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NCT04208178Active, not recruitingPhase 3

Study of Alpelisib (BYL719) in Combination With Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab as Maintenance Therapy in Patients With HER2-positive Advanced Breast Cancer With a PIK3CA Mutation

EPIK-B2: A Two Part, Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized (1:1), Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Alpelisib (BYL719) in Combination With Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab as Maintenance Therapy in Patients With HER2-positive Advanced Breast Cancer With a PIK3CA Mutation

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this two part multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase III study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of alpelisib compared to alpelisib matching-placebo in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab as maintenance treatment of patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer whose tumor harbors a PIK3CA mutation following induction therapy with a taxane in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab. Part 1 is the open-label, safety run-in part of the study, designed to confirm the recommended phase 3 dose (RP3D) dose of alpelisib in combination with trastuzumab and pertuzumab. Following Part 1, Part 2 will be initiated, which is the randomized, Phase III part of the study.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
19 (actual)
First submitted
12 Dec 2019
Start date
16 Jul 2020
Primary completion date
26 Feb 2027
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
NCT number
NCT04208178
EU CT number
2024-512050-13-00
EudraCT number
2019-002741-37

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 19
  • From 16 Jul 2020 to the primary completion date, 26 Feb 2027
  • 13 sites in 7 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Participant with evidence of disease progression during the pre-study induction therapy and prior to first dose of alpelisib (or alpelisib/alpelisib matching-placebo for Part 2)

Other illness

  • Participant with inflammatory breast cancer at screening.
  • Participant has a known history of acute pancreatitis within 1 year of screening or past medical history of chronic pancreatitis
  • Participant has clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease and/or recent cardiac events
  • Participant has a history of Steven-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), erythema multiforme (EM) or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN).
  • Participant has currently documented pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
    • Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion may apply.

Lab values

  • Participant with an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type I or uncontrolled type II based on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and HbA1c.

Who the study is looking for

  • Participant has histologically-confirmed HER2-positive breast cancer that is advanced (loco-regionally not amenable to surgery or is metastatic).
  • Participant has received pre-study induction therapy with up to and including a maximum of 8 cycles of a taxane (docetaxel, paclitaxel, or nab-paclitaxel), plus trastuzumab and pertuzumab. 4 or 5 cycles of induction therapy are permitted if discontinuation of taxane was due to taxane toxicity. Of note, participants enrolled in Part 1 of this study received 4-6 cycles of pre-study induction therapy.
  • Participant has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
  • Participant has adequate bone marrow and organ function
  • Applies only to Part 2: Participant has a PIK3CA mutation(s) present in tumor prior to enrollment, locally confirmed per test listed in protocol or as determined by a Novartis designated central laboratory.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (13)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Novartis Investigative Site
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LeuvenBelgiumUnknown status
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LiègeBelgiumUnknown status
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ChangchunChinaUnknown status
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
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L'Hospitalet de LlobregatSpainUnknown status
Centre Leon Berard
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LyonFranceCompleted
Hospices Civils de Lyon
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Pierre-BéniteFranceCompleted
Institut Curie
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Saint-CloudFranceCompleted
Institut De Cancerologie De L Ouest
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Saint-Herblain CedexFranceCompleted
Novartis Investigative Site
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FlorenceItalyUnknown status
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Kuala LumpurMalaysiaUnknown status
Highlands Oncology Group
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FayettevilleUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California LA
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status

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