Study Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Alpelisib Plus Fulvestrant or Letrozole, Based on Prior Endocrine Therapy, in Patients With PIK3CA Mutation With Advanced Breast Cancer Who Have Progressed on or After Prior Treatments (BYLieve)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03056755 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : February 17, 2017
Last Update Posted : August 12, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer | Drug: alpelisib Drug: fulvestrant Drug: letrozole Drug: Goserelin Drug: Leuprolide | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 390 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | This is a phase II, multicenter, open-label, three-cohort, non-comparative study of alpelisib plus endocrine therapy (either fulvestrant or letrozole) in patients with HR+, HER2-negative aBC harboring PIK3CA mutation(s) in the tumor whose disease has progressed on or after prior treatments |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | BYLieve: A Phase II, Multicenter, Open-label, Three-cohort, Non- Comparative Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Alpelisib Plus Fulvestrant or Letrozole in Patients With PIK3CA Mutant, Hormone Receptor (HR) Positive, HER2-negative Advanced Breast Cancer (aBC), Who Have Progressed on or After Prior Treatments |
Actual Study Start Date : | August 14, 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 30, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 31, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Prior CDK 4/6 + aromatase
Patients who received any Cyclin-Dependent Kinases 4 and 6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitor plus aromatase inhibitor as treatment (immediately prior) will receive alpelisib 500 mg oral.+ fulvestrant 500 mg intramuscular (i.m)
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Drug: alpelisib
300 mg; oral; once daily
Other Name: BYL719 Drug: fulvestrant 500 mg; intramuscular injection on Days 1, 15 on Cycle 1 and Day 1 at each cycle thereafter |
Experimental: Prior CDK 4/6 + fulvestrant
Patients who received any CDK 4/6 inhibitor plus fulvestrant as treatment (immediately prior) will receive alpelisib 300 mg oral + letrozole 2.5 mg oral
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Drug: alpelisib
300 mg; oral; once daily
Other Name: BYL719 Drug: letrozole 2.5 mg; oral; once daily Drug: Goserelin Every 28 days (only for men in cohort B and premenopausal women). Administered as injectable subcutaneous implant (3.6 mg) Drug: Leuprolide Every 28 days (only for men in cohort B and premenopausal women). Administered as injectable intramuscular depot (7.5 mg) |
Experimental: Prior systemic chemo or ET
Patients who received systemic chemotherapy or endrocrine therapy (ET) , (including monotherapy or in combination with targeted therapy except CDK 4/6i + AI) as immediate prior treatment will receive alpelisib 300 mg oral + fulvestrant 500 mg i.m.
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Drug: alpelisib
300 mg; oral; once daily
Other Name: BYL719 Drug: fulvestrant 500 mg; intramuscular injection on Days 1, 15 on Cycle 1 and Day 1 at each cycle thereafter |
- The percentage of patients who are alive without disease progression [ Time Frame: Date of first dose to approximately 6 months in last enrolling cohort ]Assess the percentage of patients without disease progression based on local investigator assessment per RECIST in cohort A, cohort B and cohort C. Each cohort will be assessed when last patient in each cohort has reached 6 months but final primary assessment will occur upon completion of 6 months of last enrolling cohort
- Progression free survival (PFS) for each cohort [ Time Frame: date of first dose to up to approximately 25 months ]PFS is defined as the time from the date of first dose of study medication to the date of the first documented progression or death due to any cause occurring in the study. PFS will be assessed based on local investigator's assessment according to RECIST v1.1
- Progression free survival (PFS) on next line treatment PFS2) for each cohort [ Time Frame: Date of first dose to date of first documented progression up to approximately 25 months ]Progression free survival (PFS) on next line treatment (PFS2) is defined as time from the date of first dose of study medication to the date of first documented progression on next-line therapy or death from any cause
- Percentage of participants Overall response rate (ORR) for each cohort [ Time Frame: Date of first dose and up to approximately 25 months ]ORR based on local investigator's assessment according to RECIST v1.1 in each cohort
- Percentage of participants with clinical benefit rate (CBR) for each cohort [ Time Frame: Date of first dose and up to approximately 25 months ]Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) based on local investigator's assessment according to RECIST v1.1 in each cohort
- Duration of response (DOR) [ Time Frame: Date of first documented response to first documented progression or death up to approximately 25 months ]Duration of Response is the time from the date of first documented response (confirmed CR or PR) to the date of first documented progression or death due to underlying cancer
- Percentable of overall suvivial (OS) for each cohort [ Time Frame: Date of first dose and up to approximately 25 months ]Overall Survival is defined as the time of start of treatment to date of death or lost to follow-up.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient is male or female 18 years or older
- Males or females with advanced (locoregionally recurrent or metatstatic) breast cancer not amenable to curative therapy
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In case of women, both premenopausal and postmenopausal patients are allowed to be included in study; menopausal status is relevant for the requirement of LHRH agonist (examples for use in this study include but not limited to goserelin, leuprolide or locally available treatment) to be used concomitantly with alpelisib and letrozole/fulvestrant
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Patient is postmenopausal woman defined as either:
- Prior bilateral oophorectomy or
- Age ≥60 or
- Age <60 and amenorrhea for 12 or more months (in the absence of chemotherapy, tamoxifen, toremifene, or ovarian suppression) and FSH and/or estradiol in the postmenopausal range per local normal range.
If patient is taking tamoxifen or toremifene and age <60, then FSH and plasma estradiol levels should be in post-menopausal range per local normal range.
Note: For women using therapy-induced amenorrhea other than ovarian radiation, goserelin or leuprolide, etc., serial measurements of FSH and/or estradiol are needed to ensure menopausal status
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Patient is premenopausal defined as either:
- Patient had last menstrual period within the last 12 months or
- If on tamoxifen or toremifene with in the past 14 days, plasma estradiol and FSH must be in the premenopausal range per local normal range, or
- In case of therapy induced amenorrhea, plasma estradiol and/or FSH must be in the premenopausal range per local normal range
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- Patient has histological and/or cytological confirmed ER+ and/or PgR+ aBC
- Patient has confirmed HER2-negative advanced breast cancer (aBC)
- Patient has a PIK3CA mutation confirmed by Novartis designated central lab or patient has a pathology report confirming PIK3CA mutant status by certified laboratory (using validated PI3KCA mutation assay) either from tissue or blood and must (mandatory) send tumor tissue to Novartis designated central lab for confirmation of mutational status
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Patient must have:
- Documented evidence of tumor progression on or after CDK 4/ 6 inhibitor combination treatment; CDK 4/6 inhibitor must be the last treatment regimen prior to study entry,
- AI treatment (either in adjuvant or metastatic setting) and received systemic chemotherapy or ET(as monotherapy or in combination except CDK 4/6i + AI) as last treatment regimen in cohort C
- Maintenance therapies, where applicable, must be regarded as part of the main treatment.
- No more than two (2) prior anti-cancer therapies for aBC
- Received no more than one prior regimen of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting
- Patient has either measurable disease per RECIST v1.1 or at least one predominantly lytic bone lesion must be present
- ECOG performance status ≤ 2
- Patient has fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≤140 mg/dL (7.7 mmol/L) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≤ 6.4% (both criteria have to be met)
- Patient has adequate bone marrow, coagulation, liver and renal function
Exclusion Criteria:
- patient has known hypersensitivity to alpelisib, fulvestrant or letrozole
- Patient has received prior treatment with any PI3K inhibitors
- Patient with an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type I or uncontrolled type II
- Patient has a concurrent malignancy or malignancy within 3 years of study screening period, with the exception of adequately treated, basal or squamous cell carcinoma, non-melanoma skin cancer or curatively resected cervical cancer
- Patient has received radiotherapy ≤ 4 weeks or limited field radiation for palliation ≤ 2 weeks prior to enrollment, and who has not recovered to grade 1 or better from related side effects of such therapy
- History of acute pancreatitis within 1 year of screening or past medical history of pancreatitis
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Patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement unless they meet ALL of the following criteria:
- At least 4 weeks from prior therapy completion (including radiation and/or surgery) to starting the study treatment
- Clinically stable CNS tumor at the time of screening untreated or without evidence of progressions for at least 4 weeks after treatment as determined by clinical examination and brain imaging (MRI or CT) during screening period and stable low dose of steroids for 2 weeks prior to initiating study treatment
- Patient with severe liver impairment (Child Pugh score B/C)
- Patient has impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the study drugs
- Patient has documented pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease which is active and requiring treatment
- Patient has a history of severe cutaneous reactions like Stevens-Johnson-Syndrome (SJS), Erythema Multiforme (EM), Toxic Epidermal Necroloysis (TEN) or Drug Reaction with Eosinphilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS).
- Patient is concurrently using other anti-cancer therapy. All anti-cancer therapy must be discontinued prior to day one of study treatment.
- Subjects with unresolved osteonecrosis of the jaw.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03056755
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Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03056755 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CBYL719X2402 |
First Posted: | February 17, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 12, 2020 |
Last Verified: | August 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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