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Active, not recruiting Phase 3

A Study to Confirm if Fezolinetant Helps Reduce Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer Who Are Having Hormone Therapy

NCT06440967 · tracked via the Priya Life Science UK tracker
Sponsor
Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc.
Phase
Phase 3
Started
2024-07-31
Last updated
2026-06-23

Condition(s) studied

Hot Flashes

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

FezolinetantPlaceboTamoxifenAromatase inhibitor

Fezolinetant: oral

Placebo: oral

Tamoxifen: oral

Aromatase inhibitor: oral

Study summary

One of the standard treatments for women with breast cancer is hormone therapy, but this treatment can cause hot flashes. Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is most often prescribed for hot flashes for women in menopause but cannot be given to women on hormone therapy for breast cancer. Fezolinetant, an alternative to HRT, treats hot flashes for women in menopause. As hot flashes happen in the same way for women on hormone therapy for breast cancer, fezolinetant could help these women. In this study, women on hormone therapy for breast cancer who have moderate to severe hot flashes will take part. They will either take fezolinetant or a placebo to treat their hot flashes. The placebo looks like fezolinetant but doesn't have any medicine in it.

The main aim of this study is to confirm if women who take fezolinetant have fewer hot flashes that are less severe compared to women who take the placebo.

Women 18 years or older seeking treatment for hot flashes. They can take part in the study if they have an average of 7 or more moderate to severe hot flashes each day. They are having hormone therapy for breast cancer from stage 0 (cancer cells that have not spread to nearby tissue) up to stage 3+ (the cancer has spread from the breast to the lymph nodes near the breast or the chest wall).

The women will be assigned 1 of 2 study treatments (fezolinetant or placebo) by chance alone. Treatment will be double-blinded. That means that the women in the study and the study doctors will not know who takes which of the study treatments (fezolinetant or placebo). Women who take part in the study will take 1 tablet every day for 52 weeks (1 year). Each woman will be given an electronic handheld device with an app to track their hot flashes on a daily basis. Some women may be able to use the app on their own smartphone. They will also use another device to answer questions about how hot flashes affect their daily life. During the study, the women will visit their study clinic about every 4 weeks for a health check. The last clinic visit will be 3 weeks after the women take their last tablet of study treatment (fezolinetant or placebo). After this visit the women will be called twice to check their health. The women will be in the study for about 2 years.

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Min age
18 Years
Max age
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant has a personal history of stage 0-3 hormone receptor positive (HR+), either human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-2+ or HER-2- breast cancer; appropriate documentation includes a written or electronic report. * Participant must be receiving stable maintenance adjuvant endocrine therapy (e.g., tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors, such as anastrozole, letrozole and exemestane) with or without gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists/antagonists for a minimum of 4 months prior to randomization and be planning to continue on adjuvant endocrine therapy for the duration of the trial without change to therapy, brand or dose. If the participant is taking GnRH agonists/antagonists, therapy must also be stable for a minimum of 4 months prior to randomization. Add-on therapies for breast cancer adjuvant treatment (e.g., cyclin dependent kinase-4 (CDK4) inhibitors) are allowed. * Participant has a minimum average of 7 moderate to severe hot flashes (HFs) (vasomotor symptoms (VMS)) per day as recorded in the electronic daily diary (data must be available for at least 7 of the last 10 days prior to randomization). * Has an European Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score 0 or 1. * Has at least 12-month life expectation. * Participant is born female. * Female participant: Is not pregnant and at least 1 of the following conditions apply: * Not a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) * WOCBP who has a negative urine or serum pregnancy test at screening and day 1 and agrees to follow the contraceptive guidance from the time of informed consent through at least 30 days after final investigational study intervention administration. * Female participant: Must not be breastfeeding or lactating starting at screening and while the participant is taking investigational study intervention and for 30 days after final investigational study intervention administration. * Female participant: Must not donate ova starting at first administration of study intervention and while the participant is taking investigational study intervention and for 30 days after final investigational study intervention administration. * Participant agrees not to participate in another interventional study while participating in the present study until the end of the 1-year extension follow-up period. * Participant's condition is stable as determined on the basis of medical history and general physical examination, hematology and biochemistry parameters, pulse rate and/or blood pressure and electrocardiogram (ECG) (or showing no clinically relevant deviations obtained within the last 3 months or at screening). * Participant has no new clinically significant findings on breast examination or from imaging (mammogram, breast ultrasound or equivalent). Results indicate that the participant is a good candidate for the study. Appropriate documentation includes a written or electronic report. In case of double mastectomy, imaging is not needed. * Participant has a negative serology panel (including hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody screens). Exclusion Criteria: * Participant has diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer (stage 4). * Participant has current or history (except complete remission for 5 years or more prior to signing informed consent) of any malignancy except for HR+ breast cancer (stage 0 to 3) or basal cell carcinoma. * Participant has had surgery or non-surgical (chemotherapy or radiotherapy) treatment for breast cancer within the last 3 months prior to signing informed consent. * Participant has active liver disease, jaundice, or elevated liver aminotransferases (alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST)), elevated total bilirubin (TBL) or direct bilirubin (DBL), or elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP) at screening. A participant with mildly elevated ALT or AST up to \< 2 × upper limit of normal (ULN) can be enrolled if TBL and DBL are normal. Participant with mildly elevated ALP (up to \< 1.5 × ULN) can be enrolled if cholestatic liver disease is excluded and no cause other than fatty liver is diagnosed. Participant with Gilbert's syndrome with elevated TBL may be enrolled as long as DBL, hemoglobin and reticulocytes are normal. * Participant has creatinine \> 1.5 x ULN; or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula \< 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 at the screening visit. * Participant has a history of endometrial hyperplasia (participant can be enrolled if she has undergone a hysterectomy) or uterine/endometrial cancer. * Participant has a medical condition or chronic disease (including history of neurological \[including cognitive\], hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary \[e.g., moderate asthma\], endocrine, or gynecological disease) or malignancy that could confound interpretation of the study outcome. * Participant uses a prohibited therapy (menopause hormone therapy (MHT), estradiol-containing hormonal contraceptive progestin and progesterone-only medicines, any treatment for VMS \[prescription medications, over-the-counter, or herbal\] or CYP1A2 (cytochrome P450) inhibitors) or is not willing to wash out such drugs; in addition, medications that are contraindicated due to underlying breast cancer diagnosis and the adjuvant endocrine therapy. * Participant has a known substance abuse or alcohol addiction within 6 months of screening. * Participant has received any investigational therapy within 90 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to screening. * Participant has any condition, which makes the participant unsuitable for study participation. * Participant has a known or suspected hypersensitivity to fezolinetant, the adjuvant endocrine therapy being used, or any components of the formulations used.

Primary outcome measure(s)

Trial sites (110)

FacilityCityRegionStatus
Site CA15019 Sarnia Ontario
Site CA15016 Sault Ste. Marie Ontario
Site CA15002 Montreal Quebec
Site CA15001 Québec Quebec
Site CA15004 Québec Quebec
Site CA15003 Sherbrooke Quebec
Site CA15020 Victoriaville Quebec
Site CA15007 Trois-Rivières Canada
Site CZ42006 České Budějovice Czechia
Site CZ42003 Hořovice Czechia
Site CZ42002 Hradec Králové Czechia
Site CZ42011 Nový Jičín Czechia
Site CZ42001 Olomouc Czechia
Site CZ42005 Prague Czechia
Site CZ42008 Prague Czechia
Site CZ42013 Prague Czechia
Site CZ42004 Tábor Czechia
Site CZ42007 Vodňany Czechia
Site CZ42009 Vsetín Czechia
Site DK45007 Aalborg Denmark
Site DE45003 Esbjerg Denmark
Site DK45009 Hillerød Denmark
Site DK45002 Næstved Denmark
Site DE45008 Sønderborg Denmark
Site FR33003 Angers France
Site FR33001 Bayonne France
Site FR33005 Bordeaux France
Site FR33018 Bordeaux France
Site FR33017 Caen France
Site FR33016 Dijon France
Site FR33013 Le Mans France
Site FR33007 Lille France
Site FR33012 Lyon France
Site FR33008 Montpellier France
Site FR33002 Saint-Herblain France
Site GR49005 Essen North Rhine-Westphalia
Site DE49001 Bottrop Germany
Site GR49013 Dresden Germany
Site DE49009 Leipzig Germany
Site DE49007 Mönchengladbach Germany

+ 70 more sites — see the full list on the official registry below.

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This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.

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