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NCT Number: NCT05631795

Study to Assess the Safety of Alpelisib Plus Fulvestrant, in Men and Post-menopausal Women With HR-positive, HER2-negative, Advanced Breast Cancer (aBC) With PIK3CA Mutation, Whose Disease Progressed on or After Endocrine Treatment

The purpose of this study was to determine the safety of alpelisib plus fulvestrant in men and post-menopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, advanced or metastatic breast cancer (aBC) with a PIK3CA mutation, whose disease had progressed on or after endocrine-based treatment.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Primary location

Novartis Investigative Site, Guwahati, Assam, India

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About this study

The study was planned to enroll 40 participants. During the treatment phase, participants were treated with alpelisib 300 mg orally once daily starting on Cycle 1 Day 1 in combination with fulvestrant (intramuscular injection) 500 mg on Cycle 1 Day 1 and Day 15, and on Day 1 of every cycle thereafter (± 3 days) in a 28-day cycle.

The planned duration of treatment was 6 months. Participants could be discontinued from treatment earlier due to unacceptable toxicity, disease progression, withdrawal of consent, or at the discretion of the investigator or the participant. For participants who were ongoing on treatment at the end of the planned study duration and who, in the opinion of the investigator, were still deriving clinical benefit from alpelisib, every effort was made to continue provision of study treatment via post-trial access (PTA).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants with confirmed PIK3CA mutant advanced or metastatic breast cancer
  • Postmenopausal females and males ≥ 18 years old with confirmed HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
  • Adequate liver function
  • Adequate renal function
  • Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≤140 mg/dL (7.7 mmol/L) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≤ 6.4%
  • ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) Performance Status < 2
  • Fasting Serum amylase ≤ 2 × ULN and Fasting Serum lipase ≤ ULN
  • Potassium within normal limits, or corrected with supplements
  • Calcium (corrected for serum albumin) and magnesium within normal limits or ≤ grade 1 if judged clinically not significant by the investigator

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known hypersensitivity to alpelisib or fulvestrant, or to any of the excipients of alpelisib or fulvestrant
  • Participant ineligible for endocrine therapy per the investigator's judgment
  • Participant has received prior treatment with any PI3K inhibitors and / or mTOR inhibitor
  • Participant with type I diabetes or not controlled type II (based on FPG and HbA1c, see inclusion criterion 6)
  • Participant 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-melanomatous skin cancer or curatively resected cervical cancer
  • Participant has not recovered to grade 1 or better from related side effects of prior anti cancer therapy (with the exception of alopecia)
  • Participants receiving concomitant immunosuppressive agents or chronic corticosteroids use at the time of study entry except in cases outlined below: Topical applications, inhaled sprays, eye drops or local injections are allowed. Participants on stable low dose of corticosteroids for at least two weeks prior to enrollment are allowed
  • Bilateral diffuse lymphangitic carcinomatosis
  • Participants with a known history of HIV seropositivity. Screening for HIV infection at baseline is not required
  • Active, bleeding diathesis, or on oral anti-vitamin K medication (except low dose warfarin and acetylsalicylic acid or equivalent, as long as the INR is ≤2.0)
  • Any severe and/ or uncontrolled medical conditions
  • Participant with severe liver impairment (Child Pugh score B/C)
  • Participant has impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the study drugs
  • Participant has any other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, contraindicate patient participation in the clinical study
  • Participant has documented pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease which is active and requiring treatment
  • Participant has active cardiac disease or a history of cardiac dysfunction
  • Participants with unresolved osteonecrosis of the jaw
  • Participant has a history of severe cutaneous reactions like Stevens-Johnson-Syndrome (SJS), Erythema Multiforme (EM), Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), or Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS).
  • Participant is a nursing (lactating) or pregnant woman
  • Participant is a woman of child-bearing potential defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, unless they are using highly effective methods of contraception during study treatment and at least for 1 week (for alpelisib) or 1 year (for fulvestrant based on prescribing label) after the last dose of each study drug (whichever comes later).
  • Participant is a sexually active male unwilling to use a condom during intercourse while taking study treatment, and for 1 week (for alpelisib) or 1 year (for fulvestrant based on prescribing label) after stopping each study drug (whichever comes later). A condom is required for all sexually active male participants to prevent them from fathering a child AND to prevent delivery of study treatment via seminal fluid to their partner. In addition, male participants must not donate sperm during study and up to the time period specified above.

Treatment and study plan

Alpelisib

Drug

Film coated tablet for oral use. Participants will be treated with 300 mg of alpelisib once daily starting on Cycle 1 Day 1

Other names: BYL719

Fulvestrant

Drug

Injection for intramuscular administration. Participants will be treated with fulvestrant 500 mg on Cycle 1 Day 1 and Day 15, and Day 1 of every cycle thereafter in a 28-day cycle.

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants With at Least One On-treatment Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: From start of treatment up to 30 days after last dose of study treatment, assessed up to approximately 7 months

    Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) were defined as the adverse events that occurred, or worsened, during the treatment period (i.e. from the first dose of treatment up to 30 days after the last dose of study drug).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Time frame: From start of treatment up to 30 days after last dose of study treatment, assessed up to approximately 7 months

    A Serious Adverse Event (SAE) was any untoward medical occurrence that resulted in death, was life-threatening, required hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in disability or incapacity, was a congenital anomaly or birth defect in the offspring of a study participant, or was an abnormal pregnancy outcome.

  2. Percentage of Participants With Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs)

    Time frame: From start of treatment up to 30 days after last dose of study treatment, assessed up to approximately 7 months

    An Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) was defined as an adverse event (AE) that, in the investigator's judgment, was causally suspected to be related to the study treatment.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

ALPelisib INdia Safety STudy (ALPINIST): A Phase IV, Prospective, Multicenter, Open-label, Non-comparative, Interventional Study to Assess the Safety of Alpelisib Plus Fulvestrant, in Men and Post-menopausal Women With HR Positive, HER2-negative, Advanced Breast Cancer (aBC) With a PIK3CA Mutation, Whose Disease Has Progressed on or After Endocrine Based Treatment.

Acronym: ALPINIST

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Nov 30, 2022
Registry last updated
Jul 9, 2026

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