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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2023 Jun 22;129(18):2773–2788. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34904

Table 1:

List of completed and ongoing clinical trials that includes HER2-low breast cancer

Trial Name/ Identifier Class of Drug and Anti-HER2-agent Phase, Estimated Enrollment Study Design Population Intervention 10 Outcome Measures Key 20 Outcome Measures Estimated 10 completion date Results
Completed Trials
NCT01275677 ADC, Transtuzumab Phase III, N = 3270 Randomized, Open label, two arm Pre-treated node-positive or high-Risk node-negative HER2-low early-stage invasive BC Chemotherapy alone (TC or ACT) vs Chemotherapy (TC or ACT) + Trastuzumab IDFS BCFS, RFI, DRFI, OS, AE Completed 31-Jul-2017 Addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy failed to show clinical benefit: 5-year IDFS= 89.8% vs 89.2%, HR= 0.98, p= 0.85; 5-year DRFI= 92.7% vs 93.6%, HR= 1.1, p= 0.55; OS= 94.8% vs 96.3%, HR= 1.33, p= 0.15
NCT02491892 ADC, Pertuzumab Phase II, N = 78 Randomized, Open label Pre-treated metastatic HER2-low BC Two different doses of pertuzumab (1050 mg vs loading dose of 840 mg followed by maintenance dose of 420 mg) ORR Time to response, OS Completed 01-April-2005 ORR 2.5%
NCT01828021 ADC, Margetuximab Phase II, N = 25 Single arm, open label Relapse refractory or advanced HER2-low BC Margetuximab monotherapy ORR Response rate Completed 14-April-2017 Results pending
NCT04420598/ DEBBRAH ADC, T-DXd Phase II, N = 41 Single arm, multi-cohort, open label HER2-positive and HER2-low advanced BC with brain metastasis and LMC Single agent T-DXd PFS, ORR-IC, OS ORR, TTR, clinical best response, DoR, best percentage of change, safety and tolerability of T-DXd Completed 07-April-2022 Results pending
Ongoing Clinical Trials
NCT03734029/DESTINY-Breast 04 ADC, T-DXd Phase III, N = 557 Randomized, open label, 2 arm Pre-treated metastatic HER2-low BC T-DXd vs treatment of physician's choice of chemotherapy (capecitabine or eribulin or gemcitabine or paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel) PFS OS, ORR, DoR 1-Mar-23 Active, not recruiting. Results: T-DXd arm had improved PFS, and OS compared to physician's choice of chemotherapy (mPFS= 9.9 vs 5.1, HR= 0.5, p<0.0001; OS= 23.4 vs 16.8, HR= 0.64, p= 0.001)
NCT04556773/DESTINY-Breast 08 ADC, T-DXd Phase 1b, N = 182 Non-randomized, open label, 5 study arms HER2-low advanced/metastatic BC T-DXd + capecitabine or T-DXd + durvalumab + paclitaxel or T-DXd + capivasertib or T-DXd + anastrozole or T-DXd + fulvestrant AE, SAE ORR, PFS, DoR, OS 26-Jan-24 Active, Recruiting
NCT04494425/DESTINY-Breast 06 ADC, T-DXd Phase III, N = 850 Randomized, open label (sponsor-blind), dual arm CT HER2-low HR+ metastatic BC with progression on ET, includes HER2-ultra-low BC patients T-DXd vs standard of care (capecitabine or paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel) PFS OS, ORR, DoR, AEs, serum concentration/ immunogenicity of T-DXd, health-related quality of life 19-Jun-26 Active, Recruiting
NCT04132960/DAISY ADC, T-DXd Phase II, N= 186 Single group assignment, Open-label, 3 cohorts Advanced HER2+, HER2-low, HER2-zero BC Single agent T-DXd BOR PFS, DoR 30-Mar-25 Active, Not recruiting
NCT04553770 (TRIO-US B-12 TALENT) ADC, T-DXd Phase II, N = 88 Randomized, open-label, dual arm CT Early stage HER2-low HR+ BC T-DXd alone vs T-DXd + Anastrozole pCR AEs, clinical objective response, Biomarker analyses, Molecular changes in tumour biomarkers (Ki67 expresion) 30-Sep-25 Active, Recruiting
NCT03052634 ADC, RC48 Phase Ib, N = 112 Non-randomized, open-label, single arm CT Advanced HER2+/HER2-low BC 3 treatment arms with RC48 at doses of 1.5/2/2.5 mg/kg in HER2-positive, and 1 arm at dose of 2 mg/kg in HER2-low RP2D AUC, Cmax, Tmax, ORR, CBR, PFS 1-Dec-22 Active, Not recruiting
NCT03742102/ BEGONIA ADC, T-DXd, Dato-DXd Phase Ib/II, N = 210 Randomized, Open-label, 5 arm CT Advanced/ unresectable/ metastatic TNBC (with HER2-low expression for Durvalumab/T-DXd arm) 5 treatment arms - (durvalumab + paclitaxel) vs (durvalumab + paclitaxel + capivasertib) vs (durvalumab + paclitaxel + oleclumab) vs (durvalumab + T-Dxd) vs (durvalumab + Dato-Dxd) AE, Safety/
tolerability
ORR, PFS, DoR, OS 13-Feb-23 Active, Not recruiting
NCT05104866/ TROPION-Breast01 ADC, Dato-DXd Phase III, N = 700 Randomized, Open-label, dual arm CT Inoperable or metastatic HR+ HER2− BC with prior 1/2 lines of systemic chemotherapy Dato-DXd vs investigators choice of chemotherapy (capecitabine or gemcitabine or eribulin or vinorelbine) PFS, OS ORR, DoR, DCR 18-Jul-25 Active, Recruiting
NCT04742153 ADC, MRG002 Phase II, N = 66 Non-randomized, open-label, single arm Locally advanced or metastatic HER2-low BC Single agent MRG002 IV infusion ORR PFS, 6-month/12-month PFSR, TTR, DoR, DCR, OS, Aes 1-Feb-23 Active, Recruiting
NCT05165225/
PILHLE-001
Pan-ERB TKI, Pyrotinib Phase II, N = 46 Open label, single arm CT Early/locally advanced HER2-low/HR+ BC Pyrotinib + epirubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel (neoadjuvant) pCR Miller-Payne grade PR, ORR, BCR, DFS, OS 19-May-28 Active, Recruiting

ADC = Antibody drug conjugate; HER2= human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; CT= Clinical trial; BC= Breast cancer; TC= Docetaxel and Cyclophosphamide; ACT= Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide and Paclitaxel; IDFS: Invasive disease-free survival; BCFS= Breast cancer free survival; RFI= Relapse free interval; DRFI= Distant relapse free interval; OS= Overall survival; AE= Adverse events; HR= Hormone receptor; Dato-DXd= Datopotamab deruxtecan, LMC= Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis; Pan-ERB TKI = pan-Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor; ICPI = Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors; TNBC = Triple negative Breast Cancer; T-DXd = trastuzumab Deruxtecan; RP2D = Recommended Phase II dose; pCR = pathologic Complete Response rate; SAEs = Serious Adverse Events; Cmax = Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration; AUC = Area Under Curve; Tmax = Time for Cmax, ORR = Overall Response Rate; CBR = Clinical Benefit Rate; PFS = Progression Free Survival; DoR = Duration of Response; PFSR= Progression free survival rate; ITT = Intention To Treat; DCR = Disease Control Rate; TTD = Time to Deterioration; TTR= Time to response; BOR= Best Objective Response rate