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)
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
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6 countries
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Brief Summary
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
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1
Started Feb 2025
Longer than P75 for phase_1
17 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 11, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 13, 2024
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
February 26, 2025
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 18, 2030
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 18, 2030
February 13, 2026
February 1, 2026
5.1 years
November 11, 2024
February 12, 2026
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Number of Participants Experiencing Dose-Limiting Toxicity (DLT)
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.
Up to 21 days
Number of Participants with One or More Adverse Events (AEs)
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.
Up to approximately 13 months
Number of Participants who Discontinue Study Intervention Due to an AE
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.
Up to approximately 12 months
Secondary Outcomes (9)
Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Patritumab Deruxtecan Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC)
At designated time points (up to ~13 months)
Trough Concentration (Ctrough) of Patritumab Deruxtecan ADC
At designated time points (up to ~13 months)
Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Patritumab Deruxtecan ADC
At designated time points (up to ~13 months)
Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Total Patritumab Deruxtecan Antidrug Antibody (ADA)
At designated time points (up to ~13 months)
Trough Concentration (Ctrough) of Total Patritumab Deruxtecan ADA
At designated time points (up to ~13 months)
- +4 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (3)
Patritumab deruxtecan plus trastuzumab
EXPERIMENTALParticipants receive patritumab deruxtecan intravenous (IV) infusion and trastuzumab or trastuzumab biosimilar IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks) until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, or investigator decision.
Patritumab deruxtecan plus pertuzumab and trastuzumab
EXPERIMENTALParticipants receive patritumab deruxtecan IV infusion, pertuzumab IV infusion, and trastuzumab or trastuzumab biosimilar IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks) until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, or investigator decision.
Patritumab deruxtecan plus trastuzumab and tucatinib
EXPERIMENTALParticipants receive patritumab deruxtecan IV infusion and trastuzumab or trastuzumab biosimilar IV infusion on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle (every 3 weeks), and tucatinib is administered orally twice daily for each 21-day cycle, until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, or investigator decision.
Interventions
Trastuzumab administered via IV infusion
Trastuzumab biosimilar administered via IV infusion
Pertuzumab administered via IV infusion
Tucatinib administered as oral tablets
Patritumab deruxtecan administered via IV infusion
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- 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.
You may not qualify if:
- 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
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLClead
- Daiichi Sankyocollaborator
Study Sites (17)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ( Site 0050)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ( Site 0052)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
Prisma Health - Upstate (ITOR)_Edenfield ( Site 0053)
Greenville, South Carolina, 29605, United States
Inova Schar Cancer Institute ( Site 0051)
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
Kingston General Hospital ( Site 0061)
Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2V7, Canada
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 0001)
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ( Site 0004)
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada
Jewish General Hospital ( Site 0003)
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada
Rambam Health Care Campus ( Site 0011)
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
Rabin Medical Center ( Site 0012)
Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel
Sheba Medical Center ( Site 0010)
Ramat Gan, 5265601, Israel
Nagoya City University Hospital ( Site 0020)
Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 467-8602, Japan
Seoul National University Hospital ( Site 0030)
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
Asan Medical Center ( Site 0031)
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
University College London Hospital ( Site 0041)
London, Camden, NW1 2PG, United Kingdom
The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre ( Site 0043)
Glasgow, Glasgow City, G12 0YN, United Kingdom
St Bartholomew s Hospital ( Site 0040)
London, London, City of, EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Medical Director
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SEQUENTIAL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 11, 2024
First Posted
November 13, 2024
Study Start
February 26, 2025
Primary Completion (Estimated)
April 18, 2030
Study Completion (Estimated)
April 18, 2030
Last Updated
February 13, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-02
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
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