Study Evaluating Neratinib Versus Lapatinib Plus Capecitabine For ErbB2 Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00777101 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 22, 2008
Results First Posted : November 9, 2017
Last Update Posted : August 9, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Advanced Breast Cancer Breast Cancer | Drug: Neratinib Drug: Lapatinib Drug: Capecitabine | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 233 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2 Randomized Open-Label Study of Neratinib Versus Lapatinib Plus Capecitabine For The Treatment Of ErbB-2 Positive Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 4, 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 3, 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Neratinib |
Drug: Neratinib
Tablets 240 mg orally once per day until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity
Other Name: HKI-272 |
Active Comparator: Lapatinib plus Capecitabine |
Drug: Lapatinib
Tablets 1250 mg orally once per day until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Other Name: Tykerb, Tyverb Drug: Capecitabine Tablets 2000 mg/m² given orally in two evenly divided daily doses for first 14 days of each 21 day cycle. Given until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Other Name: Xeloda |
- Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: From randomization date to progression or death, assessed up to 69 months ]Progression Free Survival, Measured in Months, for Subjects Randomized. Investigator assessment. The time interval from the date of randomization until the earliest date of progression per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) or death due to any cause. For subjects without death or progression, censorship was at the last valid tumor assessment.
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: From randomization date to death, assessed up to 69 months ]Overall Survival (OS) was defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. Subjects last known to be alive were censored at the last date of last contact or the data cutoff employed for the analysis, whichever was earlier.
- Objective Response Rate (ORR). [ Time Frame: From randomization date to progression or last tumor assessment, assessed up to 69 months ]Objective Response Rate, investigator assessment. The ORR was defined as the percentage of participants demonstrating a confirmed objective response, either Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) during the study per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v.1.0: Complete Response (CR), disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; and Non-PD for non-target lesions, and no new lesions.
- Clinical Benefit Rate [ Time Frame: From randomization date to progression or last tumor assessment, assessed up to 69 months ]
Clinical benefit rate (CR, PR, or SD = 24 weeks) for women For ErbB2 Positive Advanced Breast Cancer. Clinical benefit rate was the percentage of subjects who achieved overall tumor response per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v1.0: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Stable Disease (SD), Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, taking as reference the smallest sum diameters while on study.
Clinical Benefit (CB) = CR + PR + SD >= 24 weeks.
- Duration of Response [ Time Frame: From start date of response to first PD, assessed up to 69 months after the first subject was randomized. ]Duration of response was measured from the time at which response criteria were met for complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) (whichever status was recorded first) until the first date of recurrence or progressive disease (PD) or death. For subjects without death or progression, censorship was at the last valid tumor assessment per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v1.0: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions.
- Frequency of CNS Metastases (Frequency) [ Time Frame: From randomization date to first CNS symptom or lesions ]The percent of patients with symptomatic or progressive CNS lesions was the proportion of subjects who had PD considering CNS lesions only, according to RECIST criteria.
- Time to CNS Metastases [ Time Frame: From randomization date to first CNS symptom or lesions ]Time to symptomatic or progressive Central nervous system (CNS) lesions. Time to symptomatic or progressive CNS lesions was the time from the date of randomization until the date of progressive disease (PD) considering CNS lesions only (ie, appearance of newly diagnosed CNS lesions or progressive CNS lesions).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Gender Based Eligibility: | Yes |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stage IIIB, IIIC, or IV erbB2 (HER2) positive breast cancer
- Prior use of Herceptin (trastuzumab), and a taxane
- Adequate cardiac and renal function
Exclusion Criteria:
- More than 2 prior Herceptin (trastuzumab) regimens or prior use of Xeloda (capecitabine) and / or Tykerb (lapatinib) [Tyverb]
- Bone as the only site of disease
- Active central nervous system metastases (subjects should be stable and off anticonvulsants and steroids)
- Significant gastrointestinal disorder with diarrhea as major symptom

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00777101

Study Director: | Puma | Biotechnology |
Responsible Party: | Puma Biotechnology, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00777101 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
3144A2-3003 / B1891003 |
First Posted: | October 22, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | November 9, 2017 |
Last Update Posted: | August 9, 2018 |
Last Verified: | July 2018 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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