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JBCRG-M11 ( CAERUS trial )

A phase 2 study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for molecular progression based on ctDNA analysis during CDK4/6 inhibitor and endocrine treatment in patients with HR-positive and HER2-low metastatic breast cancer - JBCRG-M11 ( CAERUS trial )

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCT2051260024
Enrollment
110
Registered
2026-04-16
Start date
2026-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hormone receptor-positive and HER2-low metastatic breast cancer

Interventions

Investigational Drug:Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) Dosage and Administration Treatment Period (Step 2):Trastuzumab deruxtecan will be administered intravenously every 3 weeks (2 days before or after)

Sponsors

Yoshinami Tetsuhiro
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Performance status is 0 or 1 according to the ECOG criteria. 2. Estrogen receptor positive or progesterone receptor positive breast cancer has been confirmed. 3. HER2 low status has been confirmed by an approved companion diagnostic test. 4. Prior to initiation of therapy with a CDK4 and 6 inhibitor in combination with endocrine therapy, the presence of distant metastatic disease meeting at least one of the following criteria has been confirmed. This corresponds to metastatic breast cancer. Visceral metastasis. Two or more lymph node metastases. Two or more bone metastases. Patients are eligible if the above metastatic lesions were confirmed by imaging before initiation of therapy with a CDK4 and 6 inhibitor in combination with endocrine therapy, even if the lesions are no longer detectable at the time of primary registration due to treatment response. 5. The patient is currently receiving therapy with a CDK4 and 6 inhibitor in combination with endocrine therapy as first line treatment or second line treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Definitions of eligible first line and second line therapies are as follows. a. De novo Stage IV breast cancer. First line therapy is defined as the first systemic drug therapy initiated. Second line therapy is defined as the second systemic drug therapy initiated after endocrine monotherapy was used as the first systemic therapy. b. Recurrence during or within 12 months after completion of adjuvant endocrine therapy. First line therapy is not applicable. Second line therapy is defined as the first systemic drug therapy after recurrence. c. Recurrence occurring 12 months or more after completion of adjuvant endocrine therapy. First line therapy is defined as the first systemic drug therapy after recurrence. Second line therapy is defined as the second systemic drug therapy initiated after endocrine monotherapy was used as the first systemic therapy after recurrence. 6. Therapy with a CDK4 and 6 inhibitor in combination with endocrine therapy has been continued without disease progression for at least 3 months and less than 15 months, and all of the following conditions are met. a. The CDK4 and 6 inhibitor is abemaciclib or palbociclib. If abemaciclib or palbociclib was administered as perioperative therapy, at least 12 months must have elapsed between the last dose and disease recurrence. b. The endocrine therapy is either an aromatase inhibitor, including anastrozole or letrozole, or fulvestrant, and must be an agent for which resistance has not previously been confirmed. Resistance is defined as recurrence during perioperative therapy or within 12 months after the last dose, or disease progression during treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Premenopausal patients must additionally receive a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonist. c. All study drugs are administered in accordance with the approved dosage and administration described in the package insert. 7. The patient has not received cytotoxic chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Molecular targeted agents and endocrine therapy are excluded.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. The patient has central nervous system metastases, regardless of whether the metastases are active or inactive. 2. The patient has multiple primary malignancies. 3. The patient has myocardial infarction or symptomatic congestive heart failure classified as New York Heart Association Class II to Class IV, or has a history of any of these conditions within 6 months prior to primary registration. 4. The patient has non infectious interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis requiring steroid treatment, or has a history of these conditions. 5. The patient is pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion of patients achieving molecular complete response (mCR) at 24 weeks after registration

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Efficacy Endpoints: Time to molecular complete response, Progression free survival (PFS), Overall survival (OS), Objective response rate (ORR), Molecular objective response rate (mORR), Proportion of patients with molecular progressive disease (mPD) and time to molecular progressive disease, Second progression free survival (PFS2), Tumor markers Safety Endpoints: Adverse events, Clinical laboratory tests, Physical examination, Vital signs, Performance status (ECOG PS), Electrocardiogram, Cardiac assessments

Contacts

Public ContactTetsuhiro Yoshinami

The University of Osaka Hospital

prj-toiawase_M11@eps.co.jp+81-6-6879-5111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026