A Study of Patritumab Deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) in Combination With Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (T-DXd) in Participants With HR-Positive, HER2-Low or HER2-Ultralow Unresectable or Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT07701941 — Phase 1 / Phase 2, Recruiting, 220 participants, Daiichi Sankyo

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A Phase 1b/2, Multicenter, Open-label, Dose Regimen Determination and Dose Expansion Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Anti-tumor Activity, and an Optimal Dose Regimen of Patritumab Deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) With Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (T-DXd) in Participants With Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2-low or HER2-ultralow, Unresectable or Metastatic Breast Cancer (HERTHENA-Breast02)

RegistryNCT07701941
StatusRecruiting
PhasePhase 1 / Phase 2
Study typeInterventional; randomized, parallel, masking: none, treatment
Enrollment220 (Estimated)
SponsorDaiichi Sankyo (Industry); collaborators: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
ConditionsHormone Receptor Positive, HER2-low or HER2-ultralow, Unresectable or Metastatic Breast Cancer
InterventionsPatritumab deruxtecan, Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Drug)
Datesstart 2026-09-17, primary completion 2031-01-01 (estimated), completion 2032-05-01 (estimated), first posted 2026-07-14, last updated 2026-10-01
Locations72 sites in United States, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan

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-Summary

The primary purpose of the study is to assess the safety, tolerability, and anti-tumor activity of HER3-DXd and T-DXd in the combination dosing regimens in participants with hormone receptor positive, HER2-low or HER2-ultralow, unresectable, or metastatic breast cancer.

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+Arms and interventions

ArmTypeInterventionsDescription
Part 1: Arm 1: Dose Regimen DeterminationExperimentalDrug: Patritumab deruxtecan; Drug: Trastuzumab deruxtecanParticipants with unresectable or metastatic breast cancer (mBC) will receive T-DXd and HER3-DXd in combination regimen A until disease progression, death, unacceptable toxicity, or trial close.
Part 1: Arm 2: Dose Regimen DeterminationExperimentalDrug: Patritumab deruxtecan; Drug: Trastuzumab deruxtecanParticipants with unresectable or mBC will receive T-DXd and HER3-DXd in combination regimen B until disease progression, death, unacceptable toxicity, or trial close.
Part 2: Arm 3: Dose ExpansionExperimentalDrug: Patritumab deruxtecan; Drug: Trastuzumab deruxtecanParticipants with unresectable or mBC will receive T-DXd and HER3-DXd in a combination regimen based on the available Part 1 data until disease progression, death, unacceptable toxicity, or trial close.
Part 2: Arm 4: MonotherapyActive comparatorDrug: Trastuzumab deruxtecanParticipants with unresectable or mBC will receive T-DXd monotherapy until disease progression, death, unacceptable toxicity, or trial close.
  • Patritumab deruxtecan (Drug), also known as U31402, HER3-DXd: Intravenous administration as determined by treatment arm.
  • Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Drug), also known as DS8201a, T-DXd: Intravenous administration as determined by treatment arm.

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

  • Part 1: Number of Participants With at Least One Treatment-emergent Adverse Event (TEAE) and Serious Adverse Event (SAE) [Up to approximately 4.5 years]: Adverse event(AE): any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered pharmaceutical product (PP) and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment.AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign(including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example),symptom,or disease temporally associated with the use of PP, whether or not considered related to the PP.Pre-existing conditions which worsen during study are also considered as AEs.SAE:any AE that fulfilled any of following criteria:fatal,life-threatening,required inpatient hospitalisation or prolongation of existing hospitalization,resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity,was congenital anomaly/birth defect, medically significant or required intervention to prevent any of the other outcomes listed here. TEAEs:AEs with start or worsening date during the on-treatment period(from 1st dose date of trial intervention to 47 days after the last dose date of trial intervention).
  • Part 2: Objective Response Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours Version 1.1 (RECIST v.1.1) as Assessed by the Investigator [Up to approximately 4.5 years]: Objective response is defined as participants with a best overall response (BOR) of confirmed complete response (CR) or confirmed partial response (PR), as assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1.

Secondary outcomes

  • Part 1: Objective Response Per RECIST v.1.1 as Assessed by the Investigator [Up to approximately 6 years]: Objective response is defined as participants with a BOR of confirmed CR or confirmed PR, as assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1.
  • Part 2: Number of Participants With at Least One TEAE and SAE [Up to approximately 6 years]: AE: any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered pharmaceutical product (PP) and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment.AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign(including an abnormal laboratory finding, for example),symptom,or disease temporally associated with the use of PP, whether or not considered related to the PP.Pre-existing conditions which worsen during study are also considered as AEs.SAE:any AE that fulfilled any of following criteria:fatal,life-threatening,required inpatient hospitalisation or prolongation of existing hospitalization,resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity,was congenital anomaly/birth defect, medically significant or required intervention to prevent any of the other outcomes listed here. TEAEs:AEs with start or worsening date during the on-treatment period(from 1st dose date of trial intervention to 47 days after the last dose date of trial intervention).
  • Parts 1 and 2: Disease Control Per RECIST v.1.1 as Assessed by the Investigator [Up to approximately 6 years]: Disease control is defined as participants with a BOR of confirmed CR, confirmed PR, or SD per RECIST v1.1.
  • Parts 1 and 2: Duration of Response (DoR) Per RECIST v.1.1 as Assessed by the Investigator [Up to approximately 6 years]: DoR is defined as the time (month) from date of initial response (CR or PR) to the earlier date of the first objective documentation of radiographic disease progression or death due to any cause.
  • Parts 1 and 2: Clinical Benefit Per RECIST v.1.1 as Assessed by Investigator [Up to approximately 6 years]: Clinical benefit is defined as participants with a BOR of confirmed CR, confirmed PR, or SD lasting ≥183 days, per RECIST v1.1.
  • Parts 1 and 2: Progression-free Survival (PFS) Per RECIST v.1.1 as Assessed by Investigator [Up to approximately 6 years]: PFS by investigator is defined as the time (month) from the date of randomization to the earlier date of the first objective documentation of radiographic disease progression as assessed by investigator per RECIST v1.1 or death due to any cause.
  • Parts 1 and 2: Time to Response (TTR) Per RECIST v.1.1 as Assessed by Investigator [Up to approximately 6 years]: TTR is defined as the time (months) from the start date of study treatment to the date of the first documentation of response (CR or PR). TTR will be calculated for responders only.
  • Parts 1 and 2: Overall Survival (OS) [Up to approximately 6 years]: OS is defined as the time (month) from the date of randomization to the date of death due to any cause.
  • Part 1: Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of Anti-HER3 Antibody Conjugate Deruxtecan (HER3-ac-DXd) [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Cmax of Total Anti-HER3 Antibody Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Cmax of T-DXd [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Cmax of Total Anti-HER2 Antibody [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Cmax of Released Payload (DXd) [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Trough Serum Concentration (Ctrough) of Anti-HER3-ac-DXd [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Ctrough of Total Anti-HER3 antibody LC-MS [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Ctrough of T-DXd [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Ctrough of Total Anti-HER2 Antibody [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Ctrough of Released Payload (DXd) [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Time to Reach Maximum Serum Concentration (Tmax) of Anti-HER3-ac-DXd [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Tmax of Total Anti-HER3 Antibody LC-MS [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Tmax of T-DXd [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Tmax of Total Anti-HER2 Antibody [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 1: Tmax of Released Payload (DXd) [Pre-dose and post-dose at multiple timepoints during each cycle, up to approximately 6 years (Cycle length=21 days)]
  • Part 2: Correlation Between HER3 Protein Expression and Efficacy [Up to approximately 6 years]: HER3 protein expression in tumor tissue as determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and correlation with ORR, DoR, and PFS.
  • Part 2: Correlation Between HER2 Protein Expression and Efficacy [Up to approximately 6 years]: HER2 protein expression in tumor tissue as determined by IHC and correlation with ORR, DoR, and PFS.

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to any

Key Inclusion Criteria:

1. Pathologically documented breast cancer that meets the following:

   1. Unresectable or metastatic.
   2. HR+ based on testing performed locally. HR+ (estrogen receptor \[ER\] and/or progesterone receptor \[PgR\] positive \[ER or PgR greater than equal to (≥)1 percent (%)\] per American Society of Clinical Oncology \[ASCO\]/College of American Pathologists \[CAP\] 2020 guidelines) in the unresectable or metastatic setting.
   3. Assessed as HER2-low (defined as Immunohistochemistry (IHC)2+/In-situ hybridization (ISH)- or IHC1+) or HER2-ultralow (defined as IHC 0 with any membrane staining in greater than (>) 0 and lesser than equal to (≤)10% of the cancer cells) locally for Part 1 and centrally for Part 2. The HER2 result must be from a tumor sample obtained in the unresectable or metastatic setting.

      * For Dose Regimen Determination (Part 1), HER2 status used for eligibility assessment must be determined locally (according to applicable regulations) using the PATHWAY anti-HER2/neu (4B5) Rabbit Monoclonal Primary Antibody (Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.). Additional HER2 testing will be performed locally and according to applicable regulations using the prescribed test during Screening only if prior results obtained with this test are not available for eligibility assessment.
      * For Dose Expansion (Part 2), HER2 testing will be performed prospectively at a central laboratory using the pretreatment tumor tissue sample.
2. Provides a pretreatment tumor tissue sample that meets one of the following collection requirements:

   1. Tissue biopsy collected from ≥1 lesion not previously irradiated and performed since progression with the most recent systemic cancer therapy regimen and prior to signature of the Tissue Screening informed consent form (ICF) (ARCHIVAL PRETREATMENT sample).

      OR
   2. Newly obtained pretreatment tumor biopsy from ≥1 lesion not previously irradiated and amenable to sampling, after signature of the Tissue Screening ICF (FRESH PRETREATMENT sample).
3. Documented radiologic disease progression as per investigator assessment per RECIST v1.1 criteria (during or after most recent treatment).
4. Documented refractoriness to endocrine therapy, defined as disease progression on one or more line of endocrine therapy in the unresectable or metastatic setting and determined by the investigator that participant would no longer benefit from further treatment with endocrine therapy.
5. Prior treatment with a Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor in any setting. Subsequent endocrine therapies administered after progression on CDK4/6 inhibitor are allowed.
6. Participants with genomic alterations/mutations (Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha (PIK3CA), phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), AKT, or Breast Cancer gene (BRCA)1/2) who are eligible for approved targeted therapies in combination with endocrine therapy or as monotherapy (according to local label and availability) must have received the corresponding therapy prior to enrollment, unless contraindicated or not accessible in their country/region.
7. No prior chemotherapy for unresectable or metastatic breast cancer. Participants who have received chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting are eligible.
8. ECOG performance status 0 or 1 at the time of Screening.
9. Has ≥1 measurable lesion on CT or MRI per RECIST v1.1 by investigator assessment.
10. Has adequate bone marrow reserve and organ function based on local laboratory data within 7 days prior to the first dose as specified in the protocol.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior treatment with an anti-HER3 antibody and/or antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that consists of a topoisomerase I inhibitor (e.g., T-DXd) or any other topoisomerase I inhibitor therapy.
2. Has any history of interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis irrespective of steroid use, or current ILD, or suspected ILD, or ILD that cannot be ruled out by imaging at Screening. Examples of suspected ILD/pneumonitis by imaging include the presence of lung parenchymal fibrosis, such as CPFE, and any radiographic features consistent with ILA, including but not limited to, extensive ground glass opacities, reticular opacities, traction bronchiectasis, and honeycombing. Participants may be eligible if they had history of radiation pneumonitis that did not require steroids.
3. Is receiving chronic systemic corticosteroids dosed at >10 mg prednisone daily or equivalent anti-inflammatory activity or any form of immunosuppressive therapy prior to randomization. Participants who require use of bronchodilators, inhaled or topical steroids, or local steroid injections may be included in the trial.
4. Evidence of spinal cord compression or brain metastases, defined as being clinically active and symptomatic, or requiring therapy with corticosteroids or anticonvulsants to control associated symptoms. Participants with clinically inactive or treated brain metastases who are asymptomatic (i.e., without neurologic signs or symptoms and do not require treatment with corticosteroids or anticonvulsants) may be included in the trial but must have a stable neurologic status for ≥4 weeks prior to Cycle 1 Day 1. Participants with asymptomatic brain metastases and treated with anticonvulsants as prophylaxis can enroll.
5. Inadequate washout period of prior treatment before randomization:

   1. Whole brain radiation therapy less than (<)28 days.
   2. Monoclonal antibodies other than immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (e.g., bevacizumab) and anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (e.g., cetuximab) < 28 days.
   3. Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy <21 days.
   4. Major surgery (excluding placement of vascular access) <28 days.
   5. Radiotherapy treatment to more than 30% of the bone marrow or wide field radiation or palliative stereotactic radiation to chest <28 days or palliative stereotactic radiation therapy to other anatomic areas <14 days.
   6. Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine ≤14 days.
   7. Hormonal therapy <21 days prior to first dose of HER3-DXd.
   8. Live or live attenuated virus vaccination <30 days.
6. Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease, including any of the following:

   1. QTcF prolongation interval >450 milliseconds (ms) (average of triplicate determinations at screening).
   2. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤50%.
   3. Resting systolic blood pressure >160 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg.
   4. Myocardial infarction within 6 months.
   5. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classes 3 or 4 congestive heart failure.
   6. Uncontrolled angina pectoris within 6 months.
   7. Cardiac arrhythmia requiring ongoing antiarrhythmic treatment.
   8. Diagnosed or suspected long QT syndrome or known family history of long QT syndrome.
   9. History of clinically relevant ventricular arrhythmias, such as ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or Torsade de Pointes.
   10. Bradycardia of <50 beats per minute (bpm) unless the participant has a pacemaker.
   11. History of second- or third-degree heart block. Participants with a history of heart block may be eligible if they currently have pacemakers and have no history of fainting or clinically relevant arrhythmia with pacemakers.
   12. Coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft within 6 months.
   13. Complete left bundle branch block.
7. Has history of other active malignancy within 3 years prior to randomization, except the following:

   1. Adequately resected nonmelanoma skin cancer.
   2. Adequately treated intraepithelial carcinoma of the cervix.
   3. Any other curatively treated in situ disease.
   4. Prostate carcinoma with a prostate-specific antigen value <0.2 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL).
8. Has unresolved toxicities from previous anticancer therapy, defined as toxicities (other than alopecia) not yet resolved to National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 (NCI-CTCAE v5.0) Grade ≤1 or baseline.
9. Any known contraindication to treatment, including hypersensitivity to either the drug substances or inactive ingredients in the drug products.

Note: Other protocol specified inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

+Locations (72)

FacilityCityCountryStatus
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer InstituteLos Angeles, CaliforniaUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Stanford Medicine Cancer CenterStanford, CaliforniaUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
University of Colorado Denver - School of Medicine - Anschutz Medical CampusAurora, ColoradoUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Yale University School of Medicine - Yale Cancer CenterNew Haven, ConnecticutUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MassachusettsUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MassachusettsUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
Compass Oncology - Rose Quarter Cancer CenterPortland, OregonUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
The West Cancer CenterMemphis, TennesseeUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
SCRI Oncology PartnersNashville, TennesseeUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
University of Texas SouthwesternDallas, TexasUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Virginia Oncology AssociatesNorfolk, VirginiaUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-LucBrusselsBelgiumNot yet recruiting
UZ LeuvenLeuvenBelgiumNot yet recruiting
Centre Francois BaclesseCaenFranceNot yet recruiting
Centre Georges Francois LeclercDijonFranceNot yet recruiting
Centre Oscar LambretLilleFranceNot yet recruiting
Centre Leon BerardLyonFranceNot yet recruiting
Institut Paoli-CalmettesMarseilleFranceNot yet recruiting
ICM - Institut Regional du Cancer de MontpellierMontpellierFranceNot yet recruiting
Centre Antoine-LacassagneNiceFranceNot yet recruiting
CHU de NimesNîmesFranceNot yet recruiting
Institut CurieParisFranceNot yet recruiting
Centre Eugene MarquisRennesFranceNot yet recruiting
Institut de Cancerologie de l'Ouest - site St-HerblainSaint-HerblainFranceNot yet recruiting
Oncopole Claudius RegaudToulouseFranceNot yet recruiting
Institut de Cancerologie de Lorraine - Alexis VautrinVandœuvre-lès-NancyFranceNot yet recruiting
Institut Gustave RoussyVillejuifFranceNot yet recruiting
Centro Riferimento Oncologico - AvianoAvianoItalyNot yet recruiting
IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori - IRST S.r.l.MeldolaItalyNot yet recruiting
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriMilanItalyNot yet recruiting
Istituto Europeo di OncologiaMilanItalyNot yet recruiting
Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei TintoriMonzaItalyNot yet recruiting
Istituto Oncologico Veneto-I.R.C.C.S. - Ospedale BusoneraPadovaItalyNot yet recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria PisanaPisaItalyNot yet recruiting
National Cancer Center Hospital EastKashiwa, ChibaJapanNot yet recruiting
Tokai University HospitalIsehara, KanagawaJapanRecruiting
Kanagawa Cancer CenterYokohama, KanagawaJapanNot yet recruiting
Kansai Medical University HospitalHirakata, OsakaJapanNot yet recruiting
National Cancer Center HospitalChuo-ku, TokyoJapanRecruiting
Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCRKoto-ku, TokyoJapanRecruiting
Showa Medical University HospitalShinagawa-ku, TokyoJapanNot yet recruiting
National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer CenterFukuokaJapanNot yet recruiting
Fukushima Medical University HospitalFukushimaJapanRecruiting
Osaka International Cancer InstituteOsakaJapanNot yet recruiting
Seoul National University Bundang HospitalSeongnam-siSouth KoreaNot yet recruiting
Seoul National University HospitalSeoulSouth KoreaNot yet recruiting
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health SystemSeoulSouth KoreaNot yet recruiting
Asan Medical CenterSeoulSouth KoreaNot yet recruiting
Samsung Medical CenterSeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Institut Catala d'Oncologia - BadalonaBadalonaSpainNot yet recruiting
NEXT Oncology BarcelonaBarcelonaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitari Quiron Dexeus BarcelonaBarcelonaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario Vall d'HebronBarcelonaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Clinic BarcelonaBarcelonaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario San CecilioGranadaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Beata Maria AnaMadridSpainNot yet recruiting
Clinica Universidad de Navarra - MadridMadridSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario Ramon y CajalMadridSpainNot yet recruiting
South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START) Madrid - CIOCCMadridSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Regional Universitario de MalagaMálagaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la VictoriaMálagaSpainNot yet recruiting
Clinica Universidad de Navarra - PamplonaPamplonaSpainNot yet recruiting
NEXT Oncology MadridPozuelo de AlarcónSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario de CanariasSanta Cruz de TenerifeSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Clinico Universitario de SantiagoSantiago de CompostelaSpainNot yet recruiting
Hospital Universitario Virgen del RocioSevilleSpainNot yet recruiting
Taichung Veterans General HospitalTaichungTaiwanRecruiting
National Cheng Kung University HospitalTainanTaiwanNot yet recruiting
National Taiwan University HospitalTaipeiTaiwanNot yet recruiting
Taipei Veterans General HospitalTaipeiTaiwanNot yet recruiting
Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer CenterTaipeiTaiwanNot yet recruiting