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CompletedPhase 3Results postedRegistry data

Study of Efficacy and Safety in Premenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2-negative Advanced Breast Cancer

Short name MONALEESA-7

NCTNCT02278120 (opens ClinicalTrials.gov in a new tab)Other idCLEE011E2301Other id2014-001931-36Other id2014

Overview

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
672 participants (actual)
Sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals · Industry
Design
Randomized · Quadruple masking
Countries
30 countries

United States, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey (Türkiye), United Arab Emirates

Start
20 Nov 2014
Primary completion
21 Aug 2017
Completion
20 Apr 2023
First posted
29 Oct 2014 (estimated)
Last update posted
12 Mar 2024
Conditions
Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer

Timeline

1 trial · 1 completed · 1 with posted results

  • Completed
  • Ongoing
  • Not yet recruiting
  • Stopped
  • Estimated dates (est.)
  • Results posted
201420162018202020222024
  1. Ph 3

    MONALEESA-7

    NCT02278120

    20 Nov 2014 to 20 Apr 2023

Registry summary

Text and fields below are the sponsor's entries at ClinicalTrials.gov, shown as posted.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment with tamoxifen or a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors (NSAI) + goserelin + LEE011 prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) compared to treatment with tamoxifen or a NSAI + goserelin + placebo in premenopausal women with hormone receptor positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) advanced breast cancer.

Interventions

  • RibociclibDrug
  • TamoxifenDrug
  • LetrozoleDrug
  • AnastrozoleDrug
  • GoserelinDrug
  • PlaceboDrug

Arms2

  • Experimental

    Ribociclib + NSAI/tamoxifen + goserelin

    Ribociclib 600 mg daily oral (3 weeks on/ 1 week off) in combination with NSAI or tamoxifen (tamoxifen 20 mg daily oral or letrozole 2.5 mg daily oral or anastrozole 1 mg daily oral) and goserelin 3.6 mg subcutaneous injection (once every 28 days)

  • Placebo comparator

    Placebo + NSAI/tamoxifen + goserelin

    Placebo daily oral (3 weeks on/ 1 week off) in combination with NSAI or tamoxifen (tamoxifen 20 mg daily oral or letrozole 2.5 mg daily oral or anastrozole 1 mg daily oral) and goserelin 3.6 mg subcutaneous injection (once every 28 days). Participants were unblinded once the final OS analysis was conducted and after the implementation of protocol amendment 6 (16-Jul-2019) and were given the option to crossover to treatment with ribociclib +NSAI/tamoxifen + goserelin.

Primary outcomes1

Outcomes the sponsor listed as primary.

  1. Progression Free Survival (PFS) by Investigator Assessment

    Time frame · From randomization to first documented progression or death, assessed up to approximately 29 months

    Registry description

    PFS was defined as the period starting from the date of randomization to the date of the first documented progression or death caused by any reason. In cases where patients did not experience an event, the PFS was censored at the date of the last adequate tumor assessment. Clinical deterioration without objective radiological evidence was not considered as documented disease progression. PFS was assessed via local radiology assessment according to RECIST 1.1. As per protocol, the final PFS analysis was conducted after approximately 392 PFS events were documented. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate PFS, and the median PFS, along with 95% confidence intervals, was reported for each treatment group. A stratified Cox regression model was used to estimate the hazard ratio of PFS, along with 95% confidence interval

Secondary outcomes(8)
  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame · From randomization to death, assessed up to approximately 45 months

    Registry description

    OS was defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of death from any cause. In cases where the patient's death was not recorded, the OS value was censored at the date of the last known patient's survival status. OS was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. As per protocol, the final OS analysis was conducted after approximately 189 deaths were documented. The median OS, along with 95% confidence intervals, was reported for each treatment group.The distribution of OS between the two treatment arms was compared using a log-rank test at one-sided cumulative 2.5% level of significance. A stratified Cox regression was used to estimate the OS hazard ratio and the associated 95% CI.

  2. Overall Response Rate (ORR) by Investigator Assessment

    Time frame · Up to approximately 29 months

    Registry description

    ORR is the percentage of participants with the best overall response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) according to RECIST 1.1 as per local assessment. CR = Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm; PR = At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.

  3. Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) by Investigator Assessment

    Time frame · Up to approximately 29 months

    Registry description

    Percentage of participants with complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) lasting 24 weeks or longer as defined in RECIST 1.1 and local assessment. CR = Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm; PR = At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters; SD = Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR or CR nor an increase in lesions which would qualify for progressive disease: PD = At least a 20% increase in the sum of diameter of all measured target lesions, taking as reference the smallest sum of diameter of all target lesions recorded at or after baseline. In addition to the relative increase of 20% the sum must also demonstrate an absolute increase of at least 5 mm.

  4. Time to Response (TTR) by Investigator Assessment

    Time frame · Up to approximately 29 months

    Registry description

    Time to response is the time from the date of randomization to the first documented response (CR or PR, which must be confirmed subsequently) according to RECIST 1.1 as per local assessment. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate TTR, and the median TTR, along with 95% confidence intervals, was reported for each treatment group. Participants who did not achieve a confirmed response were censored at the maximum follow-up time for patients who had a PFS event (i.e. either progressed or died due to any cause) or at the date of last adequate tumor assessment otherwise. CR = Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm; PR = At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.

  5. Duration of Response (DOR) by Investigator Assessment

    Time frame · Up to approximately 29 months

    Registry description

    DOR was defined as the time from the first documented response (CR or PR) to the first documented progression or death due to underlying cancer as defined in RECIST 1.1 per investigator assessment. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate DOR, and the median DOR, along with 95% confidence intervals, was reported for each treatment group. If a participant had not had an event, duration was censored at the date of last adequate tumor assessment. CR = Disappearance of all non-nodal target lesions. In addition, any pathological lymph nodes assigned as target lesions must have a reduction in short axis to \< 10 mm; PR = At least a 30% decrease in the sum of diameter of all target lesions, taking as reference the baseline sum of diameters.

  6. Time to Definitive Deterioration of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) by at Least One Category of the Score

    Time frame · Baseline, up to approximately 29 months

    Registry description

    ECOG PS categorized patients based on their ability to perform daily activities and self-care, with scores ranging from 0 to 5. A score of 0 indicated no restrictions in activity, while higher scores indicated increasing limitations. Time to definitive deterioration was defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of the event, defined as experiencing an increase in ECOG PS by at least one category from the baseline or death. A deterioration was considered definitive if no improvements in the ECOG PS were observed at a subsequent time. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate the distribution, and the median time to definitive deterioration, along with 95% confidence intervals, was reported for each treatment group. Patients receiving any further therapy prior to definitive worsening were censored at their date of last assessment prior to start of therapy. Patients that had not worsened at the data cutoff point were censored at the date of last assessment.

  7. Time to Definitive 10% Deterioration in the Global Health Status/Quality of Life (GHS/QoL) Scale Score of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer's Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30)

    Time frame · Up to approximately 29 months

    Registry description

    The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a questionnaire that includes 5 functional scales, 3 symptom scales, 1 GHS/QoL scale, and 6 single items. GHS/QoL scale score ranges between 0 and 100. A high score for GHS/QoL represents better functioning or QoL.The time to definitive 10% deterioration is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of event, which is defined as at least 10% relative to baseline worsening of the QoL score (without further improvement above the threshold) or death due to any cause. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate the distribution, and the median time to definitive 10% deterioration, along with 95% confidence intervals, was reported for each treatment group. If a patient had not had an event, time to deterioration was censored at the date of the last adequate QoL evaluation.

  8. Change From Baseline in the GHS/QoL Scale Score of the EORTC QLQ-C30

    Time frame · Baseline, every 2 cycles after randomization during 18 months, then every 3 cycles up to end of treatment (EOT); EOT; and every 8 or 12 weeks post-treatment until progression, assessed up to approximately 29 months. Cycle=28 days

    Registry description

    The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a questionnaire that includes 5 functional scales, 3 symptom scales, 1 GHS/QoL scale, and 6 single items. GHS/QoL scale score ranges between 0 and 100. A high score for GHS/QoL represents better functioning or QoL.The change from baseline in the GHS/QoL score was assessed. A positive change from baseline indicated improvement. For subjects who discontinued treatment without disease progression, post-treatment efficacy visits occurred every 8 weeks during the initial 18 months since start of treatment, followed by visits every 12 weeks until disease progression.

Posted results

Values are shown as posted at ClinicalTrials.gov, with their units. PepBank has not converted, pooled or compared them.

Primary outcome results

Primary outcomeMedian· From randomization to first documented progression or death, assessed up to approximately 29 months

Progression Free Survival (PFS) by Investigator Assessment

GroupValue (Months)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + Goserelin23.8
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin13.0
Secondary and other outcome results(7)
Secondary outcomeMedian· From randomization to death, assessed up to approximately 45 months

Overall Survival (OS)

GroupValue (Months)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + GoserelinNA
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin40.9
Secondary outcomeNumber· Up to approximately 29 months

Overall Response Rate (ORR) by Investigator Assessment

GroupValue (Percentage of participants)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + Goserelin40.9
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin29.7
Secondary outcomeNumber· Up to approximately 29 months

Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) by Investigator Assessment

GroupValue (Percentage of participants)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + Goserelin79.1
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin69.7
Secondary outcomeMedian· Up to approximately 29 months

Time to Response (TTR) by Investigator Assessment

GroupValue (months)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + GoserelinNA
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ GoserelinNA
Secondary outcomeMedian· Up to approximately 29 months

Duration of Response (DOR) by Investigator Assessment

GroupValue (Months)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + Goserelin21.3
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin17.5
Secondary outcomeMedian· Baseline, up to approximately 29 months

Time to Definitive Deterioration of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) by at Least One Category of the Score

GroupValue (Months)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + GoserelinNA
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ GoserelinNA
Secondary outcomeMedian· Up to approximately 29 months

Time to Definitive 10% Deterioration in the Global Health Status/Quality of Life (GHS/QoL) Scale Score of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer's Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30)

GroupValue (Months)
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + GoserelinNA
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin21.2

Adverse events, as posted

Adverse events as posted: participants affected out of participants at risk, by group
GroupDeathsSerious eventsOther events
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + Goserelin (On-treatment)AEs collected during on-treatment period (up to 30 days post-treatment)5 / 33581 / 335326 / 335
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin (On-treatment)AEs collected during on-treatment period (up to 30 days post-treatment or start of crossover treatment)6 / 33749 / 337312 / 337
Placebo Crossover to Ribociclib (On-Treatment)AEs collected during crossover on-treatment period with ribociclib for participants randomized to placebo arm who crossed-over to ribociclib (up to 30 days post- crossover treatment)0 / 171 / 1714 / 17
Ribociclib + NSAI/Tamoxifen + Goserelin (Post-treatment Survival Follow-up)Deaths collected in the post- treatment survival follow-up period (starting from day 31 post- treatment to end of study). No AEs were collected during this period168 / 2510 / 00 / 0
Placebo + NSAI/Tamoxifen+ Goserelin (Post-treatment Survival Follow-up)Deaths collected in the post- treatment survival follow-up period (starting from day 31 post- treatment to end of study or start of crossover treatment). No AEs were collected during this period202 / 2930 / 00 / 0
Placebo Crossover to Ribociclib (Post-treatment Survival Follow-up)Deaths collected in the crossover post- treatment survival follow-up period (starting from day 31 post-crossover treatment to end of study). No AEs were collected during this period1 / 170 / 00 / 0

Each cell reads participants affected / participants at risk, as the registry posted them.

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Studies3

Studies that cite this trial.

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Indexing hint: Randomized controlled trial · 2022

Updated Overall Survival of Ribociclib plus Endocrine Therapy versus Endocrine Therapy Alone in Pre- and Perimenopausal Patients with HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer in MONALEESA-7: A Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial.

Lu et al. 2022Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Researchcited by 232

PMID 34965945PMC9377723DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-3032PUB-34965945

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Indexing hint: Randomized controlled trial · 2019

Overall Survival with Ribociclib plus Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer.

Im et al. 2019The New England journal of medicinecited by 767

PMID 31166679DOI 10.1056/nejmoa1903765PUB-31166679

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Indexing hint: Randomized controlled trial · 2018

Ribociclib plus endocrine therapy for premenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive, advanced breast cancer (MONALEESA-7): a randomised phase 3 trial.

Tripathy et al. 2018The Lancet. Oncologycited by 795

PMID 29804902DOI 10.1016/s1470-2045(18)30292-4PUB-29804902

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Other registry references

References listed at the registry that are not in PepBank. They link to PubMed.

  • DerivedJi Y, Wang C, Combes FP, Ho YY, Fasching PA, Untch M, Zarate JP, Crown J. Quantitative Pharmacology Justifying Ribociclib Dose in Early Breast Cancer. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2026 Aug;65(8):1217-1228. doi: 10.1007/s40262-026-01643-3. Epub 2026 Jun 23. PMID 42334791
  • DerivedHart LL, Im SA, Tolaney SM, Campone M, Pluard T, Sousa B, Freyer G, Decker T, Kalinsky K, Sopher G, Gao M, Hu H, Kuemmel S. Efficacy, safety, and patient-reported outcomes across young to older age groups of patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer treated with ribociclib plus endocrine therapy in the randomized MONALEESA-2, -3, and -7 trials. Eur J Cancer. 2025 Feb 25;217:115225. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115225. Epub 2025 Jan 8. PMID 39826197
  • DerivedAndre F, Su F, Solovieff N, Hortobagyi G, Chia S, Neven P, Bardia A, Tripathy D, Lu YS, Lteif A, Taran T, Babbar N, Slamon D, Arteaga CL. Pooled ctDNA analysis of MONALEESA phase III advanced breast cancer trials. Ann Oncol. 2023 Nov;34(11):1003-1014. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.08.011. Epub 2023 Sep 5. PMID 37673211
  • DerivedJi Y, Yartsev V, Quinlan M, Serra P, Wang Y, Chakraborty A, Miller M. Justifying Ribociclib Dose in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer with Renal Impairment Based on PK, Safety, and Efficacy Data: An Innovative Approach Integrating Data from a Dedicated Renal Impairment Study and Oncology Clinical Trials. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2023 Mar;62(3):493-504. doi: 10.1007/s40262-022-01206-2. Epub 2023 Feb 17. PMID 36800111
  • DerivedBardia A, Su F, Solovieff N, Im SA, Sohn J, Lee KS, Campos-Gomez S, Jung KH, Colleoni M, Vazquez RV, Franke F, Hurvitz S, Harbeck N, Chow L, Taran T, Rodriguez Lorenc K, Babbar N, Tripathy D, Lu YS. Genomic Profiling of Premenopausal HR+ and HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer by Circulating Tumor DNA and Association of Genetic Alterations With Therapeutic Response to Endocrine Therapy and Ribociclib. JCO Precis Oncol. 2021 Sep 1;5:PO.20.00445. doi: 10.1200/PO.20.00445. eCollection 2021. PMID 34504990
  • DerivedBurris HA, Chan A, Bardia A, Thaddeus Beck J, Sohn J, Neven P, Tripathy D, Im SA, Chia S, Esteva FJ, Hart L, Zarate JP, Ridolfi A, Lorenc KR, Yardley DA. Safety and impact of dose reductions on efficacy in the randomised MONALEESA-2, -3 and -7 trials in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer. Br J Cancer. 2021 Aug;125(5):679-686. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01415-9. Epub 2021 Jun 22. PMID 34158598
  • DerivedPrat A, Chaudhury A, Solovieff N, Pare L, Martinez D, Chic N, Martinez-Saez O, Braso-Maristany F, Lteif A, Taran T, Babbar N, Su F. Correlative Biomarker Analysis of Intrinsic Subtypes and Efficacy Across the MONALEESA Phase III Studies. J Clin Oncol. 2021 May 1;39(13):1458-1467. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.02977. Epub 2021 Mar 26. PMID 33769862
  • DerivedYardley DA. MONALEESA clinical program: a review of ribociclib use in different clinical settings. Future Oncol. 2019 Aug;15(23):2673-2686. doi: 10.2217/fon-2019-0130. Epub 2019 Jul 15. PMID 31305131

Eligibility

Who could join, as posted.

Sex
Female
Age
from 18 Years up to 59 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Inclusion and exclusion criteria, as posted
Key inclusion criteria: * Patients had advanced (locoregionally recurrent or metastatic) breast cancer not amenable to curative therapy * Patients were premenopausal or perimenopausal at the time of study entry * Patients who had received (neo) adjuvant therapy for breast cancer were eligible * Patients had a histologically and/or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of estrogen-receptor positive and/or progesterone receptor positive breast cancer * Patients had HER2-negative breast cancer * Patients must have either had measurable disease or If no measurable disease was present, then at least one predominantly lytic bone lesion * Patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1 * Patients had adequate bone marrow and organ function Key exclusion criteria: * Patients who had received a prior CDK4/6 inhibitor * Patients were postmenopausal * Patients who currently had inflammatory breast cancer at screening. * Patients who had received any prior hormonal anti-cancer therapy for advanced breast cancer, except for ≤ 14 days of tamoxifen or NSAI ± goserelin for advanced breast cancer prior to randomization. * Patients had a concurrent malignancy or malignancy within 3 years of randomization, with the exception of adequately treated basal cell skin carcinoma, squamous cell skin carcinoma, non-melanomatous skin cancer or curatively resected cervical cancer. * Patients with CNS metastases. * Patients had active cardiac disease or a history of cardiac dysfunction * Patients were currently using other antineoplastic agents * Patients were pregnant or nursing or physiologically capable of becoming pregnant and not using highly effective contraception.

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