Experimental combo for resistant breast cancer shows early promise but trial halted

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female or male ≥ 18 years 2. WHO performance status ≤ 1 3. Locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic, histologically confirmed HER2 positive (IHC 3+ or FISH positive) breast cancer after failure of trastuzumab treatment. while on trastuzumab or within 4 weeks since the last infusion of trastuzumab for metastatic disease within 12 months of the last infusion for patients who received trastuzumab as adjuvant or neoadjuvant treatment 4. For the phase II part, progression on trastuzumab must have occurred within 16 weeks before entering this trial. 5. should not have received more than 3 lines of anti-HER2 therapy. 6. For the phase II part, activation of PI3K/AKT pathway 7. capable of understanding the protocol and has signed the informed consent 8. laboratory values within normal range 9. Measurable disease 10. Patients may have received treatment for brain metastases, but must be neurologically stable 11. Baseline LVEF\>50% (MUGA or ECHO) 12. Affiliation to social security Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previous treatment with lapatinib, neratinib or a PI3K inhibitor 2. untreated brain metastases. 3. acute or chronic liver, renal disease or pancreatitis 4. any peripheral neuropathy ≥ CTCAE grade 2 5. any of the following mood disorders, or meets the cut-off score of ≥ 10 in the PHQ-9 or a cut-off of ≥ 15 in the GAD-7 mood scale, respectively, or selects a positive response of '1, 2, or 3' to question number 9 regarding potential for suicidal thoughts ideation in the PHQ-9 (independent of the total score of the PHQ-9) * Medically documented history of or active major depressive episode, bipolar disorder (I or II), obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, a history of suicidal attempt or ideation, or homicidal ideation (immediate risk of doing harm to others) * ≥ CTCAE grade 3 anxiety 6. diarrhea ≥ CTCAE grade 2 7. active cardiac disease 8. history of cardiac dysfunction 9. poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (HbA1c \> 8 %) 10. Other severe and/or uncontrolled concomitant medical conditions 11. Impairment of gastrointestinal function that may significantly alter the absorption of BKM120 12. been treated with any hematopoietic colony-stimulating growth factors ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug. 13. currently receiving treatment with medication with a known risk prolong the QT interval or inducing Torsades de Pointes 14. currently being treated with drugs known to be moderate and strong inhibitors or inducers of isoenzyme CYP3A 15. receiving chronic treatment with steroids or another immunosuppressive agent. 16. have received chemotherapy or targeted anticancer therapy ≤ 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosourea, antibodies \[other than trastuzumab\] or mitomycin-C) prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from side effects of such therapy 17. have received small molecule therapeutics (excluding monoclonal antibodies) ≤ 5 effective half lives prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from side effects of such therapy 18. have received wide field radiotherapy ≤ 4 weeks or limited field radiation for palliation ≤ 2 weeks prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from side effects of such therapy 19. have undergone major surgery ≤ 28 days prior to starting study drug or who have not recovered from side effects of such therapy 20. Known diagnosis of HIV infection 21. History of another malignancy within 3 years 22. Patient is unable or unwilling to abide by the study protocol 23. pregnant or breast feeding women