Real-World study tracks tucatinib combo for tough breast cancer
NCT ID NCT05253911
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how well the drug tucatinib (Tukysa) works in everyday medical practice for people with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer who had already tried at least two other treatments. Researchers tracked 49 adults in Germany and Austria to see how their quality of life changed and how long it took for their cancer to worsen. The goal was to understand the real-world benefits of adding tucatinib to standard therapy.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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49 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2022
- Finished
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Jun 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
Adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, including patients with brain metastases, who have been previously treated with at least two prior anti-HER2 treatment regimens and with decision for treatment with tucatinib (TUKYSA®) in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine.
- 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: * Aged 18 years or older. * Histologically confirmed HER2+ breast cancer with HER2 positivity defined as a 3+ score by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or a positive result by in situ hybridization (ISH), optionally combined with a IHC2+ score. * Diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic HER2+ breast cancer, including patients with brain metastases. * Prior treatment with at least two prior anti-HER2-based regimens. * Decision for treatment with tucatinib in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine according to current SmPC of tucatinib either in 1st/2nd palliative treatment line (Cohort 1) or 3rd/4th palliative treatment line (Cohort 2). * Progression after or intolerance of last systemic anti-HER2-based therapy. * Indication for treatment with tucatinib as assessed by the treating physician. * Signed written informed consent (only if patient is alive at time of inclusion, not applicable for retrospective inclusion of deceased patients). * Knowledge of German language. * Other criteria according to current SmPC of tucatinib Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications according to SmPC of tucatinib * Participation in an interventional clinical trial within 30 days prior to enrolment or simultaneous participation in an interventional clinical trial. * Treatment with tucatinib/trastuzumab/capecitabine (=study treatment) in 5th or higher palliative therapy line. * Onset of tucatinib treatment later than 22 days after start of therapy line (in case tucatinib administration is started later than trastuzumab and/or capecitabine for any reason)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medizinische Universität Wien, Innere Medizin I, Hämatologie und Onkologie
Vienna, 1090, Austria
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Universitätsklinikum Essen, Innere Klinik (Tumorforschung)
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, D-45112, Germany
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