A Study of ZEN003694 and Talazoparib in Patients With Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03901469 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : April 3, 2019
Last Update Posted : February 2, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer | Drug: ZEN003694 Drug: Talazoparib | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 179 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Masking Description: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2b Study of ZEN003694 in Combination With Talazoparib in Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 26, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | November 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Part 1 and Part 2
ZEN003694 will be administered PO QD with Talazoparib PO QD in 28-day cycles. Patients have histologically confirmed Triple Negative Breast Cancer and have no documented germline mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2. Includes sites in the US and EU.
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Drug: ZEN003694
PO QD
Other Name: ZEN-3694 Drug: Talazoparib PO QD
Other Name: Talzenna |
Experimental: Expansion Cohort A - Combination Treatment in post-TROP2-ADC patients
ZEN003694 will be administered PO QD with Talazoparib PO QD at the RP2D in 28-day cycles. Patients have histologically confirmed Triple Negative Breast Cancer and have no documented germline mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2. Includes sites in the US and EU.
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Drug: ZEN003694
PO QD
Other Name: ZEN-3694 Drug: Talazoparib PO QD
Other Name: Talzenna |
Experimental: Expansion Cohort B - ZEN003694 Monotherapy
ZEN003694 will be administered PO QD as monotherapy at the RP2D in 28-day cycles with the option to cross-over to combination treatment of ZEN003694 PO QD with Talazoparib PO QD at the time of disease progression (but no sooner than after 6 weeks of monotherapy). Patients have histologically confirmed Triple Negative Breast Cancer and have no documented germline mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2. Includes sites in the US and EU.
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Drug: ZEN003694
PO QD
Other Name: ZEN-3694 |
Experimental: Expansion Cohort C - Combination Treatment in TROP2-ADC-naïve patients
ZEN003694 will be administered PO QD with Talazoparib PO QD at the RP2D in 28-day cycles. Patients have histologically confirmed Triple Negative Breast Cancer and have no documented germline mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2. Includes sites in China only.
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Drug: ZEN003694
PO QD
Other Name: ZEN-3694 Drug: Talazoparib PO QD
Other Name: Talzenna |
- Part 1 and Part 2: Incidence of treatment-related adverse events (AE) and treatment-related serious adverse events (SAE) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1 to 30 days post last dose (each cycle is 28 days) ]
- Part 1: Incidence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) [ Time Frame: Cycle 1, Up to 1 month ]Determination of DLT will be made during the first 28 days of treatment (i.e., Cycle 1) in the dose escalation phase. A DLT is defined as a clinically significant AE or laboratory abnormality that is considered possibly, probably or definitely related to study drug.
- Part 2: Clinical benefit rate (CBR) [ Time Frame: From screening up to 18 months ]CBR defined as a confirmed complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD ≥ 4 cycles) by RECIST v1.1
- Expansion Cohort A: Objective response rate (ORR) by RECIST v1.1 (CR or PR) [ Time Frame: From screening up to 18 months ]ORR defined as a confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) by RECIST 1.1
- Part 1, Expansion Cohorts A and C: Clinical benefit rate (CBR) [ Time Frame: From screening up to 18 months ]CBR defined as a confirmed complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD ≥ 4 cycles) by RECIST 1.1
- Part 1, Part 2, and Expansion Cohort C: Objective response rate (ORR) [ Time Frame: From screening up to 18 months ]ORR defined as a confirmed complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) by RECIST 1.1
- Part 1, Part 2, Expansion Cohorts A and C: Evaluate median progression-free survival [ Time Frame: From screening up to 18 months ]Time from randomization to documented disease progression or death
- Part 2, Expansion Cohorts A and C: Evaluate duration of response (DOR) [ Time Frame: From screening up to 18 months ]For subjects with a confirmed response of PR or CR, duration of response is measured from the date of the first response until the time that overall disease progression (radiographic progressive disease or clinical deterioration) or death is documented.
- Part 1: Measure plasma concentrations of ZEN003694 and the active metabolite ZEN003791. [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 1: Pre-dose, 15 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, and 8 hours post-dose; Cycle 1 Day 15: Pre-dose; Cycle 2 Day1: Pre-dose, 1 hour, 2 hours, and 4 hours post-dose; Cycle 2 Day 15: Pre-dose (each cycle is 28 days) ]Plasma concentrations of ZEN003694 and the active metabolite ZEN003791 will be measured.
- Part 1: Measure plasma concentrations of talazoparib. [ Time Frame: Cycle 1 Day 15: Pre-dose; Cycle 2 Day 1: Pre-dose; Cycle 2 Day 15: Pre-dose (each cycle is 28 days) ]Plasma concentrations of talazoparib will be measured.
- Part 2, Expansion Cohorts A, B, and C: Measure plasma concentrations of ZEN003694 and the active metabolite ZEN003791. [ Time Frame: Cycle 2 Day 1: Pre-dose, 1 hour, 2 hours, and 4 hours post-dose; Cycle 2 Day 15: Pre-dose (each cycle is 28 days) ]Plasma concentrations of ZEN003694 and the active metabolite ZEN003791 will be measured.
- Part 2, Expansion Cohorts A and C: Measure plasma concentrations of talazoparib. [ Time Frame: Cycle 2 Day 1: Pre-dose, Cycle 2 Day 15: Pre-dose (each cycle is 28 days) ]Plasma concentrations of talazoparib will be measured.
- Part 2, Expansion Cohorts A and C: Change From Baseline in Global Health Status/Quality of Life (QoL) Measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 for Overall Duration [ Time Frame: Screening and Day 1 of every 28-day Cycle, up to 18 months (Overall Duration) ]European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30): cancer-specific instrument with 30 questions to assess the participant QoL. First 28 questions used to evaluate 5 functional scales (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, social), 3 symptom scales (fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain) and other single items (dyspnea, appetite loss, insomnia, constipation, diarrhea, financial difficulties). Each question assessed on 4-point scale (1= not at all, 2= a little, 3= quite a bit, 4= very much); functional scales: higher score = better level of functioning; symptom scale: higher score = more severe symptoms; for single items: higher score= more severe problem. Last 2 questions used to evaluate global health status (GHS)/QoL. Each question was assessed on 7-point scale (1= very poor to 7= excellent). Scores averaged, transformed to 0-100 scale; higher score=better quality of life/better level of functioning.
- Part 2, Expansion Cohorts A and C: Change from Baseline in Breast Symptoms Scale as Assessed by the EORTC-QLQ-BR23 [ Time Frame: Screening and Day 1 of every 28-day Cycle, up to 18 months (Overall Duration) ]European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Breast Cancer Module (EORTC-QLQ-BR23) is a disease-specific module for breast cancer developed as a supplement for the EORTC-QLQ-C30 to assess the quality of life of participants with breast cancer. EORTC-QLQ-BR23 symptoms subscale includes 4 items: systemic therapy side effects, breast symptoms, arm symptoms, upset by hair loss. Each item is rated by choosing 1 of 4 possible responses that record the level of intensity (1= not at all, 2= a little, 3= quite a bit, and 4= very much), higher scores=high level of symptom/problems.
- Part 2, Expansion Cohorts A and C: Safety profile of ZEN003694 in combination with talazoparib. [ Time Frame: From screening up to 18 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Females or males age ≥ 18 years (at time of signing informed consent)
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Parts 1 and 2 only: Histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent or locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer (estrogen receptor (ER) ≤10%; progesterone receptor (PR) ≤10%; and HER2 negative by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)
Expansion only: Histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent, or locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer as defined by the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) guidelines.
- Patient is not a candidate for endocrine based therapy, based on Investigator judgement
- Have a history of progressive disease despite prior therapy
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Part 1: Have had at least 1 prior cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Part 2: Have had no more than 2 prior chemotherapy-inclusive regimens for locally advanced or metastatic disease, unless approved by the Sponsor (no limit on prior targeted anticancer therapies such as mechanistic target or rapamycin (mTOR) or CDK4/6 inhibitors, immune-oncology agents, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, or monoclonal antibodies against CTL4 or VEGF.)
Expansion Cohort A (combination treatment in post-TROP2-ADC patients): Have received TROP2-ADC therapy for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease.
Expansion Cohort B (ZEN003694 monotherapy): Have had at least 1 prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease which may or may not have included a TROP2-ADC.
Expansion Cohort C (combination treatment in TROP2-ADC-naive patients): Have had at least 1 prior systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease and who have not received prior TROP2-ADC therapy.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Part 2 and Expansion only: Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1
Exclusion Criteria:
- Documented germline mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2
- Parts 1 and 2 only: Evidence of disease progression during platinum treatment either in the neoadjuvant or in the metastatic setting. For patients receiving platinum in the neoadjuvant setting, at least 6 months must have elapsed between the last dose of platinum-based treatment and enrollment
- Part 2 only: Patients with inflammatory breast cancer
- Current or anticipated use of medications known to be strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 or substrates of CYP1A2 with narrow therapeutic windows. Strong inhibitors, inducers or substrates must be discontinued at least 7 days prior to the first administration of study drug.
- Current or anticipated use within 7 days prior to the first administration of study drug, or during the study, of strong P-gp inhibitors.
- Use of oral Factor Xa inhibitors (i.e., rivaroxaban, apixaban, betrixaban, edoxaban otamixaban, letaxaban, eribaxaban) and Factor IIa inhibitors (i.e., dabigatran). Low molecular weight heparin is allowed
- Prior anticancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy, immunotherapy or investigational agent) within 3 weeks from the start of study drug (except for nitrosoureas and mitomycin C within 6 weeks from start of study drug)
- Parts 1 and 2 only: Radiation to >25% of the bone marrow
- Treatment with a bone-targeted radionuclide within 6 weeks of first dose of study drug
- Have previously received an investigational BET inhibitor (including previous participation in studies with the Sponsor's drug, ZEN003694); except for patients in Expansion Cohort B who received ZEN003694 monotherapy and are eligible to cross-over to combination treatment
- Prior treatment with a PARP inhibitor
- QTcF interval > 470 msec
- Insufficient recovery (i.e., has not recovered to at least Grade 1) from prior treatment-related toxicities except for alopecia, fatigue and Grade 2 neuropathy
- Non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture (not including a pathological bone fracture caused by a pre-existing pathological bone lesion)
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Parts 1 and 2 only: Brain metastases not adequately treated and clinically stable (at the discretion of the Investigator) for at least 3 months prior to the start of study treatment, unless a shorter interval is approved by the Sponsor's Medical Monitor
Expansion only: Progressive, symptomatic, or untreated brain metastases. CNS metastases treated definitively with surgery and/or radiation must be radiographically stable based on imaging at least 3 months after definitive treatment. CNS metastases requiring steroid doses equivalent to prednisone doses >10 mg daily or an increase in steroid doses due to CNS disease prior to consent are not eligible
- Expansion only: Disease initially diagnosed with expression of estrogen receptor (ER) or progesterone receptor (PR) as ≥5%
- Expansion only: Patients treated with prior endocrine therapy

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03901469
Contact: Zenith Study Team | 587-390-7865 | ZEN003694-004@zenithepigenetics.com |

Responsible Party: | Zenith Epigenetics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03901469 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ZEN003694-004 2018-003906-26 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | April 3, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 2, 2023 |
Last Verified: | February 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
TNBC ZEN003694 ZEN-3694 Talazoparib Breast Cancer |
PARPi poly ADP ribose polymerase bromodomain BETi |
Breast Neoplasms Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |
Talazoparib Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents |