Ribociclib in Combination With Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Patients With Early High-risk HR+HER2- Breast Cancer

In this multi-center, prospective and observational study, we aim to learn about the efficacy and safety of using ribociclib in combination with physician-selected endocrine therapy as adjuvant therapy for patients with early high-risk HR+HER2- breast cancer. After being evaluated by the researchers as early high-risk HR+HER2- breast cancer patients, signing the informed consent, and being screened to meet the inclusion criteria, eligible participants will be enrolled to receive ribociclib (at a dose of 400mg per day for 3 weeks, followed by 1 week off, 4 weeks for 1 cycle) plus physician-selected endocrine therapy. During there years of follow-up, their relevant clinical data will be recorded.

Enrolled patients are recommended to receive 3 years of ribociclib combined with ET, or until evidence of disease recurrence is observed or other discontinuation criteria are met (whichever occurs earliest).

ET will be administered during the observational phase of the study (3 years) according to the prescription selected by the physician. At the end of the research observation phase, according to medical indication, standard adjuvant ET should continue for 2-8 years, and the total treatment duration can be up to 10 years.

According to physician's choice, participants use the approved standard adjuvant ET (e.g., according to standard clinical practice, TAM or AI, with or without OFS). Fulvestrant should not be used for adjuvant therapy at any time during the study period.

Review of imaging (ultrasound,CT or MRI) of common recurrent sites throughout the body every 3 months before and after dosing, and every 6 months after 2 years until disease recurrence or death or the end of this study. This is the current follow-up interval recommended by the Chinese Anticancer Association Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines and Specifications, Version 2024, which does not increase the burden of follow-up for patients.

Records of blood-related indicators (according to the instructions of ribociclib) (blood routine, biochemical indicators) were reviewed during the treatment follow-up. Medical staff, graduate students, and technicians complete the record of the patient-reported outcomes (PROs) (pre-drug and 1,3,6,12,18,24,36 months post-drug) in real time through mutiple questionnaire survey such as WeChat applets, phone calls, text messaging, and face-to-face visits.

The study will collect primary and recurrent metastatic tumor tissues and blood, using multi-gene detection, proteomic and other means to detect samples, and explore the biomarkers associated with ribociclib treatment.

This study is expected to have an enrollment time of 24 months and a follow-up time of 36 months.

Inclusion criteria

• Before any trial-related procedures, sign a written informed consent, and be willing and able to follow the planned visits, research treatment, laboratory examination and other test procedures;
• Age 18-80 years old, female (both pre/post menopausal);
• The patient's initial diagnostic tissue specimens were confirmed to be HR+, HER2- early high-risk invasive breast cancer without evidence of disease recurrence or distant metastasis.
• The patient must have undergone radical surgery for the primary breast tumor. The cut edge of the removed specimen must be free from histological tumor residue (including invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ [DCIS]). If supraclavicular or internal breast lymph nodes are considered for metastasis but cannot be surgically removed, radiotherapy should be carried out in the remaining lymph node drainage area in accordance with local guidelines.
• After surgical resection, the tumor was completely removed, and there was no tumor at the end of the surgical specimen microscope, and it belonged to one of the following stages:

• Pathological Stage IIB or III
• Pathological Stage IIA as listed below:
• N1 or N0, and: grade 3, or grade 2, meeting any of the following criteria:

( Ki67 ≥ 20%, or Oncotype DX breast recurrence score ≥ 26, or MammaPrint classification of high risk)

Attention:

• For patients with tumor anatomical stage IIA N0: Patients are ineligible if Grade 1 or Unknown (Gx).
• Patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy must meet the above criteria in any preoperative staging/samples and/or surgical specimens (for staging, if Stage IIA, N0, also including grading and Ki67 or gene expression testing).
• AJCC 8th edition anatomic staging requirements determine T, N, and M categories. ALND is the preferred method for axillary lymph node staging; however, SLN dissection may be used to determine N classification in the following situations: No metastasis in the SLN (patients are considered as pN0); Slight metastasis in the SLN (patient considered as pN1mi); Patients with T1-2 and no clinically significant nodes before surgery, no neoadjuvant chemotherapy, at least 1 macrometastasis in 1 or 2 SLNs, no clustered swollen lymph nodes or severe extra-lymph node diseases during SLN clearance (patients are considered as pN1).
• A maximum of 12 months from surgery to enrollment.
• Patients with an ECOG score of ≤3, allowing the combination of other asymptomatic underlying diseases.
• The patient can swallow oral endocrine drugs, regardless of the type of endocrine drugs.
• The patient agrees to take paraffin samples from the primary lesions (including the primary lesions and lymph nodes), tumor tissue and blood samples from the recurrent lesions for future exploratory biomarker analyses
• The patient has completed (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy and standard radiotherapy (when indicated) in accordance with clinical practice guidelines.

Exclusion criteria

• The patient has received any CDK4/6 inhibitors in the past.
• Metastatic diseases (including contralateral axillary lymph nodes)
• Patients have received ET (tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors or raloxifene) for the prevention of breast cancer.
• Unwilling to participate in the quality of life questionnaire score or provide tissue samples at the time of recurrence