Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology
Sacituzumab tirumotecan for Hormone receptor-positive (HR+) HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer
Phase III trial of Sacituzumab tirumotecan for Hormone receptor-positive (HR+) HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology
- Trial Disease
- Hormone receptor-positive (HR+) HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- ADC|Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 30-01-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 13-05-2024
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, treatment of physician's choice (tpc) — comparator options listed include doxorubicin (doxorubicin hydrochloride), liposomal doxorubicin, paclitaxel, paclitaxel albumin-bound (nab-paclitaxel), capecitabine; specific dose/schedule not specified in the ctis summary-controlled Phase III trial.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC) — comparator options listed include doxorubicin (doxorubicin hydrochloride), liposomal doxorubicin, paclitaxel, paclitaxel albumin-bound (nab-paclitaxel), capecitabine; specific dose/schedule not specified in the CTIS summary
- Target Sample Size
- 831
Eligibility
Recruits 831 No vulnerable populations selected. Informed consent is required; multiple country-specific consent documents and optional consent modules (e.g., limited screening consent, genetic consent, pregnancy follow-up, optional partner consent) are provided as per trial documentation..
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected. Informed consent is required; multiple country-specific consent documents and optional consent modules (e.g., limited screening consent, genetic consent, pregnancy follow-up, optional partner consent) are provided as per trial documentation.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1.\tHas unresectable locally advanced or metastatic hormone receptor positive (HR+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancer\n- 2.\tHas radiographic disease progression on one or more lines of endocrine therapy for unresectable locally advanced/metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer, with one in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor.\n- 3.\tIs a chemotherapy candidate\n- 4.\tHas an eastern cooperative oncology group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 assessed within 7 days before randomization\n- 5.\tHas adequate organ function\n- 6.\tHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy\n- 7.\tParticipants 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 HBV viral load\n- 8.\tParticipants with a history of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are eligible if HCV viral load is undetectable"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1.\tHas breast cancer amenable to treatment with curative intent\n- 2.\tHas experienced an early recurrence (<6 months after completing adjuvant/neoadjuvant chemotherapy) and therefore is eligible to receive second-line (2L) treatment\n- 3.\tHas symptomatic advanced/metastatic visceral spread at risk of rapidly evolving into life-threatening complications\n- 4.\tHas received prior chemotherapy for unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer\n- 5.\tActive autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years\n- 6.\tHistory of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that requires steroids, or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease\n- 7.\tHas an active infection requiring systemic therapy"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Progression-Free Survival (PFS) (MK-2870 versus treatment of physician’s choice [TPC]; MK-2870 + pembrolizumab versus TPC)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by Blind Independent Central Review (BICR)"}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- 1.\tOverall Survival (OS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 2.\tProgression-Free Survival (PFS) (MK-2870 + pembrolizumab versus MK-2870)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PFS per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 3.\tObjective Response Rate (ORR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"ORR per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR (where specified in objectives)"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 4.\tDuration of Response (DOR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DOR per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by BICR (where specified in objectives)"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 5.\tChange from baseline in global health status/quality of life scores, on the European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 6.\tChange from baseline in physical functioning score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 7.\tChange from baseline in emotional functioning score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 8.\tChange from baseline in fatigue score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 9.\tChange from baseline in diarrhea score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 10.\tTime to first Deterioration (TTD) in global health status/quality of life scores, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time to first deterioration measured using EORTC QLQ-C30"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 11.\tTTD in physical functioning score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time to first deterioration measured using EORTC QLQ-C30"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 12.\tTTD in emotional functioning score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time to first deterioration measured using EORTC QLQ-C30"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 13.\tTTD in fatigue score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time to first deterioration measured using EORTC QLQ-C30"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 14.\tTTD in diarrhea score, on the EORTC QLQ-C30","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time to first deterioration measured using EORTC QLQ-C30"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 15.\tNumber of participants who experience one or more Adverse Events (AEs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety reporting of AEs per trial safety procedures"}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 16.\tNumber of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Reported discontinuations due to AEs"}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True — country-specific website recruitment documents and electronic recruitment materials are present (e.g., 'K2_Recruitment Doc Website_POL', Greenphire-related consent/optional documents referenced in materials).
- Planned Sample Size
- 831
- Recruitment Window Months
- 82
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent is collected via country-specific main consent forms. Trial documentation includes main consent forms and multiple optional consent modules (e.g., limited screening consent, genetic consent, pregnancy follow-up, optional partner consent) and country/language-specific consent documents (examples: POL_PL, PRT_PT, GRC_EL, ITA_IT, HUN_HU, BEL_EN/FR/NL, SWE_SV, etc.). No assent process for minors is indicated (paediatric population not included).
Methods
- Patient brochures (country-specific; e.g., patient brochure documents present for multiple countries)
- Posters (recruitment posters present in country-specific recruitment documents)
- Website recruitment content (country-specific recruitment website documents listed)
- Print advertisements (e.g., patient print ad documents in recruitment materials)
- Patient visit guides and study cards (site-facing recruitment materials)
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- United States
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Parexel International Corp.
- Responsibilities
- EUB services (call center and medical services)
- Name
- Icon Clinical Research Limited
- Responsibilities
- Central Imaging
- Name
- IQVIA Limited
- Responsibilities
- Responsibilities indicated (code '4')
- Name
- Signant Health Global Solutions Limited
- Responsibilities
- eCOA/eConsent and related services (duties codes '3' and '7' listed)
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Parexel International Corp.","duties_or_roles":"EUB services (call center and medical services)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company / CRO"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Hematogenix Laboratory Services LLC","duties_or_roles":"ER, PR, HER2 , H&E","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Roche Tissue Diagnostics","duties_or_roles":"unspecified (sponsor duties list includes code '4')","organisation_type":"Industry"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Signant Health Global Solutions Limited","duties_or_roles":"Responsibilities include codes '3' and '7' (as listed in sponsor duties)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company / eCOA provider"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Roche Diagnostics GmbH","duties_or_roles":"TROP2 Assay; additional duties indicated","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Icon Clinical Research Limited","duties_or_roles":"Central Imaging","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company / CRO"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"IQVIA Limited","duties_or_roles":"Responsibilities indicated (code '4')","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company / CRO"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- MK-2870
- Active Substance
- Sacituzumab tirumotecan
- Modality
- ADC
- Routes Of Administration
- Intravenous infusion
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Not authorised (no marketing authorisation listed for MK-2870 in product data)
- Maximum Dose
- 4 mg/kg (max daily amount listed)
- Investigational Product Name
- KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab)
- Active Substance
- Pembrolizumab
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- Intravenous infusion
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/15/1024/002 listed)
- Maximum Dose
- 400 mg (max daily amount listed)
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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