A Phase Ib/II, Open-Label, Multicenter, Randomized Umbrella Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Multiple Treatment Combinations in Patients With Breast Cancer (MORPHEUS-BREAST CANCER)

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Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche (industry)

Phase: 1/2

Start date: June 22, 2021

Planned enrollment: 316

Trial ID: NCT04802759
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Goal: Evaluate the antitumor activity, safety, and pharmacokinetics of multiple combination regimens built around the oral SERD giredestrant in defined subpopulations of advanced breast cancer, with an adaptive umbrella design to add or close arms based on emerging data.

Patients: Adults with inoperable, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer and ECOG 0–1. Cohort 1: ER+, HER2− disease progressed on first- or second-line endocrine therapy including a prior CDK4/6 inhibitor. Cohort 2: ER+, HER2+ disease with progression after prior anti-HER2 therapies, including a trastuzumab-taxane regimen and either a HER2-targeting ADC or a TKI. Cohort 3: ER+, HER2−, PIK3CA-mutated disease with resistance to adjuvant endocrine therapy. Postmenopausal women required; measurable disease per RECIST v1.1. Key exclusions include active/uncontrolled infections, significant cardiac or pulmonary disease, untreated/symptomatic CNS metastases, and prior exposure to specific targeted classes depending on arm.

Design: Phase Ib/II, open-label, multicenter, randomized umbrella study with flexibility to add/close arms and a two-stage structure for Cohorts 1–2. Allocation is randomized within cohorts and arms; approximately 316 participants planned.

Treatments: Backbone is giredestrant as monotherapy or in combinations. Giredestrant is an oral selective estrogen receptor degrader that binds ER and promotes proteasome-mediated degradation, inhibiting ER signaling, including in ESR1-mutant disease. In a randomized Phase II study in advanced ER+/HER2− breast cancer, giredestrant showed a numerical but not statistically significant PFS improvement versus physician’s choice endocrine therapy, with greater activity in ESR1-mutant tumors; it has demonstrated favorable tolerability and Ki67 suppression in early breast cancer. Combinations under study include: giredestrant with CDK4/6 inhibitors (abemaciclib, ribociclib, or palbociclib), with mTOR inhibitor everolimus, with PI3Kα inhibitor inavolisib, with pan-AKT inhibitor ipatasertib, with CDK7 inhibitor samuraciclib, and with PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab. In Cohort 2, regimens also include subcutaneous pertuzumab/trastuzumab fixed-dose combination (PH FDC SC) with or without a CDK4/6 inhibitor. Standard agents briefly: CDK4/6 inhibitors block cell-cycle progression via CDK4/6; everolimus inhibits mTOR signaling; PH FDC SC delivers dual HER2 blockade; atezolizumab blocks PD-L1 to enhance antitumor immunity; ipatasertib inhibits AKT; inavolisib targets PI3Kα; samuraciclib inhibits CDK7-mediated transcriptional and cell-cycle control.

Outcomes: Primary endpoints include objective response rate by investigator per RECIST v1.1, safety (AEs per NCI CTCAE v5.0), and extensive pharmacokinetics of giredestrant and combination partners (abemaciclib, ipatasertib, inavolisib, ribociclib, everolimus, samuraciclib, palbociclib, pertuzumab, trastuzumab, atezolizumab). Key secondary endpoints include progression-free survival, disease control rate (≥12 weeks), clinical benefit rate (≥24 weeks), duration of response, and overall survival.

Burden on patient: Moderate to high. The study is open-label with frequent visits typical of Phase Ib/II combination trials and includes serial PK sampling across multiple cycles, increasing blood draw frequency. Imaging for RECIST assessments and safety labs are regular, and some arms require cardiac monitoring (for HER2-directed therapy) and baseline/ongoing metabolic assessments (for PI3K/AKT/mTOR-pathway agents). Cohorts 1–2 may require on-treatment biopsies at progression to transition to Stage 2, adding procedural burden. Subcutaneous HER2 therapy and multiple oral agents may reduce infusion time relative to IV regimens, but the multi-agent combinations, potential immune-related AE monitoring (atezolizumab arms), and biomarker requirements contribute to higher visit intensity and monitoring compared with standard endocrine therapy alone.

Last updated: Oct 2025

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