New combo strategy takes on Hard-to-Treat breast cancer
NCT ID NCT07151586
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether alternating two targeted chemotherapy drugs—sacituzumab govitecan and trastuzumab deruxtecan—can help people with HER2-low triple-negative breast cancer that has spread. About 260 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the alternating combo or sacituzumab govitecan alone. The main goal is to see if the alternating approach improves overall survival.
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 (Trodelvy) and trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu)
- What this could lead to
- If this works, it could offer a new treatment option that extends survival for people with HER2-low triple-negative breast cancer that has spread.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 2 trial, so it's still early. The alternating regimen may not improve survival over the standard drug alone, and side effects from combining two powerful drugs could be significant.
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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 260 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2029
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: * Patient must have signed a written informed consent prior to any trial specific procedures. (Note : When the patient is physically unable to give his/her written consent, a impartial witness of their choice, independent from the investigator or the sponsor, can confirm in signing the patient's consent) * Men or women ≥ 18 years of age * Histologically confirmed metastatic or locally advanced and unresectable triple-negative breast cancer, meeting both of the following criteria by local testing: HER2-low breast cancer, defined as either immunohistochemistry (IHC) 2+ / in situ hybridization (ISH)-negative or IHC 1+ (ISH-negative or untested), on either the primary or any metastatic site Estrogen receptor (ER) expression \<10% and progesterone receptor (PR) expression \<10% (Note: In case of bilateral breast cancer, participation in the study is permitted as long as both tumours correspond to a triple-negative breast cancer meeting the above criteria) * Patient eligible to receive sacituzumab-govitecan and T-Dxd according to their indication * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤1 * Women of childbearing potential and male patients must agree to use adequate contraception for the duration of trial participation and up to 7 months after completing treatment for women and up to 4 months for men. A woman is considered to be of childbearing potential if she is not postmenopausal or has not undergone hysterectomy. Postmenopausal is defined as any of the following: Age ≥ 60 years Age \< 60 years and ≥ 12 continuous months of amenorrhea with no identified cause other than menopause Surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy) \- Adequate organ and bone marrow function within 28 days before enrollment. The most recent results available must be used for all parameters below: Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL. Red blood cell transfusion is not allowed within 1 week prior to screening assessment Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mm³. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) administration is not allowed within 1 week prior to screening assessment Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³. Platelet transfusion is not allowed within 1 week prior to registration Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) if no liver metastases, or \< 3 × ULN in the presence of documented Gilbert's Syndrome (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) or liver metastasis at baseline Alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 3 × ULN, or \< 5 × ULN in patients with liver metastasis Serum albumin ≥ 2.5 g/dL Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 30 mL/min, calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation: CrCl (mL/min) = \[(140 - age in years) × weight in kg\] / \[72 × serum creatinine in mg/dL\] (× 0.85 for females) * Adequate cardiac function, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 55% estimated by echocardiogram or multigated acquisition scintigraphy * Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test done within 7 days before randomization * Affiliated to the French Social Security System (or equivalent) * Patient 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: * Patient previously treated with any ADC targeting HER2 or TROP2 * Patient with uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease * Patients with brain metastases (BM) except for asymptomatic treated BM not requiring ongoing corticosteroid treatment with stable lesions on baseline/screening brain MRI. Patients who require treatment of brain metastases are eligible after 14 days post surgery or radiation, if felt to be clinically stable and not requiring ongoing corticosteroid treatment * History of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required steroids, or current ILD/pneumonitis, or suspected ILD/pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening * Any medical history or condition that per protocol or in the opinion of the investigator is incompatible with the study * Patients with known allergy or severe hypersensitivity to any of the trial drugs or their excipients * Other concurrent medical or psychiatric conditions that, in the Investigator's opinion, may cause misleading study interpretation or prevent completion of study procedures and followup examinations * Patients with any other disease or illness that requires hospitalisation or is incompatible with the trial treatment are not eligible * Patients enrolled in another therapeutic trial within 30 days of inclusion * Pregnant or breast-feeding women at the time of randomization or intention to become pregnant during the study and up to 7 months after treatment * Person deprived of their liberty or under protective custody or guardianship * 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
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94800, France
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institut Paoli calmette
Marseille, 13009, France
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