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A Study of Tucatinib or Placebo With Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab for Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 3 Study of Tucatinib or Placebo in Combination With Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab as Maintenance Therapy for Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer (HER2CLIMB-05)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05132582
Acronym
HER2CLIMB-05
Enrollment
654
Registered
2021-11-24
Start date
2022-03-07
Completion date
2027-09-28
Last updated
2026-04-20

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

Conditions

HER2 Positive Breast Cancer

Keywords

HER2+ breast cancer, Breast Cancer, Metastatic breast cancer, Seattle Genetics

Brief summary

This study is being done to see if tucatinib works better than placebo when given with other drugs to treat participants with HER2-positive breast cancer. A placebo is a pill that looks the same as tucatinib but has no medicine in it. This study will also test what side effects happen when participants take this combination of drugs. A side effect is anything a drug does to the body besides treating your disease. Participants will have cancer that has spread in the body near where it started (locally advanced) and cannot be removed (unresectable) or has spread through the body (metastatic). In this study, all participants will get either tucatinib or placebo. Participants will be assigned randomly to a group. This is a blinded study, so patients and their doctors will not know which group a participant is in. All participants will also get trastuzumab and pertuzumab. These are 2 drugs used to treat this type of cancer.

Detailed description

Control arm: Placebo given orally twice daily plus trastuzumab and pertuzumab every 21 days Experimental arm: Tucatinib 300 mg given orally twice daily plus trastuzumab and pertuzumab every 21 days Trastuzumab and pertuzumab will be administered as follows: • Trastuzumab will be given intravenously (IV) at a dose of 6 mg/kg or subcutaneously (SC) at a fixed dose of 600 mg, once every 21 days. AND * Pertuzumab will be given IV at 420 mg every 21 days. OR * Fixed dose combination of 600 mg pertuzumab, 600 mg trastuzumab, and 20,000 units hyaluronidase will be given SC, once every 21 days, in lieu of trastuzumab and pertuzumab individually.

Interventions

DRUGTucatinib

300mg given by mouth (orally) twice daily

DRUGTrastuzumab

6mg/kg given into the vein (IV; intravenously) or 600mg injected under the skin (SC; subcutaneous) every 21 days

DRUGPertuzumab

420mg given by IV every 21 days

600 mg pertuzumab, 600 mg trastuzumab, and 20,000 units hyaluronidase will be given by subcutaneous injection every 21 days. May be given in place of trastuzumab and pertuzumab individually.

DRUGPlacebo

Given orally twice daily

Sponsors

Seagen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Centrally confirmed HER2+ breast carcinoma according to the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO) College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines prior to randomization (defined as a 3+ score on immunohistochemistry (IHC) and/or 2+ IHC and concurrent positive by ISH). * Have unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease. * If recurrent (after \[neo\]adjuvant therapy), must be at least 6 month treatment free from any trastuzumab and pertuzumab received in the early breast cancer setting for advanced HER2+ disease. * Have received 4-8 cycles of pre-study induction therapy including only trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and taxane as first-line of therapy for the treatment of advanced breast cancer prior to study enrollment. Participants are eligible provided they are without evidence of disease progression following completion of induction therapy. * Known hormone receptor status (per local guidelines; may be hormone receptor positive \[HR+\] or negative \[HR-\]) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1 * CNS Inclusion - Based on screening contrast-enhanced brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), participants may have any of the following: * No evidence of brain metastases * Untreated brain metastases which are asymptomatic not needing immediate local treatment and, if identified on prior brain imaging, without evidence of progression since starting first-line induction therapy with trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and taxane * Previously treated brain metastases which are asymptomatic * Brain metastases previously treated with local therapy must not have progressed since treatment

Exclusion criteria

* Prior treatment with any tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting HER2 and/or epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) including pyrotinib, lapatinib, tucatinib, neratinib, and afatinib (except neratinib if given in extended adjuvant setting and ≥ 12 months have elapsed since last neratinib dose prior to start of study drug) * Unable to undergo contrast-enhanced MRI of the brain * CNS Exclusion - Based on screening brain MRI and clinical assessment * Symptomatic brain metastasis after CNS-directed local therapy * Progression of brain metastases since starting first line trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and taxane * Ongoing use of systemic corticosteroids at a total daily dose of \>2 mg of dexamethasone (or equivalent) * Any untreated brain lesion in an anatomic site which may pose risk to participant * Known or suspected leptomeningeal disease (LMD) * Poorly controlled (\>1/week) seizures, or other persistent neurologic symptoms

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-free survival (PFS) by investigator assessment per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1Up to approximately 3 yearsThe time from the date of randomization to the investigator assessment of disease progression according to RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall survival (OS)Up to approximately 5 yearsThe time from randomization to death from any cause.
PFS by blinded independent central review (BICR) per RECIST v1.1Up to approximately 3 yearsThe time from the date of randomization to the documented disease progression assessed by BICR according to RECIST v1.1 or death from any cause
Time to deterioration of health-related quality of life (HRQoL)Up to approximately 3 yearsWill be measured based on patient reported outcomes (PROs) according to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ C30).
Central nervous system (CNS) PFSUp to approximately 3 yearsThe time from randomization to investigator assessed disease progression in brain (RECIST v1.1), or death from any cause
Incidence of adverse events (AEs)Through 30 days after last study treatment, approximately 18 monthsAny untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigational participant administered a medicinal product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment.
Incidence of laboratory abnormalitiesThrough 30 days after last study treatment, approximately 18 monthsTo be summarized using descriptive statistics.
Incidence of tucatinib dose alterationsThrough 30 days after last study treatment, approximately 18 monthsTo be summarized using descriptive statistics.
Incidence of trastuzumab dose alterationsThrough 30 days after last study treatment, approximately 18 monthsTo be summarized using descriptive statistics.
Incidence of pertuzumab dose alterationsThrough 30 days after last study treatment, approximately 18 monthsTo be summarized using descriptive statistics.
Maximum concentration (Cmax)Through 30 days after last study treatment, approximately 18 monthsTo be summarized using descriptive statistics.
Trough concentration (Ctrough)Through 30 days after last study treatment, approximately 18 monthsTo be summarized using descriptive statistics.

Countries

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

STUDY_DIRECTORPfizer CT.gov Call Center

Pfizer

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 21, 2026