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NCT Number: NCT04968964

Treatment Monitoring of Patients Receiving CDK 4/6 Inhibitors for Hormone Receptor (HR) Positive, HER2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) With or Without the Addition of DiviTum® Serum Thymidine Kinase 1 (TK1) Activity Testing

Historically, serial testing of patients with metastatic breast cancer has included a combination of physical exam, symptom evaluation, laboratory testing, and imaging. Circulating tumor biomarkers are sometimes also incorporated. Frequent testing with numerous diagnostics at each time point is a significant burden to patients and to healthcare systems.

The DiviTum® TKa assay measures TK1 activity. Numerous studies have illustrated the prognostic nature of plasma or serum TK1 activity level in metastatic cancer. The investigators hypothesize that the incorporation of data from DiviTum® TKa measurement into the treatment monitoring schema will be associated with physician desire to change the near-term usage and/or timing of other routine restaging tests, including either standard tumor imaging or tumor marker testing. Given the relatively low rate of disease progression in this first-line population, it is expected that most of this change will be an intended reduction in scheduling of routine treatment surveillance testing with increase in intervals of subsequent tumor restaging imaging by at least 4 weeks. Secondarily, the consequences of rescheduling of routine surveillance testing may ultimately result in an absolute reduction in the number of some tests used during the time period examined.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Andrew Davis, M.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Ashley Frith, M.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Cynthia Ma, M.D., Ph.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Foluso Ademuyiwa, M.D., MPH

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Jingqin (Rosy) Luo, Ph.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Katherine Clifton, M.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Katherine Weilbaecher, M.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Lindsay Peterson, M.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Nusayba Bagegni, M.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

314-273-3022

Nusayba Bagegni, M.D.

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Rama Suresh, M.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Ron Bose, M.D.

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

- Patients:

  • Diagnosis of metastatic or advanced resectable invasive breast cancer that is hormone receptor-positive (HR+) and HER2-negative. Tumor assessment by radiographic imaging will be performed within 4 weeks of baseline study visit.
  • Cohort 1 only: Scheduled to initiate standard of care first-line combination therapy with any FDA-approved endocrine therapy plus any FDA-approved CDK 4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib) for the stated diagnosis at the time of study enrollment. Type of endocrine therapy and CDK 4/6 inhibitor will be documented. Patients may also be eligible if:
  • Patients were treated with and progressed on prior endocrine therapy monotherapy in the metastatic setting, OR
  • Patients initiated endocrine therapy alone with ultimate intention to add CDK 4/6 inhibitor therapy, OR
  • Patients recurred on adjuvant endocrine therapy monotherapy and are scheduled to receive next line endocrine therapy combined with CDK 4/6 inhibitor. Patients may have also received CDK 4/6 inhibitor therapy in the adjuvant setting provided therapy completion occurred greater than 12 months prior to study enrollment.
  • Cohort 2 only: Currently receiving first-line combination therapy with any FDA-approved endocrine therapy plus any FDA-approved CDK 4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib). Changes in endocrine therapy or CDK 4/6 inhibitor agent during first-line combination therapy are permitted as long as change was not performed due to progressive disease. CDK 4/6 inhibitor must have been initiated within 24 months of study enrollment, and patient must have at least stable disease (no progression) on such therapy for a minimum of 12 weeks prior to enrollment as determined by radiographic studies as deemed appropriate by the treating physician. Type of endocrine therapy and CDK 4/6 inhibitor will be documented. Patients may also be eligible if they are receiving next line endocrine therapy plus CDK 4/6 inhibitor therapy following:
  • Progression on prior endocrine therapy monotherapy in the metastatic setting, OR
  • Recurrence on adjuvant endocrine therapy monotherapy. Patients may have also received CDK 4/6 inhibitor therapy in the adjuvant setting provided therapy completion occurred greater than 12 months prior to study enrollment.
  • Any prior therapy for early stage breast cancer is allowed, including endocrine therapy and chemotherapy.
  • At least 18 years of age.
  • Life expectancy > 6 months.
  • Post-menopausal status, defined as one of the following:
  • Age ≥ 60 years
  • Age < 60 with intact uterus and amenorrhea for 12 consecutive months or more
  • Status post bilateral oophorectomy, total hysterectomy
  • Pre- or peri-menopausal with suppressed ovarian function by use of GnRH agonist/antagonist or surgical bilateral oophorectomy
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign an IRB approved written informed consent document (or that of legally authorized representative, if applicable).
  • Currently being treated at Siteman Cancer Center by a medical oncologist participating in this trial.

Exclusion criteria

- Patients:

  • Receipt of any prior cytotoxic chemotherapy line for metastatic disease. There will be no limited to chemotherapy use in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting.
  • Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the protocol assessments or analyses are eligible for this trial as determined by treating physician and with agreement by Principal Investigator
  • Concurrent participation in any investigational therapeutic trial for treatment of metastatic breast cancer.

Eligibility Criteria - Physicians:

  • Medical Oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center
  • Treating patients with metastatic or advanced unresectable invasive breast cancer
  • Willing to complete Study Care Plans on a serial basis during participation

Treatment and study plan

DiviTum® TKa assay

Device

-Determines serum enzymatic activity of TK1

Study Care Plans

Other

-Study Care Plans will be completed prior to and post release of serum DiviTum® TKa value

Primary outcomes

  1. Any physician-reported intended change in imaging testing interval identified on the study care plan post receipt of DiviTUM® TKa value

    Time frame: Within the first 48-week period of study participation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Concordance rate between progression status on the first on-study imaging and progression status based on DiviTum® TKa values

    Time frame: At 12 weeks

  2. Concordance rate between progression status on the first on-study imaging and progression status based on DiviTum® TKa values

    Time frame: At 12 weeks and 24 weeks

  3. Number of surveillance imaging tests intended to be used and actually used, in total and by modality

    Time frame: Over the entire study period (estimated to be 36 months)

  4. Longitudinal changes in DiviTum® TKa value dynamics

    Time frame: Over the entire study period (estimated to be 36 months)

    The TK trajectory of a patients will be plot against time for temporal pattern and the trajectories will be modeled via linear or non-linear mixed effects mode as appropriate. If linear mixed effects model, the longitudinal rate of change will be estimated with 95% CI to indicate growth rate of TK. If non-linear, the regression coefficients of time or time relevant terms will be estimated with 95% CI

  5. Cohort 1 only: DiviTum® TKa level

    Time frame: At 2 weeks post CDK 4/6 inhibitor therapy initiation

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Nusayba Bagegni, M.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

314-273-3022

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Other

Collaborators

  • Biovica

Registry information

Official study title

TK IMPACT: Treatment Monitoring of Patients Receiving CDK 4/6 Inhibitors for Hormone Receptor (HR) Positive, HER2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) With or Without the Addition of DiviTum® Serum Thymidine Kinase 1 (TK1) Activity Testing: Physician Decision Impact Study

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2030
First posted
Jul 20, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 6, 2026

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