Clinical trial • Phase II • Oncology

TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE for HER2-positive breast cancer | Advanced breast cancer | Metastatic breast cancer

Phase II trial of TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE for HER2-positive breast cancer | Advanced breast cancer | Metastatic breast cancer.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
HER2-positive breast cancer | Advanced breast cancer | Metastatic breast cancer
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
ADC | Monoclonal antibody | Radiopharmaceutical

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
14-10-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
10-02-2025

Trial design

open-label, interventional arm: t-dm1 (trastuzumab emtansine), iv 3.6 mg/kg every 3 weeks as monotherapy. comparator: subjects classified as her2-pet/ct negative receive treatment of physician's choice (tpc) as per best local clinical practice (details of specific drugs/doses not specified in the application).-controlled Phase II trial in Belgium.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Interventional arm: T-DM1 (trastuzumab emtansine), IV 3.6 mg/kg every 3 weeks as monotherapy. Comparator: subjects classified as HER2-PET/CT negative receive treatment of physician's choice (TPC) as per best local clinical practice (details of specific drugs/doses not specified in the application).
Biomarker Stratified
True, HER2-PET/CT (89Zr-trastuzumab uptake) stratified as positive vs negative
Target Sample Size
78

Eligibility

Recruits 78 Vulnerable population considerations: the trial has 'isVulnerablePopulationSelected' flagged true. A France-specific exclusion applies: "Vulnerable persons according to the article L.1121-6 of the Public Health Code, adults who are the subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to express their consent according to article L.1121-8 of the Public Health Code". Informed consent is required: "Signed Informed Consent form (ICF) obtained prior to any study related procedure". No assent process for minors is applicable because minimum age is ≥ 18 years..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant and/or lactating women, or intending to become pregnant during the study. Serum pregnancy test (for subjects of childbearing potential) positive within 15 days prior to enrolment.
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population considerations: the trial has 'isVulnerablePopulationSelected' flagged true. A France-specific exclusion applies: "Vulnerable persons according to the article L.1121-6 of the Public Health Code, adults who are the subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to express their consent according to article L.1121-8 of the Public Health Code". Informed consent is required: "Signed Informed Consent form (ICF) obtained prior to any study related procedure". No assent process for minors is applicable because minimum age is ≥ 18 years.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years old\n- Inclusion criterion applicable to FRANCE only: Affiliated to the French Social Security System\n- ECOG performance status ≤ 1\n- Must have histologically or cytologically confirmed progressive advanced/metastatic HER2-positive breast carcinoma as per the updated American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines according to local testing [32]. HER2 status may be determined in the primary breast cancer tumour or, when not available, in a metastatic lesion.\n- Multifocal unilateral or bilateral breast adenocarcinoma tumours are allowed if all tested HER2-positive, according to local testing.\n- Prior treatment with taxane, trastuzumab and pertuzumab (early or advanced setting) and T-DXd (metastatic setting). In order to be eligible, subjects must have received T-DXd as the last systemic metastatic treatment line before inclusion, and presented disease progression on this drug. Prior therapy with tucatinib, trastuzumab, and capecitabine, in advanced setting, is permissible, provided that T-DXd serves as the last systemic metastatic treatment line before inclusion, and subject presented disease progression on this drug.\n- Life expectancy ≥ 6 months.\n- At screening FDG-PET at least two “target” lesions are required to fulfil the following criteria: (1) anatomically transaxial diameter ≥ 1.5 cm and (2) metabolically assessable [33] with a maximum standard uptake value corrected for lean body mass (SUVmax) ≥ 1.5 x SUVmean + 2 standard deviations (SD) of the liver measured in a 3-cm-diameter spherical volume of interest (VOI) in normal liver parenchyma. In case of suspected liver metastasis, a lesion should have a SUVmax ≥ 2 x SUVmean + 3 SD of the blood pool measured in a 1 cm-diameter VOI within descending thoracic aorta. Lesions pre-treated with irradiation are not eligible for consideration as \"target\" lesions\n- Adequate Bone Marrow Function including: • Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥1000/μL or ≥1x109 /L. • Platelets ≥100,000/μL or ≥ 100 x 109 /L. • Haemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL\n- Adequate Renal Function including serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml/min as calculated using the method standard for the institution\n- Adequate Liver Function, including all the following parameters: • Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN unless the subject has documented Gilbert syndrome. • Aspartate and Alanine Aminotransferase (AST and ALT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN.\n- Current left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% on echocardiography (ECHO) or multiple-gated acquisition scanning (MUGA) and no history of a LVEF < 40% or symptomatic heart failure or a recent myocardial infarction.\n- Willingness to provide tumour tissue (mandatory biopsy) and blood samples (mandatory) for translational research activities.\n- Willingness to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study including treatment and scheduled visits and examinations.\n- Signed Informed Consent form (ICF) obtained prior to any study related procedure"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior exposure to T-DM1 for the treatment of metastatic BC. For subjects exposed to T-DM1 for the treatment of early BC, subjects must not have relapsed while on or within 12 months of finishing treatment with T-DM1.\n- Brain metastasis as sole metastasis and/or symptomatic or requiring therapy to control symptoms\n- History of interstitial lung disease / pneumonitis (grade 3 or 4) during the prior treatment with T-DXd.\n- Cardiopulmonary dysfunction as defined by any of the following: Significant symptoms (Grade ≥ 2) relating to LV dysfunction, cardiac arrhythmia, or cardiac ischemia while or since receiving preoperative therapy, Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 110 mmHg), despite optimal medical management), Inadequately controlled angina, serious cardiac arrhythmia not controlled by adequate medication, severe conduction abnormality, or clinically significant valvular disease, Screening LVEF < 50% by either ECHO or MUGA, History of NCI CTCAE (Version 4.0) Grade ≥ 3 symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF) or New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria Class ≥ II, History of a decrease in LVEF to < 40% or symptomatic CHF with prior trastuzumab treatment (e.g., during preoperative therapy), Myocardial infarction within 12 months prior to randomization, Requirement for continuous oxygen therapy\n- Known prior severe hypersensitivity to investigational product or any component in its formulations, including known severe hypersensitivity reactions to trastuzumab or excipients\n- Contra-indication for treatment with T-DM1\n- The number of subjects included in this trial, considered as “rapid progressors” (Rapid progressors defined as progressive disease within the first 6 months of TDXd therapy) will be capped at 10% at enrolment (no more than 7 subjects out the 78 subjects planned to be recruited). After the first 7 “rapid progressors” included, progression within the first 6 months of T-DXd therapy will be considered as an exclusion criterion\n- Any known liver disease, including known carriers of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C, autoimmune hepatic disorders and sclerosing cholangitis.\n- Concurrent, serious, uncontrolled infections or known infection with HIV. Prior history of other invasive cancer in the past 5 years except basal or squamous cell carcinoma of skin that has been definitively treated.\n- Pregnant and/or lactating women, or intending to become pregnant during the study. Serum pregnancy test (for subjects of childbearing potential) positive within 15 days prior to enrolment.\n- Women of childbearing potential refusing to use at least one highly effective method of contraception from ICF signature, during the course of the study and at least 7 months after the last administration of T-DM1.\n- Men with childbearing potential partner refusing to use condom during the course of this study and for at least 7 months after the last administration of T-DM1.\n- Subject with a significant medical, neuro-psychiatric, or surgical condition, currently uncontrolled by treatment, which, in the principal investigator’s opinion, may interfere with completion of the study.\n- Exclusion criterion applicable to FRANCE only: Vulnerable persons according to the article L.1121-6 of the Public Health Code, adults who are the subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to express their consent according to article L.1121-8 of the Public Health Code"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Characterization of genomic alterations and HER2 expression.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Not further specified in the primary endpoint text beyond characterization of genomic alterations and HER2 expression (assessed by tumour tissue molecular analyses and HER2 expression assessment as per protocol)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to treatment failure (TTF): defined as the time from T-DM1 start to discontinuation for any reason, including disease progression (clinical or image-based on 18FDG-PET/CT), treatment toxicity or death in participants with a “positive” HER2-PET/CT (per metabolic response)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Defined in the endpoint text: time from T-DM1 start to discontinuation for any reason (disease progression clinical or image-based on 18FDG-PET/CT, treatment toxicity or death) in participants with a “positive” HER2-PET/CT (per metabolic response)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Overall response to T-DM1 assessed by metabolic response (subjects with a “positive” HER2-PET/CT).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed by metabolic response as stated in the endpoint text."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- OS defined from the start of treatment to the date of death from any cause (subjects with a “positive” HER2-PET/CT).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival measured from start of treatment to date of death from any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- DoR defined as the time from the date of first documentation of response (CR or PR) to disease progression or death, in participants who achieve complete or partial response assessed by metabolic response (subjects with a “positive” HER2-PET/CT)..","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of Response measured from first documentation of CR or PR to disease progression or death in responders, assessed by metabolic response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- DCR defined as absence of disease progression (subjects with a “positive” HER2-PET/CT).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Disease control rate defined as absence of disease progression in subjects with a positive HER2-PET/CT."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence, nature, and severity of adverse events, including but not limited to drug induced liver injury, described in the section 9.1.2.2 “Recording and reporting of AEs by the investigators” and in the section 9.2.1 “Adverse Events of Special Interest – Definitions”","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety endpoints include incidence, nature and severity of AEs; specific recording and reporting referenced in protocol sections 9.1.2.2 and 9.2.1."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
78
Recruitment Window Months
36
Consent Approach
Signed Informed Consent Form (ICF) required prior to any study-related procedure. ICF documents available (site-specific redacted ICFs) for Belgium in French and Dutch (files: L1_SIS_ICF_BE_FR_Redacted; L1_SIS_ICF_BE_NL_Redacted). A pregnancy-specific ICF variant is provided (L1_SIS_ICF_Pregnancy_BE_FR_Redacted; L1_SIS_ICF_Pregnancy_BE_NL_Redacted). Minimum age is ≥18 so no assent for minors is applicable.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
7
Total Number Of Participants
78

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
14-01-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
10-02-2025
Processing Time Days
27
Number Of Sites
7
Number Of Participants
31

Sites

Site Name
Algemeen Ziekenhuis Delta
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Kristoff Muylle
Contact Person Email
kristoff.muylle@azdelta.be
Site Name
Antwerp University Hospital
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Sevilay Altintas
Contact Person Email
sevilay.altintas@uza.be
Site Name
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Hannelore Denys
Contact Person Email
hannelore.denys@ugent.be
Site Name
HUmani
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Dana Celmare
Site Name
UZ Leuven
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Sileny Han
Contact Person Email
sileny.han@uzleuven.be
Site Name
Institut Jules Bordet
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Philippe Aftimos
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Liege
Department Name
Oncology
Contact Person Name
Nadia Withofs
Contact Person Email
nwithofs@chuliege.be

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Institut Jules Bordet
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Belgium

Third parties

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Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE
Active Substance
TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE
Modality
ADC
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous infusion
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
2
Starting Dose
3.6 mg/kg
Frequency
Every 3 weeks
Maximum Dose
3.6 mg/kg (maxDailyDoseAmount); maxTotalDoseAmount 10.8 mg/kg
Investigational Product Name
Herceptin 150 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion
Active Substance
TRASTUZUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous infusion
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
2 (marketingAuthNumber: EU/1/00/145/001)
Starting Dose
50 mg (maxDailyDoseAmount listed as 50 mg)
Maximum Dose
50 mg
Investigational Product Name
89Zr-Trastuzumab_IJB
Active Substance
TRASTUZUMAB CONJUGATED TO N-SUCCINYLDESFERRIOXAMINE B-TETRAFLUORPHENOL AND RADIOLABELED WITH ZIRCONIUM (89ZR)
Modality
Radiopharmaceutical
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous administration
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
1
Starting Dose
40.7 MBq
Frequency
Single administration
Maximum Dose
40.7 MBq

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