Study Stopped
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Pivotal Study in HER2 Negative, Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer
FORTRESS
An International, Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open- Label Trial Comparing Balixafortide in Combination With Eribulin Versus Eribulin Alone in Patients With HER2 Negative, Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer
1 other identifier
interventional
432
13 countries
88
Brief Summary
This is a phase 3, multicenter, open-label, randomized active-controlled, parallel group to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of intravenous balixafortide given with eribulin versus eribulin alone in the treatment of HER2 negative, Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_3
Started May 2019
88 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 20, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 24, 2018
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
May 30, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 19, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 19, 2021
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
November 1, 2023
CompletedNovember 1, 2023
October 1, 2023
2.4 years
December 20, 2018
September 19, 2023
October 30, 2023
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Progression Free Survival (2nd Line+ Population)
To evaluate the efficacy of balixafortide + eribulin versus eribulin monotherapy on the primary endpoint of progression free survival (PFS). PFS, as assessed by the Independent Review Committee, defined as the time from the date of randomization to the earliest evidence of documented progressive disease or death from any cause. Patients who were alive without postbaseline assessments or without documented progressive disease, lost to follow-up, withdrew consent, started an anticancer therapy prior to observing a progressive disease or with an event documented after 2 or more missing tumor assessments were censored. PFS was evaluated according to RECIST v1.1 guidelines for complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD), or progressive disease (PD).
Patients received treatment until PD by RECIST v1.1 criteria was met or until one of the treatment discontinuation or study withdrawal criteria was met.
Progression Free Survival (3rd Line+ Population)
To evaluate the efficacy of balixafortide + eribulin versus eribulin monotherapy on the primary endpoint of progression free survival (PFS). PFS, as assessed by the Independent Review Committee, defined as the time from the date of randomization to the earliest evidence of documented progressive disease or death from any cause. Patients who were alive without postbaseline assessments or without documented progressive disease, lost to follow-up, withdrew consent, started an anticancer therapy prior to observing a progressive disease or with an event documented after 2 or more missing tumor assessments were censored. PFS was evaluated according to RECIST v1.1 guidelines for complete response (CR), partial response (PR), stable disease (SD), or progressive disease (PD).
Patients received treatment until PD by RECIST v1.1 criteria was met or until one of the treatment discontinuation or study withdrawal criteria was met.
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Overall Survival (3rd Line+ Population)
The Investigator monitored the patient for OS status every 6 months (or more frequently) until: death, the patient withdrew consent to follow-up for survival, or until the patient was lost to follow-up (whichever occurred first).
Study Arms (2)
Eribulin
ACTIVE COMPARATORBalixafortide + Eribulin
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Eribulin alone
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Histologically confirmed Breast cancer
- Metastatic Breast Cancer currently of stage IV disease or unresectable locoregionally recurrent breast cancer
- refractory to the most recent chemotherapy, documented by progression on or within six (6) months of therapy
- At least 14 days from the completion of any previous cancer therapy
- Adequate organ function
- Life expectancy of 3 months or more
- Willing and able to comply with the protocol and able to understand and willing to sign an informed consent
You may not qualify if:
- Previously treated with eribulin
- Peripheral neuropathy Grade ≥3
- Receipt of prior CXCR4 therapy
- Receipt of colony stimulating factors (CSFs) filgrastim, pegfilgrastim, or sargramostim, or radiation therapy within 14 days prior to study Day 1
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to balixafortide or eribulin or other agents used in the study
- Breast feeding or pregnant
- Patients with congestive heart failure, electrolyte abnormalities, bradyarrhythmias, known congenital long QT syndrome, QT interval corrected with Fridericia's formula (QTcF) ≥470 msec at baseline in the absence of bundle branch block, or currently taking drugs at known risk of prolonging the QT interval or causing torsades de pointes
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Spexis AGlead
Study Sites (88)
California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence
Fresno, California, 93720, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States
UCSF Mount Zion Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
Stanford Cancer Center South Bay
San Jose, California, 95124, United States
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk, Connecticut, 06856, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists SOUTH - SCRI - PPDS
Fort Myers, Florida, 33901, United States
Orlando Health
Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists NORTH - SCRI - PPDS
St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists PAN - SCRI - PPDS
Tallahassee, Florida, 32308, United States
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
Tallahassee, Florida, 32308, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists EAST - SCRI - PPDS
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401, United States
University Cancer and Blood Center, LLC
Athens, Georgia, 30607, United States
Piedmont Cancer Institute PC
Atlanta, Georgia, 30318, United States
Orchard Healthcare Research Inc
Skokie, Illinois, 60077, United States
Herbert-Herman Cancer Center, Sparrow Hospital
Lansing, Michigan, 48912, United States
Virginia Piper Cancer Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55407, United States
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute 150 Entrance
Kansas City, Missouri, 63376, United States
HCA Midwest Health - SCRI - PPDS
Kansas City, Missouri, 64132, United States
Mercy Research Oncology
St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States
CHI Health St. Francis
Grand Island, Nebraska, 68803, United States
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89169, United States
Queens Hospital Cancer Center
New York, New York, 11432, United States
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Hematology Oncology
Portland, Oregon, 97210, United States
Magee Women's Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee City, Tennessee, 37204, United States
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown, West Virginia, 26506, United States
Centro Polivalente de Asistencia e Investigación Clínica - CER San Juan
San Juan, Buenos Aires, J5402DIL, Argentina
Centro de Investigación Clínica - Clínica Viedma
Viedma, Río Negro Province, 8500, Argentina
Sanatorio Parque de Rosario
Rosario, Santa Fe Province, S2000, Argentina
CAIPO Centro para la atención integral del paciente oncológico
San Miguel de Tucumán, 4000, Argentina
Grand Hopital de Charleroi asbl
Charleroi, Hainaut, 6000, Belgium
UZ Antwerpen
Antwerp, 2650, Belgium
CHIREC Centre Hospitalier Interregional Edith Cavell
Brussels, 1160, Belgium
UZ Gent
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
CHU de Liège
Liège, 4000, Belgium
Centro de Oncologia Da Bahia
Bahia, 41820-021, Brazil
Universidade de Caxias do Sul (IPCEM-UCS)
Caxias do Sul, 95070-560, Brazil
Liga Paranaense de Combate Ao Cancer - Hospital Erasto Gaertner
Curitiba, 81520-060, Brazil
Hospital Sao Lucas Da Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio Grande Do Sul (PUCRS)
Porto Alegre, 90610-000, Brazil
INCA Instituto Nacional De Cancer
Rio de Janeiro, 20560-120, Brazil
Hospital de Base Da Faculdade de Medicina de São José Do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto, 15090-000, Brazil
Clinica de Pesquisas e Centro de Estudos Oncologia Ginecologica e Mamaria Ltda
São Paulo, 01317-001, Brazil
Multiscan s.r.o - Onkologická ambulance
Hořovice, 28831, Czechia
Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove
Hradec Králové, 50005, Czechia
Fakultni nemocnice v Motole
Prague, 15000, Czechia
Centre Léon Bérard Centre Régional de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Rhône Alpes
Lyon, 69008, France
Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
Saint-Herblain, 44800, France
EDOG - Institut Claudius Regaud - PPDS
Toulouse, 31100, France
Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. - PPDS
Milan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy
ASST di Monza - Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo
Monza, Milano, 20900, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Bologna - Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi
Bologna, 40138, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele
Catania, 95123, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria - Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Napoli, 80131, Italy
LLC Evimed
Chelyabinsk, 454048, Russia
Krasnoyarsk Regional Oncology Center n.a. A.I. Kryzhanovskiy
Krasnoyarsk, 191024, Russia
Medical Center Tonus
Nizhny Novgorod, 603089, Russia
Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Omsk region "Clinical Oncology Dispensary"
Omsk, 644013, Russia
Evromedservis LCC
Pushkin, 196603, Russia
Mordovia State University
Saransk, 430000, Russia
Research Oncology Institute of Tomsk Scientific Center
Tomsk, 634009, Russia
Volgograd Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary
Volgograd, 400138, Russia
National Cancer Center
Goyang-si, 10408, South Korea
Asan Medical Center
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
Ulsan University Hospital
Ulsan, 44033, South Korea
Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
Seville, Andalusia, 41009, Spain
Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol
Badalona, Barcelona, 08916, Spain
ICO l'Hospitalet - Hospital Duran i Reynals
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08908, Spain
Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, 8023, Spain
Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova
Lleida, Catalonia, 25198, Spain
Hospital Universitario A Coruña
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Badajoz
Badajoz, 06006, Spain
Hospital Universitario Vall D'Hebrón
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Madrid, 28007, Spain
Hospital Ruber Internacional
Madrid, 28034, Spain
Hospital Clinico San Carlos
Madrid, 28040, Spain
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia
Valencia, 46010, Spain
Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying
Tainan, 736, Taiwan
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center
Taipei, 11259, Taiwan
Municipal Institution City Clinical Hospital #4 of Dnipro City Council - PPDS
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
LLC Medical Center Family Medicine Clinic
Dnipro, 49600, Ukraine
Municipal Institution SubCarpathian Clinical Oncological Centre
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine
CNCE of Lviv Regional Council Lviv Oncological Regional Therapeutical and Diagnostic Centre
Lviv, 79031, Ukraine
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester, LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
Barts Cancer Institute
London, EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Limitations and Caveats
The trial was halted early due to failure to meet the primary endpoint.
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Christian Zwingelstein
- Organization
- Spexis AG
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
François Ringeisen, MD
Polyphor Ltd.
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Peter A Kaufman, MD
UVM medical center; USA
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Javier Cortes, MD
IOB and VHIO; Spain
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 20, 2018
First Posted
December 24, 2018
Study Start
May 30, 2019
Primary Completion
October 19, 2021
Study Completion
October 19, 2021
Last Updated
November 1, 2023
Results First Posted
November 1, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-10