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NCT Number: NCT06686394

Study of Patritumab Deruxtecan With Other Anticancer Agents in Participants With HER2 Positive Breast Cancer That Has Spread and Cannot Be Surgically Removed (MK-1022-009)

Researchers want to learn if patritumab deruxtecan (MK-1022) can treat certain breast cancers. The breast cancers being studied are HER2 positive unresectable locally advanced or metastatic (the cancer has spread to other parts of the body). The goals of this study are to learn:

* About the safety and how well people tolerate of patritumab deruxtecan * How many people have the cancer respond (get smaller or go away) to treatment

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Kingston General Hospital ( Site 0061), Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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About this study

The following countries will be participating in the trial: Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and USA.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

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

  • Has histologically confirmed HER2+ locally advanced unresectable breast cancer or metastatic breast cancer
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants must have well-controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
  • Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received HBV antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks, and have undetectable hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral load before allocation
  • Participants with history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 1 within 7 days before start of study intervention

Arm 1:

  • Has received at least a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 prior lines of anti-HER2 therapy in the locally advanced or metastatic setting
  • Had disease progression on or after any previous trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) treatment

Arm 2:

-Has received no more than 5 prior lines of anti-HER2 therapy in the locally advanced or metastatic setting

Arm 3:

-Has received and had disease progression from T-DXd treatment in any setting and a maximum of 3 prior lines of anti-HER2 therapy in the locally advanced or metastatic setting. T-DXd must be the most recent therapy received before enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

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

  • Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease
  • History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease (ILD) that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
  • Has clinically severe respiratory compromise
  • Has any history of or evidence of any current leptomeningeal disease
  • Has clinically significant corneal disease
  • Evidence of ongoing uncontrolled systemic bacterial, fungal, or viral infection
  • HIV infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease
  • Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years
  • Evidence of spinal cord compression or brain metastases
  • Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy
  • Concurrent active HBV and HCV infection
  • Has had major surgical procedure (excluding placement of vascular access) less than 28 days

Arm 3 ONLY

  • Has received prior treatment with tucatinib, lapatinib, or neratinib, or any investigational HER2-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the locally advanced or metastatic setting

Treatment and study plan

Patritumab deruxtecan

Biological

Patritumab deruxtecan administered via IV infusion

Other names: MK-1022, HER3-DXd, U3-1402

trastuzumab

Biological

Trastuzumab administered via IV infusion

Other names: Herceptin®

Trastuzumab Biosimilar

Biological

Trastuzumab biosimilar administered via IV infusion

Other names: Trazimera®, Ogivri®, Herzuma®, Ontruzant®, Kanjinti®, Hercessi®

Pertuzumab

Biological

Pertuzumab administered via IV infusion

Tucatinib

Biological

Tucatinib administered as oral tablets

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants Experiencing Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)

    Time frame: Up to 21 days

    DLT will be defined as any drug-related AE observed during the DLT evaluation period that results in a change to a given dose or a delay in initiating the next cycle. The number of participants who experience a DLT will be presented.

  2. Number of Participants with One or More Adverse Events (AEs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 13 months

    An AE is defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, disease, or worsening of preexisting condition temporally associated with study treatment and irrespective of causality to study treatment. The number of participants who experience an AE will be presented.

  3. Number of Participants who Discontinue Study Intervention Due to an AE

    Time frame: Up to approximately 12 months

    An AE is defined as any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, disease, or worsening of preexisting condition temporally associated with study treatment and irrespective of causality to study treatment. The number of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE will be presented.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Patritumab Deruxtecan Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC)

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the Cmax of patritumab deruxtecan ADC.

  2. Trough Concentration (Ctrough) of Patritumab Deruxtecan ADC

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the Ctrough of patritumab deruxtecan ADC.

  3. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Patritumab Deruxtecan ADC

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the AUC of patritumab deruxtecan ADC.

  4. Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Total Patritumab Deruxtecan Antidrug Antibody (ADA)

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the Cmax of total patritumab deruxtecan ADA.

  5. Trough Concentration (Ctrough) of Total Patritumab Deruxtecan ADA

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the Ctrough of total patritumab deruxtecan ADA.

  6. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Total Patritumab Deruxtecan ADA

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the AUC of total patritumab deruxtecan ADA.

  7. Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Patritumab Deruxtecan Free Payload

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the Cmax of patritumab deruxtecan free payload.

  8. Trough Concentration (Ctrough) of Patritumab Deruxtecan Free Payload

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the Ctrough of patritumab deruxtecan free payload.

  9. Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Patritumab Deruxtecan Free Payload

    Time frame: At designated time points (up to ~13 months)

    Blood samples collected at designated time points will be used to determine the AUC of patritumab deruxtecan free payload.

Study contacts

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

Toll Free Number

CONTACT

[email protected]

1-888-577-8839

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Industry

Collaborators

  • Daiichi Sankyo

Registry information

Official study title

HERTHENA-Breast-01: A Phase 1b/2, Multicenter, Open-label, Dose-Finding Study to Evaluate the Safety and Antitumor Activity of Patritumab Deruxtecan in Participants With HER2 Positive Unresectable Locally Advanced Breast Cancer or Metastatic Breast Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2030
Study completion
2030
First posted
Nov 13, 2024
Registry last updated
May 22, 2026

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