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NCT Number: NCT06774027

Prospective Registry of ADC as First- and Second-line Treatment for Breast Cancer

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have demonstrated substantial improvement in progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in phase III clinical trials in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer (mTNBC) and hormone receptor positive/HER2 negative (HR+/HER2-) metastatic breast cancer (MBC), offering an effective new treatment strategy. Several outstanding questions drive the decision to use ADC drugs clinically. This is a prospective, multi-site observational study of patients with metastatic breast cancer (mBC) who are being treated with FDA-approved antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) as part of routine care and aims to collect real-world data to evaluate the impact of ADC treatment as part of routine care.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Amy Langdon

CONTACT

[email protected]

415-353-7288

Laura Huppert, MD, BA

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Leif Ellison, MD, PhD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

CONTACT

[email protected]

877-827-3222

About this study

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Real-world progression free survival (rwPFS) of the first line of ADC under routine care (ADC1) by investigator assessment II. Real-world progression free survival (rwPFS) of the second line ADC under routine care (ADC2) by investigator assessment

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the efficacy of ADC1 and ADC2 as measured by duration of response (DOR), best overall response (BOR), disease control rate (DCR), and overall survival (OS) for each ADC.

II. To evaluate key safety parameters for ADC1 and ADC2 by chart review.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate/identify correlative biomarkers (e.g., circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), circulating tumor cells (CTC), and tissue spatial correlates) of response/resistance to ADCs.

II. To evaluate patient reported outcomes (PROs) for each ADC.

OUTLINE:

Participants will have medical chart reviews and biospecimens collected for the duration of routine care with ADC1 and/or ADC2. After the last dose of ADC2, participants will continue to be followed for survival data collection via chart review every 12 weeks for up to 2 years.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female patients aged 18 years or greater with ability to provide written informed consent for this prospective registry study.
  • Estimated life expectancy of at least at 3 months per investigator assessment.
  • Willingness to provide an archival tissue sample and blood samples (20cc research blood collection at several timepoints) for research purposes.
  • Cohort-specific enrollment criteria:
  • Cohort 1: Histologically documented HR+/HER2- MBC with plan to start an FDA-approved ADC as their first ADC per standard of care (SOC).
  • Cohort 2: Histologically documented metastatic TNBC with plan to start an FDA-approved ADC as their first ADC per standard of care
  • Cohort 3: Histologically documented HR+/HER2- MBC with plan to start an FDA-approved ADC as their second ADC per standard of care (ADC1 should be an approved ADC administered per SOC or as monotherapy in a clinical trial; no prior experimental ADCs allowed). Clinical data from the first ADC must be available for retrospective review.
  • Cohort 4: Histologically documented metastatic TNBC with plan to start an FDA-approved ADC as their second ADC per standard of care (ADC1 should be an approved ADC administered per standard of care or as monotherapy in a clinical trial; no prior experimental ADCs allowed). Clinical data from the first ADC must be available for retrospective review.
  • Measurable disease is not required for any cohort.

Exclusion criteria

  • Prior receipt of an experimental ADC in the metastatic setting. Of note, patients who received an FDA-approved ADC as their first ADC (as monotherapy, not in combination) can participate in cohorts 3 or 4 prior to starting their second FDA-approved ADC per standard of care. Of note, for all cohorts, experimental therapies are not allowed as intervening therapies after starting ADC1. If a patient enrolls on a clinical trial of an experimental therapy after ADC1, they will be taken off study.
  • Current participation in a clinical trial with an ADC.
  • Contraindication to research phlebotomy to collect ~20cc blood at each research blood draw timepoint.

Treatment and study plan

Specimen Collection

Procedure

Blood specimens will be collected during regular clinical visits for correlative and exploratory analysis

Other names: Biospecimen collection

Non-Investigational Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADC)

Drug

ADC given under usual care for the treatment of cancer

Other names: Non-Investigational ADC

Medical Record Review

Other

Prospective and retrospective medical chart reviews will be conducted to obtain data for analysis.

Other names: Medical Chart Review

Primary outcomes

  1. Real-world progression free survival (rwPFS) of first line ADC (ADC1)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    rwPFS is defined as the amount of time that elapses between the initiation of ADC1 therapy until the patient experiences disease progression, initiates subsequent anti-cancer therapy, completes study participation, or experiences death from any cause (whichever comes first).

  2. rwPFS of second line ADC (ADC2)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    rwPFS is defined as the amount of time that elapses between the initiation of ADC2 therapy following a previous line of ADC (ADC1) until the participant experiences disease progression, initiates subsequent anti-cancer therapy, completes study participation, or experiences death from any cause (whichever comes first).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Median Duration of Response (DOR)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    DOR is defined as the amount of time between when measurement criteria are met for complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), whichever is first recorded, until the first date that recurrent or progressive disease (PD) is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the usual care ADC began) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria. The participants response will depend on the achievement of both measurement and confirmation criteria.

  2. Best Overall Response (BOR)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    The best overall response is the best response recorded from the start of ADC usual care treatment until disease progression/recurrence (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started). The proportion of participants who experience each the following as a best response to usual care ADC: CR, PR, stable disease (SD), PD or not evaluable (NE) per RECIST 1.1 will be reported. The participants best response will depend on the achievement of both measurement and confirmation criteria

  3. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    The ORR is the best response recorded from the start of ADC usual care treatment until disease progression/recurrence (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the treatment started). The proportion of participants who experience either CR or PR during usual care ADC will be reported. The participants response will depend on the achievement of both measurement and confirmation criteria

  4. Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    The DCR is defined as the proportion of participants who experience complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD) per RECIST 1.1 during usual care ADC. The date of first response for either CR, PR, or SD will be used for the calculation of DCR.

  5. Median Real-World Overall Survival Rate (rwOS)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    rwOS is defined as the amount of time that elapses between the initiation of usual care ADC and the time of death from any cause, or until the study has completed.

  6. Frequency of usual ADC-related Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

    To assess the toxicity profile of each line of usual care ADC, the frequency of key, clinically significant, adverse events by type, grade, ADC line timing, and attribution to each usual care ADC according to the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 will be reported.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Amy Langdon

CONTACT

[email protected]

(415) 353-7288

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Other

Collaborators

  • Gilead Sciences
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium

Registry information

Official study title

ENCORE: Multicenter ProspectivE Registry of Sequential ANtibody Drug COnjugates (ADCs) in HER2 Negative Metastatic BREast Cancer (MBC)

Acronym: ENCORE

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2030
Study completion
2030
First posted
Jan 14, 2025
Registry last updated
Dec 18, 2025

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