Palazestrant in Combination With Ribociclib for the First-line Treatment of ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

Recruitment Status
RECRUITING
(See Contacts and Locations)Verified April 2026 by Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sponsor
Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Information Provided by (Responsible Party)
Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NCT07085767
Other Study ID Numbers:
OP-1250-302
First Submitted
July 7, 2025
First Posted
July 24, 2025
Last Update Posted
May 14, 2026
Last Verified
April 2026

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History of Changes

Study Details

Study Description

This is an international, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, phase 3 clinical trial. The purpose of this trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of palazestrant in combination with ribociclib +letrozole -matching placebo (Arm A: investigational arm) with letrozole in combination with ribociclib + palazestrant-matching placebo (Arm B: control arm).

This trial is seeking adult participants with ER+, HER2- advanced breast cancer who have not received prior systemic anti-cancer treatment for advanced disease. Approximately 1,000 participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of the two study arms.

Condition or DiseaseIntervention/Treatment
Breast CancerLocally Advanced Breast CancerMetastatic Breast CancerER Positive Breast CancerHER2 Negative Breast Carcinoma
Drug: PalazestrantDrug: Ribociclib

Study Design

Study TypeInterventional
Actual Enrollment1000 participants
Design AllocationRandomized
Interventional ModelParallel Assignment
MaskingTriple
Primary PurposeTreatment
Official TitleA Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Controlled Study of Palazestrant With Ribociclib Versus Letrozole With Ribociclib for the First-Line Treatment of ER+, HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer (OPERA-02)
Study Start DateNovember 2, 2025
Actual Primary Completion Date2yrs 5mos from now
Actual Study Completion Date5yrs 6mos from now

Groups and Cohorts

Group/CohortIntervention/Treatment
Palazestrant
Participants will receive palazestrant, ribociclib and letrozole-matching placebo
Drug: Palazestrant
Participants will be treated with palazestrant 90 mg once daily on a 4-week (28-day) cycle.
Letrozole
Participants will receive letrozole, ribociclib and palazestrant-matching placebo
Drug: Ribociclib
Participants will be treated with ribociclib 600 mg once daily on Days 1-21 of a 4-week (28 day) cycle.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures
  1. Progression-Free Survival (PFS)
    To compare PFS, based on a local investigator assessment, between investigational (palazestrant with ribociclib + letrozole-matching placebo) and control (letrozole with ribociclib + palazestrant-matching placebo) arms.
Secondary Outcome Measures
  1. Overall Survival (OS)
    To compare OS between investigational and control arms.
  2. Progression Free Survival (PFS)
    To evaluate PFS based on Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC) assessment
  3. Overall response Rate (ORR)
    To evaluate ORR based on Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC) assessment
  4. Duration of Response (DOR)
    To evaluate DOR based on Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC) assessment
  5. Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)
    To evaluate CBR based on Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC) assessment
  6. Overall response Rate (ORR)
    To evaluate ORR based on local investigator assessment
  7. Duration of Response (DOR)
    To evaluate DOR based on local investigator assessment
  8. Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)
    To evaluate CBR based on local investigator assessment
  9. Safety and tolerability
    To evaluate safety and tolerability assessed by AEs, SAEs, dose modifications, clinical laboratory parameters, ECGs, performance status and vital sign measurements
  10. Pharmacokinetics (PK) of palazestrant and ribociclib
    To evaluate plasma levels of palazestrant and ribociclib to establish pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters
  11. Health-related patient-reported outcomes (PROs)
    To evaluate the change from baseline in health-related PROs assessed using standardized instruments that are widely used in (breast) cancer clinical trials

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study(Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for StudyAll
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
Inclusion Criteria
Adult female or male participants.
ER+, HER2- locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is not amenable to curative therapy.
Evaluable disease (measurable disease per RECIST 1.1 or bone-only disease).
De novo advanced breast cancer or with disease recurrence occurring after 12 months of completing adjuvant endocrine therapy (with or without CDK4/6 inhibitors)
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
Adequate hematologic, hepatic, and renal functions.
Female participants can be pre-, peri- or postmenopausal.
Male and pre- or peri-menopausal female participants must be willing to take a GnRH (or LHRH) agonist.
Exclusion Criteria
Disease recurrence during adjuvant endocrine therapy
Currently receiving or previously received systemic anti-cancer therapy for ER+, HER2- advanced breast cancer.
Previously received treatment with fulvestrant, elacestrant or an investigational endocrine therapy in any setting.
History of allergic reactions to study treatment.
Any contraindications to letrozole and ribociclib.
Symptomatic central nervous system metastases, carcinomatous meningitis, leptomeningeal disease, or a spinal cord compression that require immediate treatment.

Contacts and Locations

Sponsors and CollaboratorsOlema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Locations
Clinical Trial Site | Hot Springs Arkansas, United States, 71913Clinical Trial Site | Beverly Hills California, United States, 90211Clinical Trial Site | Santa Barbara California, United States, 93105Clinical Trial Site | Aurora Colorado, United States, 80045Clinical Trial Site | Denver Colorado, United States, 80220Clinical Trial Site | Honolulu Hawaii, United States, 96813Clinical Trial Site | Peoria Illinois, United States, 61615Clinical Trial Site | Ames Iowa, United States, 50010Clinical Trial Site | Scarborough Maine, United States, 04074Clinical Trial Site | Annapolis Maryland, United States, 21401Clinical Trial Site | Minneapolis Minnesota, United States, 55404Clinical Trial Site | Kansas City Missouri, United States, 64132Clinical Trial Site | Santa Fe New Mexico, United States, 87505Clinical Trial Site | Cincinnati Ohio, United States, 45245Clinical Trial Site | Columbus Ohio, United States, 43219Clinical Trial Site | Horsham Pennsylvania, United States, 19044Clinical Trial Site | Sayre Pennsylvania, United States, 18840Clinical Trial Site | Knoxville Tennessee, United States, 37909Clinical Trial Site | Tennessee City Tennessee, United States, 37203Clinical Trial Site | Denton Texas, United States, 76201Clinical Trial Site | El Paso Texas, United States, 79902Clinical Trial Site | Houston Texas, United States, 77024Clinical Trial Site | San Antonio Texas, United States, 78229Clinical Trial Site | Salt Lake City Utah, United States, 84106Clinical Trial Site | Fort Belvoir Virginia, United States, 22060Clinical Trial Site | Norfolk Virginia, United States, 23502Clinical Trial Site | Olympia Washington, United States, 98502Clinical Trial Site | Vancouver Washington, United States, 98684Clinical Trial Site | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 2109Clinical Trial Site | Waratah New South Wales, Australia, 2298Clinical Trial Site | South Brisbane Queensland, Australia, 4101Clinical Trial Site | Adelaide South Australia, Australia, 5000Clinical Trial Site | Clayton Victoria, Australia, 3168Clinical Trial Site | Geelong Victoria, Australia, 3220Clinical Trial Site | Heidelberg Victoria, Australia, 03084Clinical Trial Site | Nedlands Western Australia, Australia, 6009Clinical Trial Site | Linz Upper Austria, Austria, 4010Clinical Trial Site | Kortrijk Flanders, Belgium, 8500Clinical Trial Site | Charleroi Wallonia, Belgium, 6060Clinical Trial Site | Toronto Ontario, Canada, M2J 1V1Clinical Trial Site | Prague Prague, Czechia, 150 06Clinical Trial Site | Zlín Zlín, Czechia, 762 75Clinical Trial Site | Pierre-Bénite Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, 69310Clinical Trial Site | Brest Brittany Region, France, 29609Clinical Trial Site | Besançon Doubs, France, 25000Clinical Trial Site | Montpellier Hérault, France, 34070Clinical Trial Site | Toulouse Occitanie, France, 31059Clinical Trial Site | Bobigny , France, 93000Clinical Trial Site | Torgau Saxony, Germany, 04860Clinical Trial Site | Athens Pireas, Greece, 18547Clinical Trial Site | Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece, 57001Clinical Trial Site | Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077Clinical Trial Site | Hong Kong Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077Clinical Trial Site | Hong Kong Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, 999077Clinical Trial Site | Kecskemét Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary, 6000Clinical Trial Site | Debrecen Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary, 4032Clinical Trial Site | Bologna Emilia-Romagna, Italy, 40138Clinical Trial Site | Genoa Liguria, Italy, 16132Clinical Trial Site | Milan Milano, Italy, 20132Clinical Trial Site | Prato Tuscany, Italy, 59100Clinical Trial Site | Milan Varese, Italy, 21100Clinical Trial Site | Ipoh Ipoh Perak, Malaysia, 30450Clinical Trial Site | Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50586Clinical Trial Site | Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 59100Clinical Trial Site | George Town Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, 10450Clinical Trial Site | Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia, 88996Clinical Trial Site | Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia, 93586Clinical Trial Site | Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia, 46050Clinical Trial Site | Putrajaya Wilayah PE, Malaysia, 62250Clinical Trial Site | Apeldoorn Gelderland, Netherlands, 7334 DZClinical Trial Site | Amsterdam North Holland, Netherlands, 1081 HVClinical Trial Site | Rzeszów Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, 35-055Clinical Trial Site | Rzeszów Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, 35-922Clinical Trial Site | Brzozów Woj Podkarpackie, Poland, 36-200Clinical Trial Site | Lodz Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, 90-302Clinical Trial Site | Porto Porto District, Portugal, 4464-513Clinical Trial Site | Bucharest Bucharest, Romania, 11171Clinical Trial Site | Cluj-Napoca Cluj, Romania, 400641Clinical Trial Site | Ovidiu Constanța County, Romania, 905900Clinical Trial Site | Craiova Dolj, Romania, 200542Clinical Trial Site | Iași Iaşi, Romania, 700106Clinical Trial Site | Timișoara Timiș County, Romania, 300239Clinical Trial Site | Busan Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea, 49201Clinical Trial Site | Daegu Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea, 41404Clinical Trial Site | Goyang-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 10408Clinical Trial Site | Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 13620Clinical Trial Site | Suwon Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 16247Clinical Trial Site | Yongin-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 16499Clinical Trial Site | Seoul Seoul, South Korea, 02841Clinical Trial Site 1 | Seoul Seoul, South Korea, 03080Clinical Trial Site 2 | Seoul Seoul, South Korea, 03080Clinical Trial Site | Seoul Seoul, South Korea, 03722Clinical Trial Site | Seoul Seoul Special City, South Korea, 05505Clinical Trial Site | Seoul Seoul Special City, South Korea, 08308Clinical Trial Site | Alicante Alicante, Spain, 3010Clinical Trial Site | Barcelona Barcelona, Spain, 08028Clinical Trial Site | Barcelona Barcelona, Spain, 08035Clinical Trial Site | Barcelona Barcelona, Spain, 08036Clinical Trial Site | Granada Granada, Spain, 18012Clinical Trial Site | Lleida Lleida, Spain, 25198Clinical Trial Site | Madrid Madrid, Spain, 28007Clinical Trial Site | Madrid Madrid, Spain, 28040Clinical Trial Site | Madrid Madrid, Spain, 28046Clinical Trial Site | Madrid Madrid, Spain, 28050Clinical Trial Site | Murcia Murcia, Spain, 30120Clinical Trial Site | Seville Sevilla, Spain, 41009Clinical Trial Site | Valencia Valencia, Spain, 46010Clinical Trial Site | Zaragoza Zaragoza, Spain, 50009Clinical Trial Site | Chang-hua Chang Hua, Taiwan, 50006Clinical Trial Site | Kaohsiung City Sanmin, Taiwan, 80756Clinical Trial Site | Taipei Special Municipality, Taiwan, 11217Clinical Trial Site | Taipei Special Municipality, Taiwan, 11490Clinical Trial Site | Taipei Taipei City, Taiwan, 100Clinical Trial Site | Taipei Taipei City, Taiwan, 10449Clinical Trial Site | Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand, 10700Clinical Trial Site | Dusit Bangkok, Thailand, 10300Clinical Trial Site | Ban Phaeo Changwat Samut Sakhon, Thailand, 74120Clinical Trial Site | Hat Yai Changwat Songkhla, Thailand, 90110Clinical Trial Site | Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50200Clinical Trial Site | Brighton England, United Kingdom, BN2 5BEClinical Trial Site | London England, United Kingdom, WC1E 6AGClinical Trial Site | London Greater London, United Kingdom, EC1M 6BQClinical Trial Site | Taunton Somerset, United Kingdom, TA1 5DAClinical Trial Site | Guildford Surrey, United Kingdom, GU2 7XX
Investigators
Study Director: Medical Director, MD, Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.