Breast cancer drug enhertu under the microscope: why do patients stop treatment?
NCT ID NCT06386263
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 09, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This completed study observed 22 adults with HER2-positive or HER2-low metastatic breast cancer who were taking trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) as part of routine care. Researchers tracked how many patients stopped treatment early or needed dose changes, and why. The goal is to provide real-world insights beyond clinical trials to help guide treatment decisions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors and patients better understand how well trastuzumab deruxtecan works in everyday practice and why some people stop treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study (22 people) that looks back at existing data, so it cannot prove cause and effect or predict outcomes for new patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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22 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
Patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive or HER2-low breast cancer enrolled in the PSP who started treatment with T-DXd.
- Ages
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18 to 130 years
- 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: Enrollment criteria for HER2-positive PSP: * Adults, 18 years of age or older * Unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received at least one prior anti-HER2-based regimen either in the metastatic setting, or in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting and developed disease recurrence during or within 6 months of completing neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy * Patients must not have received a prior anti-HER2 ADC, such as trastuzumab emtansine, in the metastatic setting * Patients who received a prior anti-HER2 ADC in the adjuvant setting must have progressed \>12 months following the completion of therapy Enrollment criteria for HER2-low PSP: * Adults, 18 years of age or older * Unresectable or metastatic HER2-low (IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH-) breast cancer who have received at least one prior line of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting or developed disease recurrence during or within 6 months of completing adjuvant chemotherapy * Patients with HR+ breast cancer should have received at least one or be considered ineligible for endocrine therapy. Patients in the SPP must additionally meet the following criteria: * Patients must have provided consent to be contacted for future research and provided consent to participate in the current observational study Exclusion Criteria (both cohorts): * Patients who enrolled in the PSP, but did not initiate therapy with T-DXd by the end of the PSP program * Patients with medical history of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) / pneumonitis that required steroids or current ILD /pneumonitis * Patients who do not have adequate renal or hepatic function, defined as: * Inadequate renal function is defined as Creatinine clearance \<30 mL/min, as calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation . * Inadequate hepatic function is aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \>5 × upper limit of normal (ULN). Total bilirubin \>1.5 × ULN if no liver metastases or ≥ 3 x ULN in the presence of documented Gilbert's syndrome (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) or liver metastases at baseline.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Research Site
Oakville, Ontario, L6H1A7, Canada
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