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Active, not recruitingNCT02738866Updated Jun 5, 2026

Palbociclib With Fulvestrant for Metastatic Breast Cancer After Treatment With Palbociclib and an Aromatase Inhibitor

A Phase 2 interventional study of Palbociclib and Fulvestrant in Metastatic Breast Cancer, sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Active, not recruiting at 5 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-05.

Sponsored by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is being done to look at the role of continuing palbociclib treatment in combination with another type of hormonal therapy (fulvestrant) after disease progression of palbociclib in combination with an aromatase inhibitor.

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In this phase II trial, the primary objective is to determine the progression-free survival (PFS) of the cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i) palbociclib with fulvestrant in women and men with estrogen or progesterone receptor (ER/PR) positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who progressed on treatment with palbociclib and an aromatase inhibitor (AI). The study will also determine the prevalence rate of estrogen receptor α (ESR1) and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) mutations in the study population.

The secondary objectives include evaluating the progression-free survival (PFS) in participants with and without ESR1 mutations, and PI3K mutations through analysis of tumor biopsies and circulating plasma tumor DNA (ptDNA) samples. The study will also describe other alterations in genes and gene products relevant to the cell cycle, drug targets, tumor sensitivity and resistance, and identify novel protein kinases activated in biopsies from participants with hormone refractory MBC who progressed on prior palbociclib and AI. The data will be correlated with tumor subtypes, expression profiles, and candidate phosphoprotein expression with PFS in the study population.

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Conditions studied

  • Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • breast cancer
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer
  • palbociclib
  • fulvestrant
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,543 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 60 is below the median of 72 across 9,302 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins is the lead sponsor of 572 studies on the registry; 73 are open to participants now.

Of its 111 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 67 (60%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Women may be premenopausal or postmenopausal
  • Metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer, not amenable to surgery or radiation with curative intent
  • ER-positive and/or PR-positive, HER2-negative tumor
  • Prior treatment: progressed on and following at least 6 months of combined treatment with palbociclib and AI therapy; up to one (1) prior line of chemotherapy for advanced disease is allowed in addition to any number of prior lines of endocrine therapy; no prior treatment with fulvestrant, everolimus, or any agent whose mechanism of action is to inhibit the PI3K-mTOR pathway in the metastatic setting
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
  • Evaluable or measurable disease
  • Disease that is amenable to biopsy
  • Adequate hematologic and renal function
  • History of central nervous system metastasis is allowed if treated and stable
  • Prior radiation therapy is allowed if recovered from toxicity and disease evaluable for response outside of the radiation fields or evidence of post-radiation progression of previously irradiated sites of disease
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Concurrent use of inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4, or medications which prolong the QTc interval
  • Major surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or other anti-cancer therapy within 2 weeks before registration; prior radiotherapy to ≥25% of bone marrow are not eligible independent of when it was received
  • Any other malignancy within 3 years prior to registration, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • Any severe cardiac event within 6 months of registration
  • Prior hematopoietic stem cell or bone marrow transplantation
  • Known abnormalities in coagulation such as bleeding diathesis, or treatment with anticoagulants precluding intramuscular injections of fulvestrant or goserelin (if applicable)
  • Known or possible hypersensitivity to palbociclib, fulvestrant, goserelin (if applicable) or to any of their excipients
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus infection
  • Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition, including recent or active suicidal ideation or behavior, or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Palbociclib and Fulvestrant

    Participants will receive fulvestrant with palbociclib until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: Palbociclib · Drug: Fulvestrant

Interventions

  • DrugPalbociclib

    Palbociclib will be given orally, continued at the same dose as was received previously; the maximum starting dose will be per the approved label, a dose of 125 mg once daily. Palbociclib will be taken days 1-21, then seven days off treatment to complete one 28 day cycle.

    Also known as: Ibrance

  • DrugFulvestrant

    Fulvestrant 500 mg should be administered intramuscularly into the buttocks slowly (1-2 minutes per injection) as two 5 mL injections, one in each buttock, on days 1, 15, and 29 (i.e., Cycle 2 Day 1) and once monthly thereafter (i.e., day 1 of each cycle).

    Also known as: Faslodex

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival

    To estimate progression-free survival (PFS) of palbociclib and fulvestrant in women and men with ER/PR-positive, HER2-negative MBC who progressed on a palbociclib and an AI

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Prevalence of ESR1 and PI3K mutations

    To determine the prevalence of ESR1 and PI3K mutations in tissue and in ptDNA in women and men with ER/PR-positive, HER2-negative MBC who progressed on a palbociclib and an AI

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

5 sites
  • Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins at Sibley Memorial Hospital
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20016, United States
  • Anne Arundel Health System Research Institute, Inc.
    Annapolis, Maryland 21401, United States
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
  • Allegheny Health Network (AHN) - Allegheny General Hospital ONLY
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, United States
  • Reading Hospital - McGlinn Cancer Institute
    West Reading, Pennsylvania 19611, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — There is no plan to make individual participant data available.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 5, 2026, 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
NCT02738866
Lead sponsor
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Collaborators
Pfizer
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 14, 2016
Start date
Oct 25, 2016
Primary completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 5, 2026

Study contacts

Vered Stearns, M.D.
study chair · Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Jessica Tao, MD
principal investigator · SKCCC Johns Hopkins Medical Institution

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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