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CompletedNCT02077933Updated Dec 8, 2020

Study of Safety and Efficacy of Alpelisib With Everolimus or Alpelisib With Everolimus and Exemestane in Advanced Breast Cancer Patients, Renal Cell Cancer and Pancreatic Tumors

A Phase 1 interventional study of alpelisib and everolimus in Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms and Kidney Neoplasms, sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Completed at 22 sites in 9 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-12-08.

Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
79
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Dose escalation part: to determine the highest dose of alpelisib administered on a daily basis when given in combination with daily everolimus or in combination with daily everolimus and exemestane.

Dose expansion part: To describe safety and tolerability of the alpelisib and everolimus or alpelisib, everolimus and exemestane combinations.

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The main purpose of the study was to determine the maximum tolerated dose/recommended dose for expansion (MTD/RDE) of alpelisib in combination with everolimus, and of alpelisib in combination with everolimus and exemestane, and additionally to describe safety, preliminary efficacy and the magnitude of the alpelisib-everolimus interaction. The study was conducted in patients with metastatic and/or recurrent solid tumors including renal cell carcinoma (RCC), pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET), and advanced solid tumors previously treated with an mTOR inhibitor, to evaluate everolimus and alpelisib, and in postmenopausal females with HR-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer to evaluate everolimus, alpelisib and exemestane.

This was a Phase Ib, open-label, multi-center, dose-finding study. The initial dose level of alpelisib was 300 mg every day (qd) and everolimus was initially administered at 2.5 mg qd. The dose-finding study (escalation phase) was followed by an expansion phase where safety and preliminary efficacy of the doublet (alpelisib and everolimus) as well as of the triplet (alpelisib, everolimus and exemestane) were assessed in selected subject populations.

Alpelisib, everolimus and exemestane were administered orally once daily on a continuous dosing schedule and dosed on a flat-fixed dose and not by body weight or body surface area, starting on Day 1 in a 28-day cycle.

In the doublet escalation phase, alpelisib was administered at 300 mg or 250 mg in combination with 2.5 mg everolimus. In the triplet escalation phase, alpelisib was administered at 200 mg in combination with 2.5 mg everolimus and 25 mg exemestane.

In the doublet expansion phase, alpelisib was administered at 250 mg in combination with 2.5 mg everolimus. In the breast cancer expansion phase, alpelisib was administered at 200 mg in combination with 2.5 mg everolimus and 25 mg exemestane or alpelisib was administered at 250 mg in combination with 25 mg exemestane.

No fixed treatment duration was specified. Patients in the study were planned to receive the treatment until disease progression (assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v1.1)), unacceptable toxicity, death, or discontinuation from study treatment for any other reason.

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Conditions studied

  • Neoplasms
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Kidney Neoplasms
  • Pancreatic Neuroendocine Neoplasms (pNETs)

Keywords

  • Solid tumors
  • renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
  • pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
  • breast cancer
  • PI3K inhibitor
  • BYL719
  • alpelisib
  • everolimus
  • exemestane
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,544 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 79 is close to the median of 72 across 9,303 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult > or = 18 years old
  • has signed the Informed Consent Form
  • has tumor tissue available for the analysis as described in the protocol
  • has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤2
  • has adequate bone marrow and organ function as defined in the protocol
  • is able to swallow and retain oral medication
  • has either measurable or non-measurable disease as per RECIST 1.1.

Inclusion Criteria for the BYL719+ Everolimus combination - escalation phase - all above plus has a histologically/cytologically confirmed metastatic and/or recurrent solid tumors for whom no standard therapy exists.

Inclusion Criteria for the BYL719+ Everolimus combination - expansion phase, renal cell carcinoma cohort - all of above first 7 criteria plus has an histologically/cytologically confirmed Renal Cell Cancer as detailed in the protocol

Inclusion Criteria for the BYL719+ Everolimus combination - expansion phase, pancreatic NeuroEndocrine Tumor cohort

  • all of above first 7 criteria plus has an histologically/cytologically confirmed pancreatic NeuroEndocrine Tumor as detailed in the protocol

Inclusion Criteria for the BYL719+ Everolimus combination - expansion phase, mTOR inhibitor-pretreated patients' cohort - all of above first 7 criteria plus has a histologically and/or cytologically confirmed solid malignancy as described in the protocol

Inclusion Criteria for the breast cancer cohorts in escalation and expansion phases, - all of above first 7 criteria plus is post-menopausal and has a histologically and/or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer as described in the protocol

Specific Inclusion Criteria at the time of cross-over (breast cancer, expansion phase),

  • Patient randomized to the alpelisib and exemestane combination who has a radiologically documented progressive disease as detailed in the protocol

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient has received previous treatment with a PI3K and/or AKT and/or mTOR inhibitor (mTOR inhibitor is allowed in expansion cohorts where patients should have areceived a prior mTOR inhibitor)
  • Known intolerance or hypersensitivity to Everolimus or other rapamycin analogs
  • Patient with primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor or CNS tumor involvement as detailed in the protocol
  • Patient with diabetes mellitus, or documented steroid-induced diabetes mellitus
  • Patient has a history of another malignancy within 2 years prior to starting study treatment as described in the protocol
  • Patient who has not recovered to grade 1 or better (except alopecia) from related side effects of any prior antineoplastic therapy as detailed in the protocol
  • Patient who has had systemic therapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to starting study treatment
  • Patient who has received radiotherapy ≤ 4 weeks prior to starting study drugs, with exception of palliative radiotherapy (≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drugs), who has not recovered from side effects of such therapy to baseline or Grade ≤ 1 and/or from whom ≥ 30% of the bone marrow was irradiated
  • Patient who has undergone major surgery ≤ 4 weeks prior to starting study treatment or who has not recovered from side effects of such procedure
  • Patient has a clinically significant cardiac disease or impaired cardiac function or any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions as detailed in the protocol
  • Patient who is currently receiving medication with a known risk of prolonging the QT interval or inducing Torsades de Pointes (TdP) and the treatment cannot either be discontinued or switched to a different medication prior to starting study drug treatment
  • Patient who has participated in a prior investigational study within 30 days prior to enrollment as described in the protocol
  • Patient who is currently receiving treatment with drugs known to be moderate or strong inhibitors or inducers of isoenzymes CYP34A or CYP2C8 as described in the protocol. Switching to a different medication prior to start of treatment is allowed
  • Patient with impaired gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of oral alpelisib, everolimus, exemestane
  • Patient with known positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus
  • Patients who have received live attenuated vaccines within 1 week of start of study drug and during the study as specified in the protocol.
  • Pregnant or nursing (lactating) woman as detailed in the protocol.
  • Patient who does not apply highly effective contraception during the study and through the duration as defined in the protocol
  • Patients in the mTOR inhibitor-pretreated cohorts: all of above first 19 criteria plus have discontinued prior mTOR inhibitor therapy due to non-tolerable toxicity
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
79 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    alpelisib and everolimus

    alpelisib and everolimus administered once a day

    Drug: alpelisib · Drug: everolimus

  • Experimental
    alpelisib, everolimus and exemestane

    alpelisib, everolimus and exemestane administered once a day

    Drug: alpelisib · Drug: everolimus · Drug: exemestane

  • Experimental
    alpelisib and exemestane

    alpelisib and exemestane administered once a day

    Drug: alpelisib · Drug: exemestane

Interventions

  • Drugalpelisib

    alpelisib is administered orally once a day on a continuous dosing schedule and dosed on a flat-fixed dose and not adjusted by body weight or body surface area, starting on Day 8 of Cycle 1 in the dose escalation and Day 1 of Cycle 1 in the dose expansion. In the doublet dose escalation, the alpelisib starting dose is 300 mg. The alpelisib dose may be escalated or de-escalated, as needed. In the triplet dose escalation part, the alpelisib starting dose is one dose level lower of the MTD as determined during the doublet escalation. The alpelisib dose may be escalated or de-escalated, as needed. In the doublet dose expansion and triplet dose expansion (patients assigned to alpelisib, everolimus and exemestane), alpelisib is administered at the recommended dose determined in the dose escalation. In the triplet dose expansion (patients assigned to alpelisib and exemestane), alpelisib is administered at a dose of 250 mg daily.

  • Drugeverolimus

    everolimus is administered orally once a day on a continuous dosing schedule and dosed on a flat-fixed dose and not adjusted by body weight or body surface area, starting on Day 1 of cycle 1 in both the dose escalation and dose expansion parts. In the dose escalation part, the everolimus starting dose is 2,5 mg. In the dose expansion part, everolimus is administered at the recommended dose determined in the dose escalation.

  • Drugexemestane

    exemestane is administered orally once a day on a continuous dose of 25 mg starting on Day 1 of Cycle 1 in both the dose escalation and dose expansion.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dose escalation : Incidence of dose Limiting Toxicity (DLTs)

    To determine the MTD and/or RDE of alpelisib in combination with everolimus, and the MTD and/or RDE of alpelisib in combination with everolimus and exemestane. A dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) is an adverse event or abnormal laboratory value assessed as being unrelated to disease, disease progression, inter-current illness, or concomitant medications, and that occurs within the first 35 days of treatment with alpelisib plus everolimus or alpelisib plus everolimus plus exemestane and meets any of the pre-defined criteria.

    Time frame: First 35 days of treatment

  2. Dose expansion: Number of patients with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability

    Type, intensity, severity and seriousness of adverse events according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Advers Events (NCI CTC AE) v4.03. Dose interruptions, reductions and dose intensity

    Time frame: Screening, every 28 days until 30 days after last dose

Secondary outcomes

  1. Dose escalation: Number of patients with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability

    type, intensity, severity and seriousness of adverse events according to the NCI CTC AE v4.03. Dose interruptions, reductions and dose intensity

    Time frame: Screening, every 28 days, until 30 days after last dose

  2. Dose escalation : alpelisib, everolimus and exemestane (when applicable) Plasma concentrations

    Plasma concentration time profiles of alpelisib , BZG791, everolimus and exemestane (when applicable). Plasma PK parameters of everolimus, alpelisib, BZG791 and exemestane (when applicable)

    Time frame: Cycle 1 Day 7, Cycle 1 Day 8, Cycle 1 Day 15, Cycle 1 Day 16, Cycle 1 Day 22, Cycle 2 Day 1, Cycle 2 Day 2, Cycle 2 Day 15, Day 1 of each subsequent cycle

  3. Dose escalation : alpelisib, everolimus drug-drug interaction

    Plasma PK parameters of everolimus including AUC ratio (single agent vs. combination)

    Time frame: Cycle 1 Day 7, Cycle 1 Day 8, Cycle 1 Day 15, Cycle 1 Day 16, Cycle 1 Day 22, Cycle 2 Day 1, Cycle 2 Day 2, Cycle 2 Day 15, Day 1 of each subsequent cycle

  4. Dose expansion: Progression free survival (Doublet cohorts)

    Progression-free survival is defined as the time from start date of study treatment until objective tumor progression or death from any cause.

    Time frame: Baseline, every 8 weeks until first documented disease progression up to 2.5 years.

  5. Dose expansion : Duration of Response (Doublet and breast cancer cohorts)

    Duration of response is defined as the time of first occurrence of Complete Response or Partial Response until the date of the first documented disease progression or death due to the disease.

    Time frame: Baseline, every 8 weeks until first documented disease progressionup to 2.5 years.

  6. Dose expansion: Clinical benefit Rate (Doublet and breast cancer cohorts)

    Clinical benefit rate is defined as the proportion of patients with a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) for more than 24 weeks.

    Time frame: Baseline, every 8 weeks until first documented disease progression up to 2.5 years.

  7. Dose expansion: Overall response rate (Doublet and breast cancer cohorts)

    Overall response rate is defined as the proportion of patients with a best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), based on RECIST 1.1 criteria and the investigator assessment.

    Time frame: Baseline, every 8 weeks until first documented disease progression up to 2.5 years.

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Study locations

22 sites
  • Highlands Oncology Group
    Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center SC - BYL719Z2102
    New York, New York 10065, United States
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Bordeaux Cedex, 33075, France
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Bordeaux, 33076, France
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Paris, 75970, France
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Villejuif Cedex, 94805, France
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Essen, 45136, Germany
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Essen, 45147, Germany
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Hannover, 30625, Germany
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Budapest, H-1077, Hungary
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Ancona, AN 60126, Italy
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Milano, MI 20141, Italy
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Modena, MO 41124, Italy
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Verona, VR 37126, Italy
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Amsterdam, 1066 CX, Netherlands
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Utrecht, 3584CX, Netherlands
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Barcelona, Catalunya 08036, Spain
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Madrid, 28009, Spain
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Madrid, 28034, Spain
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Publications

  • Fankhauser M, Bechmann N, Lauseker M, Goncalves J, Favier J, Klink B, William D, Gieldon L, Maurer J, Spottl G, Rank P, Knosel T, Orth M, Ziegler CG, Aristizabal Prada ET, Rubinstein G, Fassnacht M, Spitzweg C, Grossman AB, Pacak K, Beuschlein F, Bornstein SR, Eisenhofer G, Auernhammer CJ, Reincke M, Nolting S. Synergistic Highly Potent Targeted Drug Combinations in Different Pheochromocytoma Models Including Human Tumor Cultures. Endocrinology. 2019 Nov 1;160(11):2600-2617. doi: 10.1210/en.2019-00410. PubMed 31322702 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 8, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02077933
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 4, 2014
Start date
May 14, 2014
Primary completion
Apr 12, 2019
Completion
Apr 12, 2019
Last update
Dec 8, 2020

Study contacts

Novartis Pharmaceuticals
study director · Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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