New drug combo takes on aggressive breast cancer

NCT ID NCT05852691

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 20, 2026 · Updated 29 times

Summary

This phase 2 trial tests a new immunotherapy drug called tobemstomig combined with chemotherapy (nab-paclitaxel) against the standard combination of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy. It includes 83 people with previously untreated, PD-L1-positive, advanced triple-negative breast cancer. The goal is to see if the new combo delays cancer growth better than the current standard.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • ?wi?tokrzyskie Centrum Onkologii

    Kielce, 25-734, Poland

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Avera Cancer Institute

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57105, United States

  • Cancer Blood and Specialty Clinic

    Los Alamitos, California, 90720, United States

  • Centro Medico Monte Carmelo

    Arequipa, 04001, Peru

  • Centro Médico Zambrano Hellion

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, 66278, Mexico

  • Centro de Investigacion Clinica de Oaxaca

    Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, 68020, Mexico

  • Centro de Investigaciones Médicas y Desarrollo LC S.R.L

    Buenos Aires, C1113AAE, Argentina

  • Clinica de Pesquisa e Centro de Estudos em Oncologia Ginecologica e Mamaria Ltda

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01317-001, Brazil

  • Dres. Andreas Köhler und Roswitha Fuchs

    Langen, 63225, Germany

  • Fakultni Thomayerova nemocnice

    Praha 4 - Krc, 140 59, Czechia

  • Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 06273, South Korea

  • Hadassah University Hospital - Ein Kerem

    Jerusaelm, 9112001, Israel

  • Health Pharma Professional Research

    Mexico City, Mexico CITY (federal District), 03100, Mexico

  • Hospital Araujo Jorge

    Goiânia, Goiás, 74605-070, Brazil

  • Hospital Quiron de Madrid

    Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de La Arrixaca

    El Palmar, Murcia, 30120, Spain

  • Hospital de Cancer de Barretos

    Barretos, São Paulo, 14784-400, Brazil

  • Hospital do Cancer de Pernambuco - HCP

    Recife, Pernambuco, 50040-000, Brazil

  • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas

    Lima, Lima 34, Peru

  • Instituto Peruano de Oncología y Radioterapia

    Lima, Peru

  • Klinikum Essen-Mitte Ev. Huyssens-Stiftung / Knappschafts GmbH

    Essen, 45136, Germany

  • Komarom-Eszergom Varmegyei Szent Borbala Korhaz

    Tatabánya, 2800, Hungary

  • Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank

    Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • National Taiwan Uni Hospital

    Taipei, 100, Taiwan

  • Novant Health Presbyterain Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States

  • OncoMed

    Mexico City, Mexico CITY (federal District), 03100, Mexico

  • Oncosalud Sac

    Lima, 41, Peru

  • Ospedale Provinciale Santa Maria Delle Croci

    Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, 48100, Italy

  • Ospedale San Raffaele

    Milan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Sheba Medical Center

    Ramat Gan, 5262100, Israel

  • Sunshine Hospital

    St Albans, Victoria, Australia

  • Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie, Oddzia? Kliniczny Kliniki Onkologii

    Krakow, 31-501, Poland

  • Universitätsklinikum Ulm Am Michelsberg

    Ulm, 89075, Germany

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

Tobemstomig (an immunotherapy drug) combined with nab-paclitaxel (chemotherapy)

What this could lead to

If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with a tough-to-treat breast cancer, potentially improving how long the cancer stays under control.

What could go wrong

This is a phase 2 trial with only 83 people, so results are preliminary. The new drug may not work better than the existing treatment, and side effects are unknown.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm triple-negative breast carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.