New drug YL202 targets Hard-to-Treat breast cancers
NCT ID NCT06439771
First seen Jul 17, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests an experimental drug called YL202 in people with advanced or metastatic breast cancer that has not responded to other treatments. The study includes patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) or hormone receptor-positive, HER2-zero or HER2-low tumors. Researchers aim to see how well YL202 shrinks tumors and to check its safety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an experimental antibody-drug conjugate called YL202
- What this could lead to
- If successful, YL202 could offer a new treatment option for people with advanced breast cancers that have limited effective therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so results may not confirm effectiveness. The drug may cause side effects or fail to shrink tumors in many patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 to 75 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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. Have been informed of the study before the start of the study and voluntarily sign name and date on the informed consent form. 2. Patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease (according to the UICC and AJCC staging system \[Version 8\]) who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiotherapy. 3. Patients who are pathologically confirmed advanced/unresectable or metastatic breast cancer with HR-negative and HER2-negative,. 4. Patients who are confirmed HR positive and HER2-Zero-expression and HER2-Low-expression. 5. Breast cancer patients who have previously failed treatments of HER2-ADC or TROP2-ADC. 6. Have at least 1 extracranial measurable lesion as a target lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 7. Have Adequate organ and bone marrow function within 7 days prior to the first dose. 8. Female patients of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraception from screening throughout the duration of the study and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug. 9. Have a expected survival ≥ 3 months. 10. Have ability and willingness to comply with protocol-specified visits and procedures. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Have prior treatment with an agent targeting HER3. 2. Have prior intolerance to treatment with topoisomerase I inhibitor or an ADC that consists of topoisomerase I inhibitor. 3. Have been enrolled in another clinical study concurrently unless it is an observational clinical study or in the follow-up phase of an interventional study. 4. Have insufficient washout period for prior anticancer therapy prior to first dose of the study drug. 5. Have major surgery (excluding diagnostic surgery) within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug or anticipation of major surgery during the study. 6. Have prior allogeneic bone marrow transplant or prior solid organ transplant. 7. Have received treatment with systemic steroids. 8. Have received any live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug or intend to receive a live vaccine during the study. 9. Leptomeningeal metastases or carcinomatous meningitis, spinal cord compression. 10. Brain metastases with the exceptions. 11. Have uncontrolled or clinically significant cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. 12. Have clinically significant concomitant pulmonary diseases. 13. Have a diagnosis of Gilbert's syndrome. 14. Have pleural effusion, abdominal effusion. 15. Have a history of gastrointestinal perforation and or fistula within 6 months prior to the first dose. 16. Have serious infection. 17. Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. 18. Have active hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. 19. Have any other primary malignancy within 5 years prior to the first dose of study drug. 20. Have unresolved toxicities from prior anticancer therapy. 21. Have a history of severe hypersensitivity reactions to the drug substance, inactive ingredients in the drug product, or other monoclonal antibodies. 22. Lactating women, or women who are confirmed to be pregnant by pregnancy test within 3 days prior to the first dose.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 250117, China
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