New hope for advanced breast cancer: drug combo trial launches

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

Inclusion Criteria:Patients must meet the following criteria at screening: 1. Female or male patients, 18 years of age or older, able to understand and give written informed consent. 2. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. 3. Men, pre-menopausal or perimenopausal women must use gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (such as goserelin) in a standardized manner. 4. Postmenopausal women must meet one of the following criteria: 1. bilateral oophorectomy. 2. age 60 years or older. 3. age \<60 years and natural menopause (not induced by medication) for more than 12 months with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol levels in the postmenopausal range. 5. Histologically documented breast cancer that: 1. Is locally advanced inoperable or metastatic recurrence. 2. Is documented as HR-positive, HER2-negative (either ER and/or PgR positive \[ER or PgR 1%\]; HER2 negative \[IHC 2+/ISH-; IHC1+/ISH- or untested; IHC 0/ISH- or untested\]) per ASCO/CAP guidelines in the metastatic setting. If a patient has had multiple ER/PgR/HER2 results after metastatic disease, the most recent test result will be used to confirm eligibility. 6. Radiologic or objective evidence of disease progression on or after the last systemic therapy prior to starting study treatment. 7. Must have had disease progression on CDK4/6i combined with endocrine therapy administrated as the first line and the only therapy for metastatic disease. The time till progression (TTP) for the first line CDK4/6 must be no less than 6 months. 8. Patients who received adjuvant endocrine therapy with or without CDK4/6i with curative intent for early breast cancer are eligible, as long as they relapse after the first 24 months of adjuvant endocrine therapy. 9. No prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Patients who have received chemotherapy in the neo-adjuvant or adjuvant setting are eligible, as long as they have had a disease-free interval (defined as completion of systemic chemotherapy to the diagnosis of advanced or metastatic disease) of \>12 months. 10. Measurable disease by CT or MRI in accordance with RECIST v 1.1, the bone-only disease was not measurable and was not permitted. 11. Adequate hematologic counts without transfusional or growth factor support within 2 weeks of study drug initiation (hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL, ANC ≥ 1500/mm 3 , and platelets ≥ 100,000/µL). 12. Adequate hepatic function (bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN, AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 × ULN or ≤ 5 × ULN if known liver metastases, and serum albumin \> 3 g/dL). 13. Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min as assessed by the Cockcroft-Gault equation 14. Recovered from all prior treatment-related toxicities to Grade 1 or less by NCI-CTCAE v 5.0 (except alopecia or peripheral neuropathy, which should be Grade 2 or less). 15. Willing and able to comply with the requirements and restrictions in this protocol. \- Exclusion Criteria: Patients must NOT meet the following criteria at screening: 1. Positive serum pregnancy test or women who are breastfeeding. 2. Women of childbearing potential or fertile men unwilling to use highly effective contraception during the study and up to 6 months after treatment discontinuation in women of childbearing potential and 3 months in males post last IP administration. 3. Known hypersensitivity to the study drug, its metabolites, or formulation excipient. 4. Requirement for ongoing therapy with or prior use of any prohibited medications listed in Section 4.2.6. 5. Have had a prior anticancer biologic agent within 4 weeks prior to enrollment or have had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy, or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to enrollment and have not recovered (i.e., ≥ Grade 2 is considered not recovered) from AEs at the time of study entry. 6. Have not recovered (i.e., ≥ Grade 2 is considered not recovered) from AEs due to a previously administered agent. * Note: patients with any grade neuropathy or alopecia are an exception to this criterion and will qualify for the study. * Note: if patients received major surgery, they must have recovered adequately from the toxicity and/or complications from the intervention prior to starting therapy. 7. Have previously received treatment with topoisomerase I inhibitors as a free form or as other formulations. 8. Have previously received treatment in advanced or metastatic setting with systemic therapy before or after the first line CDK4/6i combined with ET, including but not limited to: 1. chemotherapy. 2. endocrine monotherapy or combined with target therapy (PI3Ki, mTORi, AKTi, HDACi, etc.). 3. PARPi. 4. immune checkpoint inhibitors (PD-1, PD-L1, CTLA-4, etc.) 5. antibody-drug conjugates. 9. Have an active second malignancy. Note: patients with a history of malignancy that have been completely treated, with no evidence of active cancer for 3 years prior to enrollment, or patients with surgically cured tumors with low risk of recurrence (e.g., nonmelanoma skin cancer, histologically confirmed complete excision of carcinoma in situ, or similar) are allowed to enroll. 10. Met any of the following criteria for cardiac disease: 1. Myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris within 6 months of enrollment. 2. History of serious ventricular arrhythmia (i.e., ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation), high-grade atrioventricular block, or other cardiac arrhythmias requiring antiarrhythmic medications (except for atrial fibrillation that is well controlled with antiarrhythmic medication); history of QT interval prolongation. 3. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or greater congestive heart failure or left ventricular ejection fraction of \< 40%. 11. Have active chronic inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease) or GI perforation within 6 months of enrollment. 12. Have active serious infection requiring antibiotics. 13. Have known history of HIV-1 or 2 (or positive HIV-1/2 antibody, if done at screening) with detectable viral load OR taking medications that may interfere with SN-38 metabolism. 14. Have active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). In patients with a history of HBV or HCV, patients with detectable viral loads will be excluded. * Patients who test positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Patients who test positive for hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) will require HBV DNA by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for confirmation of active disease. * Patients who test positive for HCV antibody. Patients who test positive for HCV antibody will require HCV RNA by quantitative PCR for confirmation of active disease. Patients with a known history of HCV or a positive HCV antibody test will not require an HCV antibody at screening and will only require HCV RNA by quantitative PCR for confirmation of active disease. * Patients who test positive for HIV antibody. 15. Patients with a history of or current central nervous system (CNS) metastases. A scan to confirm the absence of brain metastases was not required. Patients with unknown CNS metastatic status and any clinical signs indicative of CNS metastases were eligible if CNS metastases were excluded using CT and/or MRI scans. 16. Patients with Gilberts disease. 17. Known history of clinically significant active chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or other moderate-to-severe chronic respiratory illness present within 6 months of the first dose. 18. High-dose systemic corticosteroids within 2 weeks prior to the first dose (however, low-dose corticosteroids 10 mg prednisone or equivalent daily were permitted if provided the dose was stable for 4 weeks). 19. Scheduled surgery during the study, other than minor surgery which would not delay study treatment. 20. Patients who had received a live vaccine within 30 days of the first dose. 21. Rapid deterioration during Screening prior to the first dose, e.g., significant change in PS, unstable pain symptoms requiring modifications in analgesic management. 22. Have other concurrent medical or psychiatric conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, may be likely to confound study interpretation or prevent completion of study procedures and follow-up examinations. 23. Any medical condition that, in the investigators or sponsor's opinion, poses an undue risk to the patient's participation in the study. \-