Cabozantinib in Women With Metastatic Hormone-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01441947 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 28, 2011
Last Update Posted : August 28, 2019
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The study drug cabozantinib works by inhibiting several different proteins which are believed to be involved in breast cancer tumor growth, its ability to spread, and its ability to form new blood vessels. This drug has been used in other research studies and information from those other research studies suggests that this drug may help to prevent cancer growth.
The single agent portion of this study is now closed to accrual. This research study is now examining the efficacy of cabozantinib in combination with fulvestrant for treatment of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer that has spread to bone.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer | Drug: Cabozantinib Drug: Fulvestrant | Phase 2 |
Cabozantinib will be taken orally once a day in cycles of 28 days (4 weeks). Fulvestrant will be given intramuscularly on days 1 and 15 of cycle 1 and on day 1 of all subsequent cycles.
On Day 1 of each cycle subjects will have the following tests and procedures:
- Performance status
- Physical exam
- Vital signs
- Routine blood samples
- Blood and urine samples to look at bone markers (Cycle 1 through 6 only)
Subjects will also have the following additional tests and procedures:
- Tumor assessment by Computed Tomography (CT) scan and bone scan at Cycle 3, then every 12 weeks
- Blood or urine pregnancy test (if applicable) on Day 1 of Cycles 1, 2, 4, then every 12 weeks
- Urine sample and blood test for thyroid function (Cycle 1, 3, 5, then every 6 weeks)
- Blood test for breast cancer tumor marker (Cycle 1 and 4, then every 6 weeks)
- Pain questionnaire and painkiller medication diary at 7-day intervals during Week 3, Week 6, and every 6 weeks thereafter.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 68 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Trial of Cabozantinib in Women With Metastatic Hormone-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer With Involvement of Bone |
Study Start Date : | October 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cabozantinib plus fulvestrant
Combination therapy with cabozantinib 60 mg daily plus fulvestrant 500 mg monthly Intramuscularly (IM)
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Drug: Cabozantinib
Part of combination arm
Other Name: XL184 Drug: Fulvestrant part of combination arm
Other Name: Faslodex |
- Bone Scan Response Rate [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To evaluate the bone scan response rate in patients with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer with bone metastases receiving cabozantinib. Bone scan response rate will be defined as the percentage of patients experiencing a complete resolution or significant improvement in the bone scan.
- Overall Response Rate [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To evaluate overall response rate (ORR) (defined as the percentage of patients experiencing a complete response or partial response)
- Overall Survival [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To evaluate Overall Survival
- Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To evaluate Progression Free Survival
- Effects on bone and tumor markers [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To evaluate the effects of cabozantinib on biochemical markers of bone turnover and tumor markers

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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:
- Clear evidence of metastases to bone on isotope bone scan
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic Estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) and/or Progesterone-receptor-positive (PR+) and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) 2 negative breast cancer
- Received at least one prior line of hormonal or chemo-therapy for metastatic disease
- must be post menopausal
- Recovered from toxicities related to prior treatment, except alopecia, lymphopenia, or other non-clinically significant Adverse Events (AEs)
- Life expectancy > 3 months
- Adequate organ and marrow function
- Sexually active fertile subjects and their partners must agree to use medically accepted methods of contraception
- Able to lie flat for up to 45 minutes for imaging studies
- Able to swallow capsules or tablets
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breast-feeding
- Has experienced clinically-significant hematemesis or hemoptysis of > 0.5 teaspoons of red blood, or other signs indicative of pulmonary hemorrhage within 3 months before the first dose of study treatment
- Untreated, symptomatic or uncontrolled brain metastasis requiring current treatment including steroids and anti-convulsants
- more than 1 prior line of chemotherapy for treatment of metastatic breast cancer
- prior treatment with fulvestrant
- Requires concomitant treatment, in therapeutic doses, with anticoagulants such as warfarin or coumadin-related agents, thrombin or Factor Xa inhibitors, and antiplatelet agents (eg, clopidogrel)
- Uncontrolled or significant intercurrent illness
- Gastrointestinal disorders, particularly those associated with a high risk of perforation or fistula formation
- Active infection requiring systemic treatment
- Serious non-healing wound/ulcer/bone fracture
- History of organ transplant
- Concurrent uncompensated hypothyroidism or thyroid dysfunction
- Previously-identified allergy or hypersensitivity to components of the study treatment formulation
- Diagnosis of another malignancy, requiring systemic treatment, within the last 2 years, unless non-melanoma skin cancer, in-situ carcinoma of the cervix, or superficial bladder cancer

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01441947
United States, Massachusetts | |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 | |
Dana Farber Cancer Institute | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 | |
Massachusetts General Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02214 | |
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 |
Principal Investigator: | Steven J Isakoff, MD, PhD | Massachusetts General Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Steven J Isakoff, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, Attending Physician in Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01441947 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
11-208 |
First Posted: | September 28, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 28, 2019 |
Last Verified: | August 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
ER+ PR+ Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER) 2 negative metastatic |
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Fulvestrant Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal |
Antineoplastic Agents Estrogen Receptor Antagonists Estrogen Antagonists Hormone Antagonists Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs |