Exemestane and Cyclophosphamide for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Metastatic Beast Cancer

Interventions: Drug: Exemestane
Drug: Cyclophosphamide

Registration Number: NCT01963481

Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary: This phase II trial studies how well exemestane and cyclophosphamide work in treating patients with estrogen receptor (ER) -positive, progesterone receptor (PR) -positive, and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)2-negative stage IV breast cancer.

Detailed Description: Estrogen can cause the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using exemestane may fight breast cancer by blocking the use of estrogen by the tumor cells. Low dose cyclophosphamide may also stimulate the white blood cells, including natural killer cells, for instance by decreasing the suppressor (regulatory) T-cells. Giving exemestane with cyclophosphamide may be an effective treatment for estrogen receptor-positive, progesterone receptor-positive, and HER2-negative stage IV breast cancer.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have histologically confirmed breast cancer that is ER positive and/or PR positive, and HER2/neu negative and have disease that is metastatic (stage IV)
- HER2/neu negative disease determined using commercially available/approved assay in local institutional or reference laboratory, according to American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines (IHC 0-1+ or 2+ with HER2/17 ratio on FISH <= 1.8).
- ER/PR expression performed by standard immunohistochemical assay and classified as ER and/or PR-positive according to ASCO/CAP guidelines (1-100% expression)
- Histologic and/or cytologic confirmation of metastatic disease is encouraged whenever feasible, furthermore, if feasible, the biopsy should confirm that the metastatic tumor is ER and/or PR positive and HER2/neu negative. For patients in whom histologic biopsy confirmation and/or assessment of ER/PR/HER2 of metastatic disease is not feasible, it is required that the primary tumor be ER and/or PR-positive and HER2/neu negative.
Measurable disease (RECIST 1.1) or non-measurable (assessable) disease
Patients must have had progressive disease during at least one line of endocrine therapy for metastatic disease or have recurrent disease while or within 12 months of receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy. Prior treatments accepted include a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor, tamoxifen, fulvestrant or combinations.
Patients taking bisphosphonates for bone disease are permitted to enter the trial, but their bone lesions are not considered to be assessable for response, although they are assessable for progression.
Female or male subjects age >= 18 years.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0, 1, or 2.
Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
absolute neutrophil count >= 1,200/mcL
platelets >= 100,000/mcL
hemoglobin >= 9g/dl
total bilirubin <= 2 X upper limit of normal (ULN) [unless due to Gilbert's disease]
AST(SGOT) <= 2.5 X ULN
ALT(SGPT) <= 2.5 X ULN
creatinine <= 1.5 X ULN
Patients must be able to swallow and tolerate oral medications.
Postmenopausal status, defined as 60 years and older, being 45 years and older and having amenorrhea x 12 months or follicle stimulating hormone levels within postmenopausal range, OR having undergone a bilateral oophorectomy.
Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents.
Prior treatment for breast cancer with a steroidal aromatase inhibitor; with the exception of patients who were started on the combination of exemestane with everolimus less than 4 weeks prior to study entry and discontinued everolimus due to poor tolerability.
Presence of life threatening metastatic visceral disease (defined as extensive hepatic involvement or symptomatic pulmonary lymphangitic spread) or uncontrolled brain metastases.
Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exemestane and cyclophosphamide	Exemestane	A treatment cycle is defined as 4 weeks: One tablet (25 mg) of exemestane and one tablet (50 mg) of cyclophosphamide given daily by mouth until disease progression or unacceptable adverse events.
Exemestane and cyclophosphamide	Cyclophosphamide	A treatment cycle is defined as 4 weeks: One tablet (25 mg) of exemestane and one tablet (50 mg) of cyclophosphamide given daily by mouth until disease progression or unacceptable adverse events.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Progression-free Survival (PFS) Rate at 3 Months	3 months	PFS is defined as the time from first treatment day until objective disease progression or death from any cause. Assessment of disease progression based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RESIST) guideline version 1.1 is performed every 12 weeks on study. The percent of participants with PFS at 3 months will be reported.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Response Rate (RR) - Complete Response and Partial Response	2 years	Complete response (CR) is defined as the disappearance of all target lesions, while partial response (PR) is when at least a 30% decrease in the sum of the diameters of target lesions. Evaluation of response is based on RESIST guideline version 1.1. RR is reported as percentage of participants with a CR and/or PR at 2 years.
Clinical Benefit Rate Score	3 years	Clinical benefit rate is defined as the percentage of patients who have achieved objective response or stable disease for at least 24 weeks. Evaluation of response and disease progression is based on RESIST guideline version 1.1. Response and progression are assessed every 12 weeks.