Allgemeine Informationen
  • Krankheitskategorie Brustkrebs (BASEC)
  • Studienphase Phase 3 (ICTRP)
  • Rekrutierungsstatus Rekrutierung abgeschlossen (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Studienstandort
    Aarau, Bern, Freiburg
    (BASEC)
  • Studienverantwortliche Barbara Ruepp ibcsg-regulatory@etop.ibcsg.org (BASEC)
  • Datenquelle(n) BASEC: Import vom 07.01.2026 ICTRP: Import vom 21.09.2025
  • Letzte Aktualisierung 07.01.2026 12:06
HumRes61024 | SNCTP000005214 | BASEC2021-02073 | NCT05063786

A study on the effectiveness (how well the treatment works) of the investigational drug Alpelisib in patients with advanced HER2+ breast cancer and a specific mutation (change) in the PIK3CA gene, who have received prior treatment

  • Krankheitskategorie Brustkrebs (BASEC)
  • Studienphase Phase 3 (ICTRP)
  • Rekrutierungsstatus Rekrutierung abgeschlossen (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Studienstandort
    Aarau, Bern, Freiburg
    (BASEC)
  • Studienverantwortliche Barbara Ruepp ibcsg-regulatory@etop.ibcsg.org (BASEC)
  • Datenquelle(n) BASEC: Import vom 07.01.2026 ICTRP: Import vom 21.09.2025
  • Letzte Aktualisierung 07.01.2026 12:06

Zusammenfassung der Studie

The study targets patients suffering from PIK3CA-mutated HER2+ metastatic breast cancer. In this study, you will receive the HER2-targeted drug Trastuzumab. Furthermore, the study investigates the effect of an investigational drug called Alpelisib (Piqray®). Its effectiveness in this type of breast cancer is still unclear. The goal of the ALPHABET study is to find this out. The study aims to show whether Alpelisib in combination with Trastuzumab (and Fulvestrant in the case of HR+) has a higher clinical benefit compared to Trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy. Some of the secondary objectives include comparisons of efficacy and side effects between the treatment arms.

(BASEC)

Untersuchte Intervention

The study targets patients suffering from PIK3CA-mutated HER2+ metastatic breast cancer.

(BASEC)

Untersuchte Krankheit(en)

PIK3CA-mutated HER2+ metastatic breast cancer

(BASEC)

Kriterien zur Teilnahme
To register for the study, patients must meet the following criteria: 1. written consent after information 2. documented HER2+ status 3. documented HR status 4. patients with a PIK3CA tumor mutation 5. At least one prior line of anti-HER2 therapy for metastatic breast cancer. (BASEC)

Ausschlusskriterien
Patients are excluded from the study if they meet any of the following criteria: 1. They have recently received one or more study drugs in any of the following cases: - Fulvestrant within 12 months prior to the start of study treatment (only HR+ cohort). - All chemotherapy options, Vinorelbine, Capecitabine, and Eribulin within 12 months prior to the start of study treatment. Patients who received one or more of these chemotherapies more than 12 months ago may receive them again as study therapy. 2. Symptomatic abdominal diseases or a disease burden that renders the patient unsuitable for experimental therapy to the best knowledge and belief of the investigator. 3. Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases. However, patients with CNS metastases who have been adequately treated, have no symptoms, and do not require corticosteroid or antiepileptic medications may be eligible. 4. Presence of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (diffuse malignant tumors affecting all connective tissue layers of the meninges). (BASEC)

Studienstandort

Aarau, Bern, Freiburg

(BASEC)

Austria, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland (ICTRP)

Sponsor

Sponsor: GEICAM Avenida de los Pirineos nº 7, 1ª Planta, oficina 1-14 28703 Madrid inicio_ensayos@geicam.org 34 91 6592870 Representative in Switzerland: ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation Effingerstrasse 33 3008 Bern

(BASEC)

Kontakt für weitere Auskünfte zur Studie

Kontaktperson Schweiz

Barbara Ruepp

+41315119416

ibcsg-regulatory@etop.ibcsg.org

ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation Effingerstrasse 33 3008 Bern

(BASEC)

Allgemeine Auskünfte

H. Cl?nico Universitario Valencia. Valencia, Spain.,Istituto Europeo di Oncologia. Milan, Italy.,Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Toronto, Canada

(ICTRP)

Allgemeine Auskünfte

H. Clnico Universitario Valencia. Valencia, Spain.Istituto Europeo di Oncologia. Milan, Italy.Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Toronto, Canada

(ICTRP)

Wissenschaftliche Auskünfte

H. Cl?nico Universitario Valencia. Valencia, Spain.,Istituto Europeo di Oncologia. Milan, Italy.,Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Toronto, Canada

(ICTRP)

Name der bewilligenden Ethikkommission (bei multizentrischen Studien nur die Leitkommission)

Ethikkommission Bern

(BASEC)

Datum der Bewilligung durch die Ethikkommission

19.09.2022

(BASEC)


ICTRP Studien-ID
NCT05063786 (ICTRP)

Offizieller Titel (Genehmigt von der Ethikkommission)
A randomized phase III trial of trastuzumab + ALpelisib +/- fulvestrant versus trastuzumab + chemotherapy in patients with PIK3CA mutated previously treated HER2+ Advanced BrEasT cancer. “ALPHABET Study” (BASEC)

Wissenschaftlicher Titel
A Randomized Phase III Trial of Trastuzumab + ALpelisib +/- Fulvestrant Versus Trastuzumab + Chemotherapy in Patients With PIK3CA Mutated Previously Treated HER2+ Advanced BrEasT Cancer. "ALPHABET Study". (ICTRP)

Öffentlicher Titel
Trastuzumab + Alpelisib +/- Fulvestrant vs Trastuzumab + CT in Patients With PIK3CA Mutated Previously Treated HER2+ Advanced BrEasT Cancer (ALPHABET) (ICTRP)

Untersuchte Krankheit(en)
Advanced Breast Cancer (ICTRP)

Untersuchte Intervention
Biological: TrastuzumabDrug: AlpelisibDrug: FulvestrantDrug: VinorelbineDrug: CapecitabineDrug: Eribulin (ICTRP)

Studientyp
Interventional (ICTRP)

Studiendesign
Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label). (ICTRP)

Ein-/Ausschlusskriterien
Inclusion Criteria:

Patients are eligible to be enrolled for randomization in the study only if they meet all
of the following criteria:

1. Written informed consent prior to any specific study procedures, showing patient
willingness to comply with all study procedures.

2. Histologically or cytologically documented locally recurrent inoperable or
metastatic breast cancer with HER2+ status based on local laboratory determination,
preferably on the most recent available FFPE tumor sample, and according to American
Society of ClinicalOncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP)
international guidelines valid at the time of the assay. In case of discordance in
HER2+ status in different biopsies, we will consider the result from the most recent
biopsy one will be used.

3. Documented HR status based on local laboratory, preferably on the most recent
available FFPE tumor sample, and according to ASCO/CAP international guidelines
valid at the time of the assay. In case of discordance in HR status in different
biopsies, the result from the most recent biopsy will be used. HR+ will be defined
as =1% positive cells by immunohistochemistry for Estrogen Receptor (ER) and/or
Progesterone Receptor (PgR). HR- will be defined as <1% positive cells by
immunohistochemistry for both ER and PgR. Considering that there are limited data on
endocrine therapy benefit for cancers with 1% to 10% of cells staining ER positive,
for the purpose of this study, patients with ER and PgR expression between 1 and 10%
(considered to be HR low by the most recent ASCO/CAP guidelines) will be eligible
for inclusion in the HR- cohort.

4. Patients with a PIK3CA tumor mutation at central laboratory determination,
preferably on the most recent available FFPE tumor sample.

5. At least 1 but no more than 5 prior lines of anti-HER2 based therapy for metastatic
breast cancer (MBC). Maintenance therapy will not count as an additional line of
therapy.

6. At least 1 prior line of trastuzumab in the metastatic setting, or in the
(neo)adjuvant setting (provided the patient relapsed while on therapy or within 6
months after completing adjuvant trastuzumab).

7. Female or male patient is at least 18 years of age.

8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-1.

9. Patients can be either males or premenopausal/perimenopausal or postmenopausal
females. In the HR+ cohort, males and females who are not post-menopausal must have
been on a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist (e.g. goserelin or
leuprorelin) for at least 28 days prior to starting study treatment.

Premenopausal status is defined as either:

- Last menstrual period occurred within the last 12 months, or

- If on tamoxifen: last menstrual period occurred within the past 14 days, plasma
estradiol is = 10 pg/mL and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) = 40 IU/l or in
the premenopausal range, according to local laboratory definition, or

- In case of therapy induced amenorrhea: plasma estradiol is = 10 pg/mL and FSH =
40 IU/l or in the premenopausal range, according to local laboratory
definition.

Postmenopausal status is defined as either:

- Natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea lasting more than 12 months and either age from49
to 59 years and/or history of vasomotor symptoms (e.g., hot flush) in the absence of
other medical justification, or Levels of plasma estradiol = 20 pg/mL and
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) = 40 IU/l or in the postmenopausal range,
according to local laboratory definition, or Surgical bilateral oophorectomy.

Perimenopausal status is defined as neither premenopausal nor postmenopausal.

10. Measurable disease or at least one evaluable bone lesion, lytic or mixed
(lytic+blastic), which has not been previously irradiated and is assessable by
computer tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the absence of
measurable disease according to RECIST 1.1 criteria.

11. Life expectancy = 12 weeks.

12. Adequate organ and marrow function defined as follows:

- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) = 1,500/mm3 (1.5x109/L).

- Platelets = 100,000/mm3 (100x109/L).

- Hemoglobin = 9g/dL (90g/L).

- Calcium (corrected for serum albumin) and magnesium within normal limits or =
grade 1 according to NCI-CTCAE version 5.0 if judged clinically not significant
by the investigator.

- Creatinine <1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or creatinine Clearance = 35
mL/min using Cockcroft-Gault formula (if creatinine is =1.5 ULN).

- Total bilirubin < 2 x ULN (any elevated bilirubin should be asymptomatic at
enrollment) except for patients with Gilbert's syndrome who may only be
included if the total bilirubin is = 3.0 x ULN or direct bilirubin = 1.5 x ULN.

- Potassium within normal limits, or corrected with supplements.

- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) = 3.0 x
ULN.

If patient has liver metastasis, AST and ALT = 5.0 x ULN (elevated AST or AST values
must be stable for 2 weeks, without evidence of biliary obstruction by imaging).

- Fasting serum amylase = 2.0 x ULN.

- Fasting serum lipase = ULN.

- Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) < 140 mg/dL (7.7 mmol/L) and glycosylated
hemoglobin (HbA1c) < 6.5%.

13. Resolution of all acute toxic effects of prior anti-cancer therapy or surgical
procedures to NCI-CTCAE version 5.0 grade = 1 (except alopecia or other toxicities
not considered a safety risk for the patient at investigators discretion).

14. Adequate cardiac function as defined by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of
= 50% measured by echocardiography or multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) scans.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients will be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following criteria:

1. Have received more than 5 previous lines of anti-HER2 based therapy for MBC, or
prior fulvestrant.

2. Symptomatic visceral disease or any disease burden that makes the patient ineligible
for experimental therapy per the investigator's best judgment.

3. Symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases. However, patients with CNS
metastases who have been adequately treated, are asymptomatic and do not require
corticosteroid or anti-epileptic medication are eligible.

4. Presence of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

5. Other invasive malignancy (different from the current breast cancer) at the time of
enrollment or previous diagnosis of a completely removed malignancy within 3 years
prior to randomization except for adequately treated (including complete surgical
removal) of International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage I
grade 1 endometrial cancer, basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, thyroid
cancer limited to thyroid gland, in situ carcinoma of the cervix, and grade 1-2
early stage bladder cancer defined as T1 or less, without nodal involvement (N0).

6. Patients with an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type I or not controlled
type II (FPG = 140 mg/dL (ICTRP)

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Primäre und sekundäre Endpunkte
Progression Free Survival (PFS) (ICTRP)

Overall Survival (OS);Objective Response (OR);Safety and tolerability (ICTRP)

Registrierungsdatum
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Einschluss des ersten Teilnehmers
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Sekundäre Sponsoren
ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation;Breast International Group;Novartis Pharmaceuticals (ICTRP)

Weitere Kontakte
Study Director;Study Director;Study Director, H. Cl?nico Universitario Valencia. Valencia, Spain.,Istituto Europeo di Oncologia. Milan, Italy.,Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Toronto, Canada (ICTRP)

Sekundäre IDs
2020-005639-65, GEICAM/2017-01_IBCSG 62-20_BIG (ICTRP)

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Weitere Informationen zur Studie
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05063786 (ICTRP)

Ergebnisse der Studie

Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse

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