New drug cocktail targets Hard-to-Treat breast cancer spread to brain

NCT ID NCT05800275

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a combination of two oral chemotherapy drugs (tucatinib and capecitabine) plus a targeted antibody given directly into the spinal fluid (trastuzumab) for people with HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to the lining of the brain and spinal cord (leptomeningeal metastases). The goal is to see if this treatment improves survival at 12 months. About 30 adults with this condition will participate.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

HER2 positive breast carcinoma Meningeal Carcinomatosis Meningeal Neoplasms neoplastic meningitis

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne

    RECRUITING

    Nice, 06189, France

  • Centre François Baclesse

    RECRUITING

    Caen, 14000, France

  • Centre Georges-François Leclerc

    RECRUITING

    Dijon, 21000, France

  • Centre Henri Becquerel

    RECRUITING

    Rouen, 7600, France

  • Centre Jean Perrin

    RECRUITING

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63011, France

  • Centre Léon Bérard

    RECRUITING

    Lyon, 69008, France

  • Gustave Roussy

    RECRUITING

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • Institut Bergonié

    WITHDRAWN

    Bordeaux, 33000, France

  • Institut Jean Godinot

    RECRUITING

    Reims, 51100, France

  • Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe - ICANS

    RECRUITING

    Strasbourg, 67200, France

  • Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier

    RECRUITING

    Montpellier, 34298, France

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