Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at Santa Monica 5393212, California 5332921 and other locations
Dates
study started
study ends around
Principal Investigator
by Nicholas P. McAndrew, MD, MSCE
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Nicholas P. McAndrew

Description

Summary

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and hormone receptor (HR) low positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) negative breast cancer. The main goals of this study are to learn:

  • About the safety of the study treatments and if people tolerate them
  • If people who receive patritumab deruxtecan, pembrolizumab, and chemotherapy before surgery have fewer cancer cells removed during surgery compared to those who receive only pembrolizumab (pembro) and chemotherapy.

Official Title

An Open-label Randomized Phase 2 Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Patritumab Deruxtecan Plus Pembrolizumab Administered Either Before or After Carboplatin/Paclitaxel Plus Pembrolizumab Compared With Pembrolizumab in Combination With Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery and Adjuvant Pembrolizumab for High-Risk Early-Stage Triple-Negative or Hormone Receptor-Low Positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 Negative Breast Cancer (HERTHENA-Breast03)

Keywords

Breast Neoplasms, Breast Cancer, patritumab deruxtecan, pembrolizumab, Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, Doxorubicin, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Capecitabine, olaparib, Doxorubicin hydrochloride, Epirubicin hydrochloride

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18 years and up

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

  • Has locally advanced, non-metastatic (M0), breast cancer, defined as any of the following combined primary tumor (T) and regional lymph node (N) staging per current

    American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) criteria: cT1c, N1-N2; cT2, N0-N2; cT3, N0-N2; or cT4a-d, N0-N2

  • Has centrally confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer that is triple-negative or HR-low+/HER2- breast cancer that will be treated according to the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) paradigm
  • Participants who are Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received Hepatitis B virus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks and have undetectable HBV viral load
  • Participants with a history of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable
  • Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 within 28 days prior to allocation/randomization
  • Has left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥50% or ≥ lower limit of normal (LLN) as assessed by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multigate acquisition scan (MUGA) scan

You CAN'T join if...

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

  • Has uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease before randomization
  • Has clinically significant corneal disease
  • Has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with a history of Kaposi sarcoma and/or multicentric Castleman disease
  • Has received prior therapy with an anti-programmed death (PD)-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor
  • Has received any prior treatment, including radiation, systemic therapy, and/or definitive surgery for currently diagnosed breast cancer
  • Has received prior treatment with an anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (HER3) antibody and/or antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that consists of an exatecan derivative that is a topoisomerase I inhibitor (e.g., trastuzumab deruxtecan)
  • Has metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer or cN3 nodal involvement
  • Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years
  • Has known active central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis
  • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease, or where suspected ILD/pneumonitis cannot be ruled out by standard diagnostic assessments
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
  • Has concurrent active HBV and HCV infection
  • Has clinically severe respiratory compromise resulting from intercurrent pulmonary illness

Locations

  • UCLA Hematology/Oncology - Parkside ( Site 0021) accepting new patients
    Santa Monica 5393212 California 5332921 90404 United States
  • Northwest Cancer Specialists (Compass Oncology) ( Site 8003) accepting new patients
    Tigard 5756758 Oregon 5744337 97223 United States

Lead Scientist at UCLA

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Links
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ID
NCT06797635
Phase
Phase 2 Breast Cancer Research Study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 372 study participants
Last Updated