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
- Everolimus (drug), Elacestrant (drug), Placebo (drug), Auxiliary Medicinal Product - Dexamethasone (drug)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 40 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- Everolimus — drug: Patients will receive 7.5 mg of everolimus orally once daily. · Elacestrant — drug: Patients will receive elacestrant 345 mg orally once daily · Placebo — drug: Patients will receive placebo orally once daily · Auxiliary Medicinal Product - Dexamethasone — drug: 10 mL of alcohol-free dexamethasone 0.5 mg per 5 mL mouthwashes (swish for 2 min and spit, four times daily for 8 weeks). · Auxiliary Medicinal Product - Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogues — drug: According to clinical practice (for premenopausal/perimenopausal patients and male patients in both treatment arms).
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
In plain English
This study is for adults with advanced breast cancer that is hormone receptor positive (ER+), HER2 negative, and has a change (mutation) in a gene called ESR1. The cancer must have grown despite earlier hormone treatment and a CDK4/6 inhibitor drug. The study looks at a drug called elacestrant given together with another drug called everolimus.
Who can take part
- Adults aged 18 or over, women or men, who agree to take part and sign a consent form
- People with advanced or spread breast cancer that cannot be removed by surgery to cure it
- Cancer that is ER positive (10% or more cells stain positive) and HER2 negative on testing
- An ESR1 gene mutation found by an approved test before joining the study
- Cancer that got worse during or after at least 6 months of treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor plus hormone therapy for advanced disease (at least 12 months if given after earlier-stage treatment)
- Having had one or two courses of hormone therapy for advanced breast cancer, and no chemotherapy for advanced disease
- No previous treatment with elacestrant, similar new hormone drugs, or mTOR inhibitor drugs such as everolimus; fulvestrant is allowed if finished at least 28 days before joining
- Cancer that can be measured or seen on scans, including cancer only in the bone with at least one suitable bone lesion
- Able to give a recent tumour tissue sample, or a new biopsy if possible
- Good blood counts, liver, kidney and blood-clotting test results, and cholesterol and triglyceride levels within set limits
- Well enough to carry out normal activities (performance status 0-1) with a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
- Side effects of earlier cancer treatment mostly settled down (grade 1 or less, except hair loss)
- Women able to become pregnant, and men with partners able to become pregnant, must use highly effective contraception during and after treatment
- People who have gone through menopause, or younger women and men taking an LHRH medicine for at least 28 days and continuing it
Who may not be able to
- Cancer that is growing quickly and causing serious symptoms in organs (visceral crisis), meaning hormone therapy is not suitable
- Currently taking part in another treatment trial, or cancer treatment within 14 days before joining (28 days for fulvestrant)
- Active or worsening spread of cancer to the brain or spinal cord lining, unless already treated, stable, and off steroids and seizure medicines for at least 14 days
- Certain womb conditions (atypical endometrial hyperplasia or worse) if the womb is still in place
- Another cancer now or within the past 3 years, apart from a few low-risk types
- Allergy to the study drugs or their ingredients
- Stomach or bowel problems that stop swallowing pills or absorbing medicines, or past gastric bypass surgery
- Recent radiotherapy, major surgery, or serious injury shortly before joining, or major surgery planned during the study
- Recent or serious heart problems, such as heart attack, unstable angina, heart failure, stroke, uncontrolled irregular heartbeat, or a long QT interval on heart tracing
- Serious lung problems, including heavy cancer spread in the lungs, severe lung disease, or past or current lung inflammation (pneumonitis)
- Blood clotting problems or blood clots within the past 6 months, with some exceptions
- Long-term steroids or drugs that damp down the immune system, apart from small doses or creams, inhalers, eye drops or local injections
- Unable or unwilling to stop certain medicines, herbal products (such as St John's wort) and foods (such as grapefruit) that affect how the study drugs are broken down
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or unwillingness to use highly effective contraception
- Current HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection (some past or cleared hepatitis cases may be allowed)
- Serious uncontrolled illness, mental health condition, or substance misuse that would make taking part unsafe or too difficult
What taking part involves
- • Taking elacestrant together with everolimus as study treatment
- • Regular scans (CT or MRI) to check the cancer
- • Blood tests before and during the study, including a pregnancy test for women who can become pregnant
- • Providing a tumour tissue sample (an old stored sample is acceptable)
- • Tests for ESR1 mutation before joining, using a blood or tumour sample
- • Using highly effective contraception during treatment and for 120 days after the last dose
Time commitment: Not stated — ask the trial team: how long the study lasts, how often visits happen, and how the drugs are taken.
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
- 300
- Started
- 2024-12-05
- Last checked
- 2026-08
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for advanced breast cancer
- • Phase3 - 300 participants
- • This trial will study a type of advanced breast cancer (ABC) defined as endocrine receptor (ER)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER2)-negative and estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-mutated
Who can take part?
- • Ages 18 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with advanced breast cancer
Where?
- • Edinburgh - Western General Hospital
- • London - Barts Health NHS Trust
- • Oxford - Genesis Care Oxford
- • Surrey Quays - Royal Surrey County Hospital
- • +2 more UK sites
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
This trial will study a type of advanced breast cancer (ABC) defined as endocrine receptor (ER)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER2)-negative and estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-mutated. Patients will be treated with elacestrant, a compound that acts as a selective estrogen receptor degrader, and everolimus (or placebo), a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women with advanced hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the efficacy (to find out how effective a treatment is) of elacestrant plus everolimus therapy in patients who have ER-positive/HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated, ABC progressing to endocrine therapy and cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor. The efficacy of elacestrant plus everolimus combination will be determined by assessing the period from elacestrant plus everolimus (or placebo) treatment initiation until to the first occurrence of disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death, or discontinuation from the study treatment for any other reason, whichever occurs first, defined as progression free survival. Rigorous eligibility criteria based on specific co-morbidities and clinicopathologic features of their disease have been designed to minimize the risk of patients participating in this study. The anticipated favorable clinical benefits of elacestrant combined with everolimus are projected to outweigh the risks of this treatment. This study will be performed in full compliance with International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) and all applicable local Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and regulations.
More detail
Upon meeting all selection criteria, a total of 300 patients will be enrolled. After signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF), patients will be randomized (ratio 1:1) as follows: * Interventional Arm (Arm A) (N=150): Patients will receive 345 mg of elacestrant and 7.5 mg of everolimus orally once daily. * Control Arm (Arm B) (N=150): Patients will receive elacestrant at 345 mg orally once daily plus everolimus placebo. Patients will be stratified by presence of visceral metastases (yes versus no) and duration of prior CDK4/6 inhibitor-based therapy (≥ 12 months versus \< 12 months). Patients progressing to CDK4/6 inhibitor-based therapy in the adjuvant setting will be stratified as patients with a duration of prior CDK4/6 inhibitor-based therapy \< 12 months. Patients will receive study treatment in 28-day cycles until documented disease progression, death, unacceptable toxicity, or discontinuation from the study treatment for any other reason, whichever occurs first. Patients discontinuing the study treatment period will enter a post-treatment follow-up period during which survival and new anti-cancer therapy information will be collected every 3 months (± 14 days) from the last dose of IMPs until the End of Study (EoS) defined as 12 months after last patient is randomized unless premature termination of the trial. For patients who discontinue the study treatment for reasons other than disease progression, tumor assessments will be conducted following the frequency of the study until the start of a new anti-cancer treatment, death, or disease progression.
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 18 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
- How fit you need to be: ECOG 0 or better
Biomarkers mentioned
Treatment history
Treatments you must have had:
- ✓ a CDK4/6 inhibit
- ✓ previously received at least one and no more than two lines of endocrine therapy for ABC
- ✓ a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days
What the study is looking for
- ✓Patients will be included in the study only if they meet ALL of the following criteria:
- ✓Patient must be capable to understand the purpose of the study and have signed written agreement to take part form (ICF)...
- ✓Female or male patients ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing ICF.
- ✓Post-menopausal women as defined by any of the following criteria:
- ✓Age ≥ 60 years;
Who cannot take part
- ✗Any patient meeting ANY of the following criteria will be excluded from the study:
- ✗Inability to comply with study and follow-up procedures.
- ✗Formal safety concern to endocrine therapy defined as visceral crisis and/or rapidly or causing symptoms progressive...
- ✗Current participation in another therapeutic clinical trial.
- ✗Treatment with approved or investigational cancer therapy within 14 days prior to randomization except for...
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Where Is This Study? (6 UK sites)
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Barts Health NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
Genesis Care Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Royal Surrey County Hospital
Surrey Quays, United Kingdom
Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust
Truro, United Kingdom
Genesis Cancer Care UK
Waterlooville, United Kingdom
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