated) from registry data. Not eligibility advice — only the trial team can confirm whether you can take part. Use the eligibility checker to see how your health profile matches this trial.

Type of study
Testing a treatment
Ages
18 Years and over
Who
All
Number of participants
600
Started
2023-10-31
Last checked
2026-04

Plain English Summary

What is this study?

  • • Testing a new treatment for metastatic breast cancer
  • • Phase3 - 600 participants
  • • 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

Who can take part?

  • • Ages 18 Years and over
  • • Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer

Where?

  • • Cardiff - Velindre Cancer Center
  • • Harlow - Princess Alexandra Hospital - Harlow
  • • Leeds - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • • London - Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
  • • +5 more UK sites

This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.

About This Trial

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.

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Eligibility at a Glance

Key info

  • Age: 18 Years and over
  • Who can join: All genders

Biomarkers mentioned

ERHER2

Treatment history

Treatments you must have had:

  • ✓ recovered from chemotherapy acute toxicity excluding alopecia and Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy

What the study is looking for

  • ✓Pre- or postmenopausal women or men.
  • ✓Histological or cytological confirmation of ER+/HER2 - disease
  • ✓No evidence of progression for at least 6 months on an AI/CDKi combination for advanced breast cancer.
  • ✓At least 1 or more ESR1 point mutations in the ESR1 ligand binding domain as assessed in cell- free ctDNA obtained...
  • ✓that has grown locally or that has spread breast cancer with at least 1 measurable (according to (standard scan measurements)) lesion with or...

Who cannot take part

  • ✗Lymphangitic carcinomatosis involving the lung.
  • ✗History of Grade 3 or Grade 4 interstitial lung disease (ILD) on previous therapy.
  • ✗Visceral crisis in need of cytotoxic drug treatment as assessed by the investigator.
  • ✗Prior progression of disease on abemaciclib, fulvestrant, or other selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) therapy.
  • ✗Subjects with a known hypersensitivity to fulvestrant or to any of the excipients
See the full criteria
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 at least 1 measurable (according to RECIST 1.1) lesion with or without 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. 23. Subjects with a history of familial hypertriglyceridemia or fasting triglyceride levels \>880 mg/dL at screening. 24. Fasting triglyceride level \>300 mg/dL and ≤880 mg/dL at screening. Subjects may be retested and enrolled if they have a repeat fasting triglyceride level less than or equal to 300 mg/dL prior to enrollment (e.g., after adjustment with diet and/or treatment). 25. Fasting cholesterol level \>400 mg/dL at screening. Subjects may be retested and enrolled if they have a repeat fasting cholesterol level less than or equal to 400 mg/dL prior to enrollment (e.g., after adjustment with diet and/or treatment).

Where Is This Study? (9 UK sites)

Velindre Cancer Center

Cardiff CF14 2TL, United Kingdom

NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Sarah Townsend

Velindre.R&Doffice@wales.nhs.uk02920 196165

Princess Alexandra Hospital - Harlow

Harlow CM20 1QX, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)
Apostolos Konstantisa.konstantis@nhs.net

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

London NW3 2, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)

Charing Cross Hospital

London, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)
Farah Rehmanf.rehman@nhs.net

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)

Milton Keynes Hospital

Milton Keynes MK6 5LD, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)

Nottingham City Hospital

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Recruiting
Site contact (verified)

University Hospital of North Tees

Stockton-on-Tees TS198PE, United Kingdom

WITHDRAWN
Hospital R&D contact (matched)

Research and Development

nth-tr.ntandh.researchdevelopment@nhs.net01642 624090

How to Get in Touch

Simon Daggett - Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations

Sponsor contact

CONTACT

(909) 374-3793 clinicaltrials@leonabio.com
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov · Last verified: 2026-04