New drug targets Hard-to-Treat breast cancer in advanced stage
NCT ID NCT05552001
First seen Jul 21, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a drug called sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy) in people with advanced triple-negative breast cancer that has worsened after chemotherapy. The goal is to see how well the drug shrinks tumors and to find biological markers that predict response. Participants receive the drug intravenously on days 1 and 8 of each 21-day cycle until the disease progresses or side effects become unacceptable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sacituzumab govitecan (also known as Trodelvy), an antibody-drug conjugate given intravenously
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more effective treatment option for people with advanced triple-negative breast cancer and help identify which patients are most likely to benefit.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-arm, open-label trial without a placebo group, so results may be less definitive. The drug can cause side effects like nausea, fatigue, and low blood cell counts.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 96 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient must have signed a written informed consent prior to any trial specific procedures; Note: When the patient is unable to write to give his written consent, a trusted person of their choice, independent from the investigator or the sponsor, can confirm in writing the patient's consent 2. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age; 3. Patients with pathologically documented locally advanced inoperable or metastatic triple negative breast cancer (mTNBC) whose disease has progressed on (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy+/-immunotherapy for early TNBC or within 6 months after the end of any systemic therapy, surgery or radiotherapy with curative intent, whatever comes last. Note: TNBC is defined as the absence of HER2 overexpression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) defined as IHC 0, 1+, or 2+ and fluorescence in situ hybridization \[FISH\] non-amplified and estrogen receptor (ER) expression \<10% and progesterone receptor (PR) expression \<10% by local pathological assessment on the most recent tissue sample collected 4. Prior exposure to a taxane Note: If indicated, prior therapy with ICI for patients with PD1 positive tumor and prior treatment with PARP inhibitor for patients with gBRCAm is required 5. Measurable disease, as defined by RECIST v1.1 6. Patient must have accepted to perform on-treatment biopsies. If the physician considers doing the biopsy on the primary tumor site because accessibility, it can be performed only if the primary tumor site has not been previously irradiated; 7. Have metastatic site easily accessible to biopsy (with exception of bone metastasis) Note 1: Patients with only bone metastasis will be eligible if the primary tumor is accessible for biopsy at inclusion Note 2: If the patient has a single measurable lesion and it is the only one that can be biopsied, the patient cannot be included because the disease is no longer measurable according to RECIST v1.1 8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤2; 9. Life expectancy ≥12 weeks; 10. Adequate haematologic and organ function 11. Negative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test at screening (patients with a negative HBsAg test and a positive total hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) test at screening are eligible), negative hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody test at screening, or positive HCV antibody test followed by a negative HCV RNA test at screening; 12. Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative pregnancy urinary test within 72 hours or serum pregnancy test within 14 days before study treatment and confirmed prior to treatment on Cycle 1 Day 1 for female pre-menopausal patients; 13. Woman of childbearing potential and male patient must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of trial participation and up to 6 months after completing treatment for women and up to 3 months for men; 14. Patient affiliated to a social security system (or equivalent); 15. Patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the trial including undergoing treatment and scheduled visits, and examinations including follow-up; Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participation in another therapeutic trial within the 30 days prior to C1D1; 2. Symptomatic, untreated, or actively progressing central nervous system (CNS) metastases or evidence of leptomeningeal disease or clinically active spinal cord compression. Patients with stable and asymptomatic brain metastases will be eligible, yet the number will be capped to 15% of the overall population; 3. Previous history of cancer other than mTNBC within 5 years prior to C1D1, except of those with a negligible risk of metastasis or death (e.g., 5-year OS rate \>90%) and treated with curative intent (e.g. carcinoma in situ of the cervix, non-melanoma skin carcinoma, localized prostate cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, or stage I uterine cancer); 4. Prior treatment with topoisomerase-1 inhibitor or with ADC containing topoisomerase-1 inhibitor 5. Met any of the following criteria for cardiac disease: 1. Myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris within 6 months of enrolment. 2. History of serious ventricular arrhythmia (ie, ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation), high-grade atrioventricular block, or other cardiac arrhythmias requiring antiarrhythmic medications (except for atrial fibrillation that is well controlled with antiarrhythmic medication); history of QT interval prolongation. 3. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or greater congestive heart failure or left ventricular ejection fraction of \<40%. 6. Severe uncontrolled infection requiring oral or IV antibiotics within 4 weeks prior to C1D1; 7. Major surgical procedure within 4 weeks prior to C1D1; 8. History of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to humanized antibodies; 9. Known hypersensitivity to the study drug, its metabolites, or formulation excipient. 10. Patients receiving concomitant anti-cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy and radiotherapy; 11. Patients with unresolved toxicities from previous anticancer therapy, defined as toxicities (other than alopecia) not yet resolved according to the common terminology criteria for adverse events of the National Cancer Institute (NCI-CTCAE) v5.0 grade \>2 12. Treatment with systemic corticosteroids dosed at \>20 mg prednisone or equivalent or other systemic immunosuppressive medications within 2 weeks prior to C1D1; 13. Known history of testing positive for HIV or known acquired immunodeficiency syndrome if not controlled; 14. Evidence of significant uncontrolled concomitant disease; 15. Requirement for ongoing therapy with medications that are prohibited or to be used with caution 16. Individuals with physical or psychological conditions considered not to be compatible with the trial; 17. Persons deprived of their liberty or under protective custody or guardianship; 18. Pregnant or breastfeeding women; 19. Patients unwilling or unable to comply with the medical follow-up required by the trial because of geographic, familial, social, or psychological reasons.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94800, France
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