Can a new antibody boost treatment for Hard-to-Treat HER2 breast cancer?
NCT ID NCT07824869
First seen Sep 17, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are testing whether adding an experimental drug called HLX22 to standard trastuzumab and chemotherapy helps people with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer that has already been treated with a HER2 ADC. About 90 adults will receive either HLX22 or a placebo alongside trastuzumab and one of several chemotherapy drugs. The main goal is to see how many participants' tumors shrink or disappear, with safety and other outcomes also tracked.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HLX22, an experimental antibody drug given with trastuzumab and chemotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer another option for people with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer whose disease has progressed after an ADC treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small phase 2 trial, so it may not show a clear benefit or the results may not hold in larger studies. Adding HLX22 could also cause side effects that outweigh any benefit.
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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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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.
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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: * Aged ≥ 18 years (or the legal age of adulthood per country-specific regulation) at the time of signing the ICF, male or female. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or - Life expectancy of ≥ 6 months. * Histologically confirmed breast cancer with radiologically or otherwise documented locally advanced unresectable and/or metastatic disease. * HER2 positive confirmed by central laboratory. * Hormone receptor (HR) status confirmed by local laboratory. * Patients who have progressed after treatment containing within HER2 ADC * Presence of at least one measurable lesion according to the RECIST v1.1. * Adequate organ function Exclusion Criteria: * History of any other malignancy within 2 years prior to signing the ICF. * Prior use of doxorubicin with a cumulative in vivo dose of \> 360 mg/m2. * Adverse events from prior anti-tumor treatment that have not resolved to Grade ≤ 1 or baseline level according to CTCAE v6.0. * Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease. * History of cerebrovascular accident within 6 months prior to randomization. * Current (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonia that requires steroid treatment. * Active infection. * Active tuberculosis. * Presence of spinal cord compression or clinically symptomatic central nervous system metastases. * Receipt of systemic anti-tumor treatment and immunotherapy, within 4 weeks prior to randomization * Pregnant or lactating women or women who plan to become pregnant during the study period. * History of immunodeficiency or history of organ transplantation.
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Conditions
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