Experimental combo therapy targets Hard-to-Treat HER2+ cancers
NCT ID NCT06027983
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-stage trial tests whether combining trastuzumab (a targeted antibody) with specially engineered immune cells (CAR T-cells) can safely control HER2-positive advanced breast cancer and other solid tumors. About 36 adults will receive the combination after a short chemotherapy course to prepare their immune system. The main goals are to check safety and see how long the cancer stays under control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- trastuzumab and chimeric receptor T-cells (CAR T-cells)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for people with HER2-positive cancers that have stopped responding to standard therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 36 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. CAR T-cell therapy can cause serious side effects like cytokine release syndrome.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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21 to 99 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: Patients may be included in the study only if they meet all of the following criteria: * Age ≥ 21 years. * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of HER2-positive cancer defined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) to be HER2 IHC3+ or HER2 IHC2+ and FISH positive. If immunohistochemistry is not available, FISH method is acceptable. The HER2 positivities by FISH is determined as FISH amplification ratio positive by institutional guidelines. Tumor subtype for each phase include : * Phase I: HER2-positive breast or gastric cancer or other treatment-refractory HER2-positive solid tumors * Phase II : HER2-positive breast carcinoma * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1. * Has measurable or evaluable disease based on RECIST 1.1 criteria * Estimated life expectancy of at least 12 weeks. * Prior lines of therapy: * HER2-positive breast cancer - patient must have failed at least two lines of anti-HER2 based therapy for advanced/metastatic cancer. Patients with documented relapse while receiving or within 6 months of completion of adjuvant or neoadjuvant trastuzumab for HER2-positive breast cancer will be considered as 1 prior line of therapy. * HER2-positive gastric cancer - patient must have failed at least one line of anti-HER2 based therapy. * Other refractory HER2-positive solid tumors (non-breast, non-gastric) - have no standard therapies or have failed or unable to tolerate standard therapies * Has recovered from acute toxicities from prior anti-cancer therapies * Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50% * Adequate organ function including the following: o Bone marrow: Absolute neutrophil (segmented and bands) count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L Haemoglobin ≥ 8 x 109/L o Hepatic: Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), ALT or AST≤ 2.5x ULN, (or ≤5 X with liver metastases) o Renal: Creatinine ≤ 1.5x ULN * Signed informed consent from patient or legal representative. * Able to comply with study-related procedures. * Specific to cohorts 3, 4 and 5 : Patients who have a history of VTE are eligible if as long as they are receiving therapeutic/prophylactic doses of anticoagulation. Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded from the study for any of the following reasons: * Treatment within the last 30 days with any investigational drug. * Concurrent administration of any other tumour therapy, including cytotoxic chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy. * Major surgery within 28 days of study drug administration. * Active infection that in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate therapy. * Pregnancy. * Breast feeding. * Serious concomitant disorders that would compromise the safety of the patient or compromise the patient's ability to complete the study, at the discretion of the investigator. * Active bleeding disorder or bleeding site. * Non-healing wound. * Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. * Second primary malignancy that is clinically detectable at the time of consideration for study enrolment. * Symptomatic brain metastasis. * History of significant neurological or mental disorder, including seizures or dementia, * History of autoimmune disease or use of gamma immunoglobulin * Unable to comply with study procedures
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