OncoMatch/Clinical Trials/NCT04360941
PAveMenT: Palbociclib and Avelumab in Metastatic AR+ Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Is NCT04360941 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 1 trial studies multiple treatments including Palbociclib and Avelumab for triple negative breast cancer.
Treatment: Palbociclib · Avelumab — This clinical study is aiming to determine the safest doses and schedule for the combination of two drugs named palbociclib and avelumab. The study will also be investigating how effective the combination is for a subgroup of breast cancer patients whose cancer expresses the androgen receptor (AR) but not the oestrogen (hormone) or HER2 receptors. Palbociclib is a drug used in routine care for hormone-receptor (HR) positive and HER2 negative advanced breast cancer, the most common subtype of breast cancer. It is possible that the combination of palbociclib and avelumab will be a more effective cancer treatment than each drug separately, but this is unknown and this study is needed to establish the best dosage and schedule of each drug as well as how effective the combination is.
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Cancer type
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Breast Carcinoma
Biomarker criteria
Required: AR positive
Patients with recurrent inoperable locally advanced or metastatic AR+ triple negative breast cancer with ER, PgR and HER2 status determined locally and AR determined centrally on archival metastatic tissue. Archival tissue from the primary tumour (which must have been ER/PgR negative and collected within 5 years prior to metastatic relapse) may be used for AR testing if no archival metastatic tissue is available.
Required: ESR1 negative
ER, PgR and HER2 status determined locally
Required: PR (PGR) negative
ER, PgR and HER2 status determined locally
Required: HER2 (ERBB2) negative
ER, PgR and HER2 status determined locally
Disease stage
Metastatic disease required
Performance status
WHO 0–1
Prior therapy
Must have received: chemotherapy — advanced disease
Previously treated with at least one prior line of chemotherapy for advanced disease, but no more than two prior lines of chemotherapy for advanced disease.
Must have received: hormone therapy — advanced disease
Patients with ER+ breast cancer must have received at least one prior line of hormone therapy for advanced disease.
Must have received: HER2-targeted therapy — advanced disease
Patients with HER2+ breast cancer must have received at least one prior line of HER2 directed therapy.
Cannot have received: oral chemotherapy
Oral chemotherapy within two weeks
Cannot have received: weekly intravenous chemotherapy
weekly iv chemotherapy within three weeks
Cannot have received: systemic chemotherapy or investigational medicinal products
any other systemic chemotherapy or investigational medicinal products during the previous four weeks
Cannot have received: hormonal therapy
Exception: luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogues for ovarian suppression
Hormonal therapy within 7 days except luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogues for ovarian suppression
Cannot have received: immune checkpoint inhibitor or immune co-stimulatory drug
Exception: Patients who have received neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant pembrolizumab are eligible if treatment was completed at 6 months prior to metastatic relapse.
Previous exposure to immune checkpoint inhibitors or immune co-stimulatory drugs in the advanced setting.
Cannot have received: CDK4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib)
Exception: Patients who have received adjuvant abemaciclib or ribociclib for early breast cancer are eligible if treatment was completed at least 12 months prior to metastatic relapse.
Previous treatment with palbociclib or any agents which inhibit CDK4/6.
Lab requirements
Blood counts
Haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges stated in the study protocol
Kidney function
Haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges stated in the study protocol
Liver function
Haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges stated in the study protocol
Haematological and biochemical indices within the ranges stated in the study protocol. These measurements must be performed within one week (Day -7 to Day 1) before the patient goes in the trial.
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