A Study of Neoadjuvant Letrozole + Taselisib Versus Letrozole + Placebo in Post-Menopausal Women With Breast Cancer (LORELEI)

Inclusion Criteria:

- Female participants

- Postmenopausal status

- Histologically confirmed invasive breast carcinoma, with all of the following
characteristics: (i) Primary tumor greater than or equal to (>/=) 2 centimeters (cm)
in largest diameter (cT1-3) by MRI; (ii) Stage I to operable Stage III breast cancer;
(iii) Documented absence of distant metastases (M0)

- Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative
(HER2-) breast cancer

- Breast cancer eligible for primary surgery

- Tumor tissue from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded cores (FFPE) core biopsy of breast
primary tumor that is confirmed as evaluable for phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate
3-kinase, catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) mutation status by central histopathology
laboratory

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1

- Fasting glucose less than or equal to (
- Adequate hematological, renal, and hepatic function

- Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition
potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule

- Ability and willingness to comply with study visits, treatment, testing, and to comply
with the protocol, in the investigator's judgment

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any prior treatment for primary invasive breast cancer

- Participants with cT4 or cN3 stage breast tumors

- Bilateral invasive, multicentric, or metastatic breast cancer

- Participants who have undergone excisional biopsy of primary tumor and/or axillary
lymph nodes or sentinel lymph node biopsy

- Type 1 or 2 diabetes requiring antihyperglycemic medication

- Inability or unwillingness to swallow pills

- Malabsorption syndrome or other condition that would interfere with enteric absorption

- History of prior or currently active small or large intestine inflammation (such as
Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis). Any predisposition for gastrointestinal (GI)
toxicity requires prior approval from the Medical Monitor.

- Congenital long QT syndrome or QT interval corrected using Fridericia's formula (QTcF)
>470 milliseconds (msec)

- Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) <60% of the predicted
values

- Clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease, uncontrolled
hypertension, unstable angina, history of myocardial infarction, cardiac failure class
II-IV

- Any contraindication to MRI examination

- Active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics

- Participants requiring any daily supplemental oxygen

- Clinically significant history of liver disease, including viral or other known
hepatitis, current alcohol abuse, or cirrhosis

- Any other diseases, active or uncontrolled pulmonary dysfunction, metabolic
dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving
reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an
investigational drug, that may affect the interpretation of the results, or renders
the participants at high risk from treatment complications

- Significant traumatic injury within 3 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment

- Major surgical procedure within 4 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment

- Inability to comply with study and follow-up procedures

- History of other malignancy within 5 years prior to screening, except for
appropriately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, or
Stage I uterine cancer