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Clinical Trials/NCT07340541
NCT07340541RecruitingPhase 2

TBCRC Evolutionary Clinical Trial for Novel Biomarker-Driven Therapies (EVOLVE-BDT)

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center5 sites in 1 country700 target enrollmentStarted: February 16, 2026Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 2
Status
Recruiting
Enrollment
700
Locations
5
Primary Endpoint
Intra-Individual Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

Study Overview

Brief Summary

This is a multicenter, multi-arm, biomarker-stratified trial designed to evaluate biomarker-directed therapies in patients with estrogen receptor-positive/hormone receptor-negative (ER+/HR-) and triple-negative (TN) metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The trial integrates both retrospective and prospective data collection, including archival tumor tissue, medical record abstraction, and prospective tumor and blood sampling prior to initiation of protocol directed treatment. Based on biomarker subtype, participants will receive standard of care therapy. Liquid biopsy will be collected on Cycle 2 Day 1, and then liquid biopsy, imaging and clinical data will be collected at each re-staging. Treatment will continue until discontinuation for progression, toxicity or at the discretion of the treating physician.

Detailed Description

The platform design makes it easy to assess multiple targeted therapies at the same time, focusing on patient groups identified by specific biomarkers. Patients who experience disease progression may be reassigned to additional eligible sub trials evaluating alternative therapeutic options. The primary endpoint for each arm is progression-free survival (PFS). This adaptive framework enables continuous learning and rapid translation of biomarker discoveries into therapeutic evaluation, promoting an agile and data-driven approach to treatment optimization in advanced breast cancer.

Beyond ER and HER2, there are few biomarkers to drive treatment decisions in metastatic and primary breast cancer, leaving a gap in effective treatments for other subtypes. To address this, triple-negative (TNBC) is pioneering an adaptive, evolutionary trial focusing on women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in the second-line (2L) setting. The adaptive trial infrastructure is designed to serve as an integrated parent study, enabling coordinated acquisition of clinical and translational data, as well as training and testing activities. Within this framework, individual biomarker-driven sub-trials (based on biomarker development) can be created and conducted.

Eligible participants include patients with ER+/HER2- or triple-negative (TNBC) metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who have progressed on first line (1L) therapy but have not yet initiated second-line (2L) treatment. HER2+ patients will be excluded due to the availability of established effective therapies.

This Sub Protocol #1 will enroll subjects based on biomarker subtype. Participants will receive a standard of care therapy. Liquid biopsy will be collected on Cycle 2 Day 1, and then liquid biopsy, imaging and clinical data will be collected at each re-staging. Treatment will continue until discontinuation for progression, toxicity or at the discretion of the treating physician. In order to participate in Sub Protocol #1 subjects must have consented to the Parent protocol.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Written informed consent obtained to participate in the study and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information.
  • Subject is willing and able to comply with study procedures based on the judgement of the investigator.
  • Age ≥ 18 years of age at the time of consent
  • ECOG Performance Status of 0-2 (see APPENDIX A: ECOG Performance Status Scale).
  • Patients must fulfill all eligibility criteria outlined in the LCCC2521 Parent Protocol and consented to LCCC2521 Parent Protocol

Exclusion Criteria

  • Inaccessible metastatic lesion to research biopsy
  • Subject has already initiated 2nd line therapy
  • Concurrent disease or condition that in the opinion of the treating oncologist renders the patient inappropriate for study participation

Arms & Interventions

Cohort 1- Arm B

Experimental

ER+ (Estrogen Receptor Positive) and HER2- (Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Negative). ESR1 mutant positive or negative and Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha / AKT serine/threonine kinase / PTEN loss or deletion negative.

Intervention: SERD* + everolimus (Drug)

Cohort 2 Arm A

Experimental

ER+ (Estrogen Receptor Positive) and HER2- (Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Negative). ESR1 mutant negative or positive, and Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha / AKT serine/threonine kinase / PTEN loss or deletion positive.

Intervention: SERD* + abemaciclib (Drug)

Cohort 2 Arm B

Experimental

ER+ (Estrogen Receptor Positive) and HER2- (Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Negative). ESR1 mutant negative or positive, and Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha / AKT serine/threonine kinase / PTEN loss or deletion positive.

Intervention: SERD* + everolimus or capecitabine (Drug)

Cohort 1 Arm A

Experimental

ER+ (Estrogen Receptor Positive) and HER2- (Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Negative). ESR1 mutant positive or negative and Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha / AKT serine/threonine kinase / PTEN loss or deletion negative.

Intervention: SERD* + abemaciclib (Drug)

Cohort 3

Active Comparator

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC): ER- (Estrogen receptor negative), PR- (Progesterone receptor negative), HER2- HER2 negative. AR - = Androgen Receptor negative, PD-L1 (Programmed Death-Ligand 1) positive or negative.

Intervention: SOC (Drug)

Cohort 4

Experimental

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC): ER- (Estrogen receptor negative), PR- (Progesterone receptor negative), HER2- HER2 negative. AR + = Androgen Receptor positive, PD-L1 (Programmed Death-Ligand 1) positive or negative.

Intervention: Antiandrogen (Drug)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Intra-Individual Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

Time Frame: Up to 5 years

Progression-Free Survival (PFS) is defined as the time from initiation of study therapy until documented disease progression per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST) v1.1 or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. For intra-individual comparisons across successive therapy lines, a PFS ratio will be calculated by dividing the PFS of the current line (nth line, PFSₙ) by the PFS of the preceding line ((n-1)th line, PFSn-1). This allows each patient to serve as their own control, reducing between-patient variability and normalizing for the expected decline in PFS with later lines. RECIST v1.1 defines Complete Response (CR) as disappearance of all target lesions, Partial Response (PR) as ≥30% decrease, Stable Disease (SD) as insufficient change for PR or PD, and Progressive Disease (PD) as ≥20% increase, measurable growth in non-target lesions, or new lesions.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Progression free survival (PFS) - Between-Arm Evaluation(Up to 3 months)
  • Tissue- and blood-based biomarkers on response rate(Up to 3 months)
  • Overall survival (OS)(Up to 12 months)
  • Objective response rate (ORR)(Up to 3 months)
  • Duration of response (DoR)(Up to 12 months)
  • Clinical benefit rate (CBR)(Up to 12 months)
  • Grade 2 or above Adverse Events per NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE)(Up to 12 months)
  • Changes in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) levels(Up to 12 months)
  • Changes in transcriptomic data - tissue(Up to 12 months)
  • Changes in transcriptomic data - blood(Up to 12 months)
  • Changes in Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and tumor response relation(Up to 12 months)
  • Progression free survival (PFS) -Within Arm Evaluation(Up to 5 years)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

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