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Palbociclib Plus Letrozole Treatment After Progression to Second Line Chemotherapy for Women With ER/PR-positive Ovarian Cancer

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What is being tested

Palbociclib 125mg

+ Letrozole 2.5mg

Drug
Who is being recruted

Urogenital Diseases+12

+ Genital Diseases

+ Adnexal Diseases

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: March 2020
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Summary

Principal SponsorLatin American Cooperative Oncology Group
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: March 5, 2020

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Letrozole (Femara®) is an oral non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor that is approved worldwide for the treatment of postmenopausal women with breast cancer. It is administered orally on a continuous 2.5 mg daily dosing regimen and has a good toxicity profile. Palbociclib (Ibrance®) is an active potent and highly selective reversible inhibitor of cyclin- dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6). Palbociclib was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer in combination with an aromatase inhibitor based on a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, international clinical trial PALOMA-2. It is administered orally on a dose of 125 mg per day in 4-week cycles (3 weeks of treatment followed by 1 week off). This trial was based on preclinical studies that showed a synergistic effect between targeting the ER and cyclin-D-CDK4/6-Rb pathway. The principal toxicity was myelotoxicity but it was managed with appropriate supportive care and dose reductions13. Based on the results of phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of CDK4/6 inhibitors used as monotherapy to treat patients with recurrent ovarian cancer, we hypothesized that, as Palbociclibe is active in this population and many ovarian cancer show ER/PR expression, its combination with Letrozole can improve outcomes in ER/PR positive endometrioid or high-grade serous Ovarian Cancer who have disease progression on second-line chemotherapy, similar to what is seen in breast cancer studies.

Official TitlePalbociclib Plus Letrozole Treatment After Progression to Second Line Chemotherapy for Women With ER/PR-positive Ovarian Cancer
NCT03936270
Principal SponsorLatin American Cooperative Oncology Group
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

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Design Details

43 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Urogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesAdnexal DiseasesEndocrine System DiseasesEndocrine Gland NeoplasmsFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsGenital Diseases, FemaleGenital Neoplasms, FemaleGonadal DisordersNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteOvarian DiseasesOvarian NeoplasmsUrogenital NeoplasmsFemale Urogenital Diseases

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the subject has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study; 2. Subject is willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures; 3. 18 years of age or older; 4. Patient agrees not to participate in another interventional study while on treatment; 5. Histology confirmed ovarian cancer serous or endometrioid high degree, fallopian tube or with locoregional recurrence peritoneum (not amenable to curative treatment) or metastatic; 6. Estrogen (ER) and/or progesterone (RP) receptor positive tumor, defined as \> 10% by immunohistochemical examination in the local laboratory; 7. Availability of tumor sample from the primary tumor or metastasis, fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin, for confirmation of positivity for ER and/or RP in a central laboratory; 8. Disease measurable by RECIST 1.1 as assessed by the local investigator or radiologist; 9. Patients must have chemotherapy application for recurrence locoregional or metastatic according to the following criteria: * at least one platinum-based chemotherapy regimen; * have confirmed no more than 3 chemotherapy regimens for locally advanced or metastatic disease 10. Patient must have radiographic disease progression to last treatment; 11. Functional capacity by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) ≤ 2; 12. Adequate bone marrow function: * Absolute neutrophil count (CAN) ≥ 1,500/mm3 (≥ 1.5x109/L) * Plates ≥ 100,000/mm3 or ≥ 100 x 109/L * Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL; 12\. Adequate liver function: * Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (≤ 3.0 x ULN if there is Gilbert's Syndrome) * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 x ULN (≤ 5.0 x ULN if liver tumor was involved) * Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN (≤ 5.0 x ULN if any liver tumor involvement); 13. Adequate kidney function: * Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 15 mL/min; 14. Evidence of lack of potential to become pregnant: * Post-menopause (defined as at least 1 year without menstruation) before selection, or * Radiotherapy-induced oophorectomy with the last menstruation \> 1 year ago, or * Surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to Palbociclib or Letrozole or any of the excipients of the product; 2. Previous treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors or endocrine therapy; 3. Disease progression during or within 6 months of the first platinum-based chemotherapy regimen. 4. Persistent toxicities (Grade 2 or higher) caused by previous anticancer therapy (excluding alopecia); 5. Patients with a second primary cancer, except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical cancer in situ curatively treated, Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), stage 1 grade 1 endometrial carcinoma curatively treated with no evidence of illness for 3 years; 6. Last dose of chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 3 weeks of study enrollment; 7. Patients with symptomatic uncontrolled brain metastases. An exam to confirm the absence of brain metastases is not necessary; 8. Major surgical procedure within 3 weeks prior to study randomization, or planned during the course of the study; 9. Patients considered a precarious medical risk due to a disorder uncontrolled serious medical, non-malignant systemic disease, or uncontrolled active infection. Examples include, but are not limited to, uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, recent myocardial infarction (within 6 months), stroke, gastrointestinal bleeding, or any psychiatric disorder that precludes informed consent; 10. Patients who have difficulty taking oral medication or any digestive tract dysfunction or inflammatory bowel disease that interferes with intestinal absorption of medications (eg, partial bowel obstruction or malabsorption); 11. Patients received potent inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 within 7 days of randomization; 12. Pregnant or nursing women; 13. The patient has a known history of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); 14. Patients with known liver disease (ie, Hepatitis B or C); 15. Treatment with any product under investigation during the last 28 days; 16. Other acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or severe laboratory abnormality that could increase the risk associated with participation in the study or that could interfere with the interpretation of the study results and, in the investigator's judgment, would make the research participant unsuitable for entry into this study.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Palbociclib 125mg per day, administered orally in 4-week cycles (3 weeks of treatment followed by 1 week off) PLUS Letrozole 2.5mg per day administered orally (continuous treatment).

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 5 locations

Suspended

UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte, BrazilOpen UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Google Maps
Suspended

CPO - Centro de Pesquisa em Oncologia do Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS

Porto Alegre, Brazil
Suspended

INCA - Instituto Nacional de Câncer

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Suspended

ICESP - Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil
Completed5 Study Centers