[177Lu]Lu-NeoB in Combination With Ribociclib and Fulvestrant in Participants With ER+, HER2- and GRPR+ Advanced Breast Cancer

Last updated: August 19, 2025
Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

1

Condition

Cancer

Breast Cancer

Treatment

[177Lu]Lu-NeoB

Goserelin

Fulvestrant

Clinical Study ID

NCT05870579
CAAA603B12101
2022-502465-18-00
  • Ages 18-100
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this trial is to estimate the recommended dose (RD) of [177Lu]Lu-NeoB in combination with ribociclib and fulvestrant in participants with estrogen receptor (ER) positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) negative (HER2-) and gastrin releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) positive (GRPR+) advanced breast cancer experiencing early relapse from (neo)adjuvant endocrine therapy or who have progressed on endocrine therapy in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor for advanced disease.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion criteria:

  • Adult female or male >= 18 years of age at the time of informed consent

  • Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of estrogen-receptorpositive with ER >10% (regardless of progesterone receptor (PgR) expression) breastcancer by local laboratory testing (based on the most recently analyzed tissuesample)

  • HER2 negative breast cancer defined as a negative in situ hybridization test or animmunohistochemistry (IHC) status of 0, 1+ or 2+. If IHC is 2+, a negative in situhybridization (e.g. fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), chromogenic in situhybridization (CISH), or silver in situ hybridization (SISH)) test is required bylocal laboratory testing (based on the most recently analyzed tissue sample)

  • Participant has advanced (loco regionally recurrent not amenable to curative therapy (e.g. surgery and/or radiotherapy) or metastatic) breast cancer

Participants may be:

  1. relapsed with documented evidence of relapse on or within 12 months from completionof (neo)adjuvant endocrine therapy (+/- CDK4/6 inhibitor) with no treatment foradvanced disease OR

  2. relapsed with documented evidence of relapse more than 12 months from completion of (neo)adjuvant endocrine therapy and then subsequently progressed with documentedevidence of progression after one line of endocrine therapy (except fulvestrant) (+/- CDK4/6 inhibitor) for advanced disease OR

  3. advanced breast cancer at diagnosis that progressed with documented evidence ofprogression after one line of endocrine therapy (except fulvestrant) (+/- CDK4/6inhibitor) Note: Participant who relapsed with documented evidence of relapse on/orwithin 12 months from completion of (neo)adjuvant endocrine therapy and thensubsequently progressed with documented evidence of progression after one line ofendocrine therapy (with either an antiestrogen or an aromatase inhibitor) foradvanced disease will NOT be included in the study. At least one target lesion (i.e., a measurable lesion as per RECIST 1.1) in the baseline stand-alone CT or MRI,showing [68Ga]Ga-NeoB uptake on PET/CT or PET/MRI scoring 2 or higher, based on theVisual Scoring Scale.

  • Adequate bone marrow and organ function as defined by the laboratory values.

  • Standard 12-lead ECG values defined as the mean of the triplicate ECGs andassessed locally:

  • QT interval corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) interval at screening < 450 msec

  • Mean resting heart rate 50-90 bpm (determined from the ECG)

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1

Exclusion

Key Exclusion criteria:

  • More than one line of prior treatment in the advanced/metastatic setting.Participant shouldn't have received prior fulvestrant treatment.

  • Documented evidence of prior ribociclib dose reduction due to safety reasons eitherin adjuvant setting or for advanced disease.

  • Relapse or disease progression within 6 months of receiving a CDK4/6 inhibitortherapy either in adjuvant setting or for advanced disease. Symptomatic visceraldisease or any disease burden that makes the participant ineligible for ribociclibplus endocrine treatment per the Investigator's best judgment.

  • Presence of central nervous system (CNS) involvement unless meeting BOTH of thefollowing criteria: 1) At least 4 weeks from prior therapy completion (includingradiation and/or surgery) to starting the study treatment. 2) Clinically stable CNStumor at the time of screening and not receiving steroids and/or enzyme inducinganti-epileptic medications for brain metastases.

  • Currently receiving warfarin or other Coumadin derived anti-coagulant, fortreatment, prophylaxis or otherwise. Therapy with heparin, low molecular weightheparin, or fondaparinux is allowed.

  • Diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer at screening

  • Child Pugh score B or C

  • History or current diagnosis of impaired cardiac function, clinically significantcardiac disease or ECG abnormalities indicating significant risk of safety forparticipants.

  • Known or expected hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of theirexcipients.

  • Prior administration of a radiopharmaceutical unless 10 or more half-lives haveelapsed before injection of [68Ga]Ga-NeoB or [177Lu]Lu-NeoB

  • Participant has received extended-field RT=< 4 weeks or limited field RT=< 2 weeksprior to start of treatment and has not recovered to grade 1 or better from relatedside effects of such therapy (with the exception of alopecia or other toxicities notconsidered a safety risk for the participant at Investigator's discretion) and/orprior external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) to more than 25% of the bone marrow.

  • Participant is currently receiving or has received systemic corticosteroids =< 2weeks prior to starting study treatment, or who have not fully recovered from sideeffects of such treatment. Note: The following uses of corticosteroids arepermitted: single doses, topical applications (e.g., for rash), inhaled sprays (e.g., for obstructive airways diseases), eye drops or local injections (e.g.,intra-articular)

  • Participant has a history of or ongoing acute pancreatitis within 1 year ofscreening.

  • Participant is currently receiving any of the following substances and cannot bediscontinued 7 days prior to starting study treatment:

  • Concomitant medications, herbal supplements, and/or fruits (e.g., grapefruit,pummelos, star fruit, Seville oranges) and their juices that are strong inducers orinhibitors of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4

  • Medications that have a narrow therapeutic window and are predominantly metabolizedthrough CYP3A4/5

  • Concomitant medication(s) with a known risk to prolong the QT interval and/or knownto cause Torsades de Pointes (TdP) that cannot be discontinued or replaced by safealternative medication (e.g., within 5 half-lives or 7 days prior to starting studytreatment)

  • Participant is currently receiving NEP inhibitors (e.g.Entresto®, racecadotril) andimages for dosimetry assessments cannot be acquired for this participant.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Design

Total Participants: 48
Treatment Group(s): 6
Primary Treatment: [177Lu]Lu-NeoB
Phase: 1
Study Start date:
November 13, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
January 26, 2032

Study Description

The study comprises of a dose escalation part and, a concurrent backfill part.

  1. The dose escalation part will estimate the RD of [177Lu]Lu-NeoB in combination with ribociclib and fulvestrant; four provisional dose levels are planned to be tested: 100 millicurie (mCi) (initial dose), 150mCi, 200 mCi and 250mCi in cohorts of 3 to 6 participants. After inclusion of each cohort of 3 to 6 participants, the incidence rate of DLTs will be compared to the pre-defined toxicity rate boundaries to decide whether the next cohort will receive a lower, higher or same dose or whether the trial will be terminated.

  2. The backfill part will allow enrollment to a previously cleared dose level (during escalation part) in order to obtain additional safety, tolerability as well as preliminary efficacy data. During the backfill part, the cumulative incidence rate of DLTs will also be compared to the pre-defined toxicity rate boundaries to determine if escalation should be restarted from a lower dose level.

  3. The recommended dose (RD) will be determined considering all available data from the escalation and backfill part.

During screening, study participants will receive the investigational imaging agent [68Ga]Ga-NeoB. An additional administration of the [68Ga]Ga-NeoB will be performed potentially at Cycle 2 Day 15, and within 4-8 weeks from the last administration of [177Lu]Lu-NeoB for a positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) or PET/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Study treatment will include [177Lu]Lu-NeoB on day 1 of each 28-day cycle (+ =< 3 days) for 6 cycles, ribociclib (once daily; days 1 to 21 in a 28-day cycle) and fulvestrant (C1D1, C1D15, C2D1 and every 28 days thereafter) until disease progression. Pre- and perimenopausal women and men will additionally receive goserelin on day 1 of every cycle.

During the treatment period participants will be required to attend a site visit approximately every 28 days, on the first day of each cycle (as well as on C1D2, C1D3, C1D8, C1D15, C2D15, C3D3 and C5D3), to undergo study treatment administration, dosimetry and safety assessments. Tumor assessments are performed every 8 weeks until month 18, every 12 weeks until month 36 and as clinically indicated thereafter, until disease progression. After study treatment discontinuation, participants will be followed up for safety for 8 weeks after their last study treatment administration. Beyond the initial 8 weeks of safety follow-up, all participants will be followed up every 12 weeks until month 36 and every 24 weeks thereafter until month 60 for a total of 5 years from the participant's enrollment in the study, or until death, lost to follow-up, or withdrawal of consent (WoC), whichever occurs first.

The end of study is defined as the date of the last visit, scheduled procedure or follow up (or date of death, WoC or lost to follow up, whichever occurs first) of the last participant in the study globally, or at 5 years from the date of the last participant enrolled, whichever occurs earlier.

Connect with a study center

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Guangzhou, 510060
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Shanghai, 200032
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Tianjin, 300308
    China

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Saint-Cloud, Hauts De Seine 92210
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Bordeaux, 33076
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Clermont Ferrand, 63011
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63011
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Saint Herblain, 44805
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Strasbourg, 67200
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Erlangen, 91054
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Essen, 45147
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Koeln, 50937
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Muenchen, 80377
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Gliwice, 44-102
    Poland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Porto, 4200-072
    Portugal

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Hospitalet de LLobregat, Barcelona 08907
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Barcelona, Catalunya 08035
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Madrid, 28040
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCLA Jonsson Comp Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Newport Beach, California 92663
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Westwood, Kansas 66205
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Utah Intermountain Medical Center

    Murray, Utah 84107
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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