Ribociclib in Hormone Receptor-positive, HER2-negative Early Breast Cancer With Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Ribociclib Plus Aromatase Inhibitor Versus Aromatase Inhibitor Alone in Hormone Receptor-positive, HER2-negative Early Breast Cancer With Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: an Open-label, Multicenter, Randomized, Phase III Trial
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Brief Summary
This is a multi-center, open-lable, prospective, randomized phase III clinical trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of adjuvant ribociclib combined with aromatase inhibitor in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_3 breast-cancer
Started Feb 2026
4 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 3, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 10, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
February 10, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 10, 2030
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
February 10, 2031
April 28, 2026
April 1, 2026
4 years
February 3, 2026
April 27, 2026
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
3-year invasive disease-free survival
The time from random assignment until the presence of invasive ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence, local-regional invasive recurrence, distant recurrence, invasive contralateral breast cancer, second primary invasive cancer (non-breast), or any-cause death assessed by the investigator
during the 3 years after random assignment
Secondary Outcomes (6)
3-year recurrence-free survival
during the 3 years after random assignment
3-year distant disease-free survival
during the 3 years after random assignment
3-year overall survival
during the 3 years after random assignment
Health-related quality of life 1
within 7 days before the first treatment and the end of each cycle (each cycle is 28 days)
Health-related quality of life 2
within 7 days before the first treatment and the end of each cycle (each cycle is 28 days)
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Ribociclib plus aromatase inhibitor
EXPERIMENTALAromatase inhibitor
ACTIVE COMPARATORInterventions
Ribociclib (oral 600 mg once daily for 3 weeks on, 1 week off) plus daily aromatase inhibitor (letrozole oral 2·5 mg/day, anastrozole oral 1 mg/day, or exemestane oral 5 mg/day)
Daily aromatase inhibitor (letrozole oral 2·5 mg/day, anastrozole oral 1 mg/day, or exemestane oral 5 mg/day)
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Willingness for study participation with written informed consent
- Female with age at least 18 years
- Histologically confirmed unilateral or bilateral primary invasive breast cancer
- Residual invasive disease post-neoadjuvant either in the breast or as residual nodal invasion
- Histologically confirmed hormone receptor-positive (≥1% ER and/or PR positive stained cells) and HER2-negative (IHC 2+ with FISH-negative or IHC 0-1+) assessed preferably on core biopsy of the breast or tissue from post-neoadjuvant residual invasive disease, or if no other tissue is available the residual tumor of the lymph node can be assessed. In case of bilateral breast cancer, tumor tissue of both sides needs to be assessable
- Histologically confirmed Ki67 expression assessed preferably on core biopsy or post-neoadjuvant residual invasive disease of the breast, or if not possible, of residual nodal invasion. In case of bilateral breast cancer, tumor tissue of both sides needs to be assessable
- QTc interval \< 450 msec with mean resting heart rate 50-99 beats/min (determined by ECG)
- Patients must have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy of at least 18 weeks. This period must include 6 weeks of a taxane-containing neoadjuvant therapy (Exception: For patients with progressive disease that occurred after at least 6 weeks of taxane-containing neoadjuvant treatment, a total treatment period of less than 18 weeks is also eligible)
- Adequate surgical treatment including resection of all clinically evident disease and ipsilateral axillary lymph node dissection. Histologically complete resection (R0) of the invasive and ductal in situ tumor is required in case of breast conserving surgery as the final treatment. No evidence of gross residual disease (R2) is required after total mastectomy (R1 resection is acceptable). Axillary dissection is not required in patients with a negative sentinel-node biopsy before (pN0, pN+\[mic\]) or after (ypN0, ypN+\[mic\]) neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- Less than 16 weeks interval since the date of final surgery or less than 10 weeks from completing radiotherapy (whichever occurs last) at date of randomization
- Completion of adjuvant radiotherapy according to standard guidelines (e.g. NCCN) is strongly recommended. If radiotherapy is not performed the reason for this needs to be documented in the eCRF
- c/pT3N0; c/pT2N0 with MammaPrint high-risk, G3, G2+Ki67 ≥20%, or lymphovascular invasion
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 or 1
- Resolution of all acute toxic effects of prior anti-cancer therapy or surgical procedures to NCI CTCAE version 4.0 Grade ≤1 (except alopecia or other toxicities not considered a safety risk for the patient at investigator's discretion)
- Estimated life expectancy of at least 5 years irrespective of the diagnosis of breast cancer
- +1 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- c/pN+
- Known severe hypersensitivity reactions to compounds similar to ribociclib or to aromatase inhibitor
- Inadequate organ function immediate prior to randomization including: Hemoglobin \<10g/dL (100g/L); ANC \< 2000/mm³ (\< 2.0 x 10\^9/L); Platelets \<100,000/mm³ (\< 100 x 10\^9/L); AST or ALT \>1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); alkaline phosphatase \> 2.5 x ULN, total serum bilirubin \> 1.25 x ULN; serum creatinine \>1.25 x ULN or estimated creatinine clearance \< 60 mL/min as calculated using the method standard for the institution; severe and relevant co-morbidity that would interact with the participation in the study
- Evidence for infection including wound infections, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or any type of Hepatitis
- The cumulative dose of doxorubicin is more than 450mg/m² or epirubicin is more than 900mg/m²
- Uncontrolled electrolyte disorders (eg, hypocalcemia, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia)
- Any of the following within 6 months of randomization: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of NCI CTCAE version 4.0 Grade ≥2, atrial fibrillation of any grade, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, symptomatic congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attack, or symptomatic pulmonary embolism
- Active inflammatory bowel disease or chronic diarrhea, short bowel syndrome, or any upper gastrointestinal surgery including gastric resection
- Prior malignancy (including invasive or ductal in-situ breast cancer) within 5 years prior to randomization, except curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix
- Current severe acute or uncontrolled chronic systemic disease (e.g. diabetes mellitus) or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study
- Recent (within the past year) or active suicidal behavior
- Pregnancy or lactation period. Women of childbearing potential must implement adequate non-hormonal contraceptive measures (barrier methods, intrauterine contraceptive devices, sterilization) during study treatment and for 90 days after discontinuation. A serum pregnancy test must be negative in premenopausal women or women with amenorrhea of less than 12 months
- Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to randomization
- weeks or more have passed since completion of radiotherapy at day of randomization and 16 weeks interval since the date of final surgery have passed
- Prior treatment with any CDK4/6 inhibitor
- +2 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (4)
Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University
Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524000, China
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital
Guangzhou, China
the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Guangzhou, China
Shantou Central Hospital
Shantou, China
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 3, 2026
First Posted
February 10, 2026
Study Start
February 10, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
February 10, 2030
Study Completion (Estimated)
February 10, 2031
Last Updated
April 28, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL
- Time Frame
- beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following publication of future research article
- Access Criteria
- Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal, that need to be approved by an approved accredited ethics committee
Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in future research article after de-identification and the study protocol will be shared beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following publication. Proposals should be directed to gchang@mail.sysu.edu.cn and data will be shared by email.