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Registration number
NCT03326674
Ethics application status
Date submitted
13/10/2017
Date registered
31/10/2017
Date last updated
30/07/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
Tesetaxel Plus Reduced Dose of Capecitabine vs. Capecitabine in HER2 Negative, HR Positive, LA/MBC
Scientific title
A Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized, Phase 3 Study of Tesetaxel Plus a Reduced Dose of Capecitabine Versus Capecitabine Alone in Patients With HER2 Negative, HR Positive, Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Previously Treated With a Taxane
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
ODO-TE-B301
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
CONTESSA
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Breast Cancer 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Breast

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Tesetaxel and Capecitabine
Treatment: Drugs - Capecitabine

Experimental: Arm A: Tesetaxel (oral) and capecitabine (oral) - Tesetaxel (27 mg/m2) once every 21 days on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle; and capecitabine (825 mg/m2) twice daily (in the morning and evening after a meal, for a total daily dose of 1,650 mg/m2) beginning with the evening dose on Day 1 through the morning dose on Day 15 of each 21-day cycle

Active Comparator: Arm B: Capecitabine (oral) - Capecitabine (1,250 mg/m2) twice daily (in the morning and evening after a meal, for a total daily dose of 2,500 mg/m2) beginning with the evening dose on Day 1 through the morning dose on Day 15 of each 21-day cycle


Treatment: Drugs: Tesetaxel and Capecitabine
Tesetaxel plus reduced dose of Capecitabine

Treatment: Drugs: Capecitabine
Capecitabine alone at approved dose
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
PFS as assessed by the IRC
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Approximately 2.5-3.0 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
OS
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Approximately 5.0-5.5 years
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
ORR as assessed by the IRC
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Approximately 2.5-3.0 years
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
DCR as assessed by the IRC
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Approximately 2.5-3.0 years
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Central nervous system (CNS) ORR as assessed by the CNS IRC in patients with CNS metastases at baseline
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Approximately 2.5-3.0 years
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
CNS PFS as assessed by the CNS IRC in patients with CNS metastases at baseline or a history of CNS metastases and in the intent-to-treat (ITT) population
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Approximately 2.5-3.0 years
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
CNS OS in patients with CNS metastases at baseline or a history of CNS metastases
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Approximately 2.5-3.0 years

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Female or male patients at least 18 years of age

2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer

3. HER2 negative disease based on local testing: American Society of Clinical
Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) guidelines should be utilized for
assessing HER2 status

4. HR (estrogen receptor [ER] and/or progesterone receptor [PgR]) positive disease based
on local testing: ASCO/CAP guidelines should be utilized for assessing HR status

5. Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 or bone-only disease with lytic component

- Patients with bone-only metastatic cancer must have a lytic or mixed
lytic-blastic lesion that can be accurately assessed by computerized tomography
(CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Patients with bone-only disease without
a lytic component (ie, blastic-only metastasis) are not eligible.

- Known metastases to the CNS are permitted but not required. The following
criteria apply:

- Patients must be neurologically stable and either off corticosteroids or
currently treated with a maximum daily dose of 4 mg of dexamethasone (or
equivalent), with no increase in corticosteroid dose within 7 days prior to
randomization

- Patients with a history of CNS metastases but with no current evidence of
CNS lesions following local therapy are eligible

- Patients may have CNS metastases that are stable or progressing
radiologically

- Patients with current evidence of leptomeningeal disease are not eligible

- Patients may have untreated brain metastases or previously treated brain
metastases, as long as no immediate local CNS-directed therapy is indicated

- Any prior whole brain radiation therapy must have been completed > 14 days
prior to the date of randomization

- Prior stereotactic brain radiosurgery is permitted

- CNS surgical resection must have been completed > 28 days prior to the date
of randomization; patient must have complete recovery from surgery

6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0, 1, or 2

7. Prior therapy (at least one completed dose) with a taxane-containing regimen in the
neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting

8. Prior therapy with an anthracycline-containing regimen in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant,
or metastatic setting, where indicated by local regulation or Investigator judgment.

9. Prior endocrine therapy with or without a CDK 4/6 inhibitor unless endocrine therapy
is not indicated (ie, short relapse-free interval while on adjuvant endocrine therapy
[endocrine resistance]; rapidly progressing disease/visceral crisis; or endocrine
intolerance). Any targeted therapies approved for HER2 negative, HR positive LA/MBC,
including everolimus, are permitted as prior therapy. There is no limit to the number
of prior endocrine therapies.

10. Documented disease recurrence or disease progression of: (a) locally advanced disease
that is not considered curable by surgery and/or radiation; or (b) metastatic disease.

11. Adequate hematologic, hepatic and renal function, as evidenced by:

- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) = 1,500/µL without colony-stimulating factor
support

- Platelet count = 100,000/µL

- Hemoglobin = 10 g/dL without need for hematopoietic growth factor or transfusion
support

- Total bilirubin < 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN); does not apply to patients
with Gilbert's syndrome

- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 3 × ULN unless hepatic metastases are present,
then < 5 × ULN

- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) < 3 × ULN unless hepatic metastases are present,
then < 5 × ULN

- Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5 × ULN unless hepatic metastases are present, then < 5
× ULN

- Calculated creatinine clearance = 50 mL/min (by Cockcroft-Gault formula or local
standard)

- Serum albumin = 3.0 g/dL

- Prothrombin time (PT) < 1.5 × ULN or international normalized ratio (INR) < 1.3,
and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) < 1.5 × ULN, unless the patient is on a
therapeutic anticoagulant

12. Complete recovery to baseline or Grade 1 per National Cancer Institute (NCI) CTCAE
version 5.0 from adverse effects of prior surgery, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy and
other therapy, as applicable, with the exception of Grade 2 alopecia from prior
chemotherapy

13. Ability to swallow an oral solid-dosage form of medication

14. A negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to the first dose of Study
treatment in women of childbearing potential (ie, all women except those who are post
menopause for = 1 year or who have a history of hysterectomy or surgical
sterilization)

15. Women of childbearing potential must use an effective, non-hormonal form of
contraception from Screening throughout the Treatment Phase and until 70 days after
the last dose of study treatment

• Acceptable methods include: copper intrauterine devices or double barrier methods,
including male/female condoms with spermicide and use of contraceptive sponge,
cervical cap, or diaphragm

16. Male patients must use an effective, non-hormonal form of contraception from screening
throughout the treatment phase and until 130 days after last dose of study treatment

• Acceptable methods include male/female condoms with spermicide, or vasectomy with
medical confirmation of surgical success

17. Written informed consent and authorization to use and disclose health information

18. Ability to comprehend and comply with the requirements of the study
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Two or more prior chemotherapy regimens for advanced disease

2. Prior treatment with a taxane in the metastatic setting

3. Prior treatment with capecitabine at any dose

4. Current evidence of leptomeningeal disease

5. Other cancer that required therapy within the preceding 5 years other than adequately
treated: (a) non-melanoma skin cancer or in situ cancer; or (b) following approval by
the Medical Monitor, other cancer that has a very low risk of interfering with the
safety or efficacy endpoints of the study

6. Known human immunodeficiency virus infection, unless well controlled. Patients who are
on an adequate antiviral regimen with no evidence of active infection are considered
well controlled.

7. Active hepatitis B or active hepatitis C infection

8. Other severe acute or chronic medical 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

9. Presence of neuropathy > Grade 1 per NCI CTCAE version 5.0

10. History of hypersensitivity to taxanes; hypersensitivity to the solvent does not
preclude patient participation in this study

11. Anticancer treatment, including endocrine therapy, radiotherapy (except stereotactic
brain radiosurgery), chemotherapy, biologic therapy, or therapy in an investigational
clinical study, = 14 days prior to the date of randomization

12. Major surgery = 28 days prior to the date of randomization; patient must have complete
recovery from surgery

13. Less than 2 weeks or 5 plasma half-lives (whichever is greater) since last use of a
medication or ingestion of an agent, beverage or food that is a known clinically
relevant strong inhibitor or known clinically relevant inducer of the cytochrome P450
(CYP) 3A pathway (patients should discontinue taking any regularly taken medication
that is a strong inhibitor or inducer of the CYP3A pathway)

14. History of hypersensitivity or unexpected reactions to capecitabine, other
fluoropyrimidine agents or any of their ingredients

15. Known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency. Testing for DPD deficiency
must be performed where required by local regulations, using a validated method that
is approved by local health authorities.

16. Pregnant or breastfeeding

17. If, in the opinion of the Investigator, the patient is deemed unwilling or unable to
comply with the requirements of the study

18. Treatment with brivudine, sorivudine or its chemically-related analogs = 28 days prior
to the date of randomization

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Terminated
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
21/12/2017
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
28/06/2021
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
685
Recruitment in Australia
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NSW,QLD,VIC,WA
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Border Medical Oncology - Albury
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Sydney Adventist Hospital - Wahroonga
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Mater Cancer Care Centre - South Brisbane
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Princess Alexandra Hospital - Woolloongabba
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Monash Medical Centre - Clayton
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Peninsula and South Eastern Haematology and Oncology Group - Frankston
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Breast Cancer Research Centre - Nedlands
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St. John of God Subiaco Hospital - Perth
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Flinders Medical Centre - Bedford Park
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2640 - Albury
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2076 - Wahroonga
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- South Brisbane
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3199 - Frankston
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- Nedlands
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- Perth
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- Bedford Park
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
CONTESSA is a multinational, multicenter, randomized, Phase 3 study of tesetaxel in patients
with HER2 negative, HR positive LA/MBC previously treated with a taxane in the neoadjuvant or
adjuvant setting. The primary objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of tesetaxel
plus a reduced dose of capecitabine versus the approved dose of capecitabine alone based on
progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by the Independent Radiologic Review Committee
(IRC). 685 patients were enrolled.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03326674
Trial related presentations / publications
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Joseph O'Connell, MD
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Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.
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Summary Results

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