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Comparing Sacituzumab tirumotecan with Capecitabine for triple-negative breast cancer

Official title: Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (MK-2870) Plus Pembrolizumab Versus TPC in TNBC Who Did Not Achieve pCR (MK-2870-012)

A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-label, Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Adjuvant MK-2870 in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC) in Participants With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Who Received Neoadjuvant Therapy and Did Not Achieve a Pathological Complete Response (pCR) at Surgery

Condition: Triple-Negative Breast CancerSponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCTarget enrollment: 1530
  • Phase 3
  • 2 groups
  • Sites in Edmonton, Vancouver and 11 more cities
  • Recruiting
Cross Cancer Institute ( Site 0407), Edmonton, AlbertaBC Cancer Vancouver ( Site 0404), Vancouver, British ColumbiaCancerCare Manitoba ( Site 0411), Winnipeg, ManitobaThe Moncton Hospital ( Site 0401), Moncton, New BrunswickQEII Health Sciences Centre - Victoria General Site ( Site 0418), Halifax, Nova ScotiaKingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General Hospital Site ( Site 0422), Kingston, OntarioSouthlake Health ( Site 0413), Newmarket, OntarioThe Ottawa Hospital - General Campus ( Site 0414), Ottawa, OntarioNorth York General Hospital ( Site 0415), Toronto, OntarioPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre ( Site 0400), Toronto, OntarioCentre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Montérégie-Centre ( Site 0417), Greenfield Park, QuebecCIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal ( Site 0419), Montreal, QuebecCentre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ( Site 0403), Montreal, QuebecJewish General Hospital ( Site 0416), Montreal, QuebecCentre intégré de santé et de services sociaux du Bas Saint-Laurent- Hôpital régional de Rimouski ( Site 0409), Rimouski, QuebecCentre integre universitaire de sante et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-centre-du-quebec ( Site 0406), Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Interventions

  • Biological therapy

    Pembrolizumab

    Pembrolizumab 400 mg intravenous (IV) infusion q6w

  • Biological therapy

    Sacituzumab tirumotecan

    Sacituzumab tirumotecan 4 mg/kg IV infusion q2w

  • Medication

    Capecitabine

    Capecitabine 1000 mg/m\^2 to 1250 mg/m\^2 by mouth BID

Canadian Sites (16)

16 of 16 recruiting

  • Cross Cancer Institute ( Site 0407)

    Edmonton, Alberta

    Recruiting
  • BC Cancer Vancouver ( Site 0404)

    Vancouver, British Columbia

    Recruiting
  • CancerCare Manitoba ( Site 0411)

    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Recruiting

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for36 criteria

The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.

Inclusion

  • +An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 assessed within 7 days before first dose of study treatment
  • +Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected participants must have well controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART)
  • +Participants who are hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive are eligible if they have received hepatitis B birus (HBV) antiviral therapy for at least 4 weeks, and have undetectable HBV viral load prior to randomizationRandomisedWhich group you go into is decided by chance, not by you or your doctor.Read more →
  • +Has centrally confirmed TNBC, as defined by the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO/CAP) guidelines
  • +Has no evidence of locoregional or distant relapse, as assessed by the treating physician
  • +Is able to continue on adjuvant pembrolizumab
  • +Randomization must be conducted within 16 weeks from surgical resection
  • +Has provided tissue from the surgical resection for central laboratory determination of trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) status
  • +Participants who have AEs due to previous anticancer therapies must have recovered to ≤Grade 1 or baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → (except alopecia)
  • +If capable of producing sperm, the participant agrees to the following during the intervention period and for at least the time needed to eliminate each study intervention after the last dose of study intervention (120 days for sacituzumab tirumotecan and 95 days for capecitabine \[no restriction for pembrolizumab\]): agrees to refrain from donating sperm AND is either abstinent and agrees to remain abstinent or uses highly effective contraception
  • +For females (assigned at birth), is not pregnant or breastfeeding and ≥1 of the following applies: is not a participant of childbearing potential (POCBP) OR is a POCBP and uses highly effective contraception after the last dose of study intervention (210 days for sacituzumab tirumotecan, 120 days for pembrolizumab, and 185 days for capecitabine). Abstains from breastfeeding during the study intervention period and for at least 120 days after study intervention
  • +Had neoadjuvant treatment based on the KEYNOTE-522 regimen (pembrolizumab with carboplatin/taxanes and pembrolizumab with anthracycline-based chemotherapy) followed by surgery according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) treatment guidelines for TNBC
  • +Had adequate excision and surgical removal of all clinically evident disease in the breast and/or lymph nodes and have adequately recovered from surgery
  • +Has non-pathologic complete response at surgery
  • +Completed adjuvant radiation therapy (if indicated) and recovered before randomization

Exclusion

  • HIV-infected participants with a history of Kaposi's sarcoma and/or Multicentric Castleman's Disease
  • Has concurrent active hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection
  • Has a known germline breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutation (deleterious or suspected deleterious) and is eligible for adjuvant therapy with olaparib where olaparib is approved and available
  • Has Grade \>2 peripheral neuropathy
  • History of documented severe dry eye syndrome, severe Meibomian gland disease and/or blepharitis, or severe corneal disease that prevents/delays corneal healing
  • Has active inflammatory bowel disease requiring immunosuppressive medication or previous history of inflammatory bowel disease (eg, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or chronic diarrhea)
  • Has uncontrolled, significant cardiovascular disease or cerebrovascular disease including New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, uncontrolled symptomatic arrhythmia, prolongation of QTcF interval to \>480 ms, and/or other serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases within 6 months prior to study intervention
  • Received prior treatment with a trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (TROP2)-directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC) or a topoisomerase I inhibitor-containing ADC
  • Is currently receiving a strong inducer/inhibitor of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) that cannot be discontinued for the duration of the study. The required washout periodWashout periodA gap with no treatment, so the previous one clears your system.Read more → before starting sacituzumab tirumotecan is 2 weeks
  • Except for pembrolizumab as neoadjuvant therapy for early-stage TNBC: received prior therapy with an anti-programmed cell death 1 protein (anti-PD-1), anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1), or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4 \[CTLA-4\], OX-40 \[cluster of differentiation (CD) 134\], or CD137)
  • Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines are allowed
  • Has received an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to study intervention administration
  • Has known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years
  • Has diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study medication
  • Has active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years. Replacement therapy (eg, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid) is allowed
  • Has history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
  • Has active infection requiring systemic therapy
  • Has history of allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant
  • Received anticancer therapy in the adjuvant phase including but not limited to chemotherapy, small molecule anticancer drugs, poly (adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, ADCs, and/or immunotherapy, with the exception of adjuvant radiation therapy
  • Except for chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy for early-stage TNBC: Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before randomizationRandomisedWhich group you go into is decided by chance, not by you or your doctor.Read more →
  • Received prior radiotherapy within 3 weeks of start of study intervention or required corticosteroids for radiation related toxicities that cannot be discontinued before the first dose of study intervention
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In plain language

Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.

Learning 
What this study is

This study is testing a treatment for a condition.

Phase 3Phase 3A large study comparing a treatment against the current standard.Read more → — a large study comparing this against the current standard, usually across many hospitals.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.primaryPurpose
  • designModule.phases
Who receives what

There are 2 groups in this study.

Group A receives Pembrolizumab and Sacituzumab tirumotecan.

Registry label: A: Pembrolizumab + sacituzumab tirumotecan

Group B, the comparison group, receives one or more of: Pembrolizumab and Capecitabine.

Registry label: B: Treatment of Physician's Choice

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].label
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
How the study is run

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

One group receives an existing treatment, so the two can be compared.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].interventionNames
Who the study is looking for

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

The study is open to people of any sex.

The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long

The study aims to enrol about 1,530 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around December 2037.

The main measurement is taken over: Up to ~77 months.

From the trial registry

Built from these fields:

  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures

Invasive Disease-Free Survival (iDFS) — measured over Up to ~77 months.

From the trial registry

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  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame

Source: NCT06393374 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.

Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?

What is being tested — in plain terms

About PembrolizumabBiological

Pembrolizumab 400 mg intravenous (IV) infusion q6w

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a biological is here: A treatment made from or by living systems — such as antibodies, vaccines, or cell-based therapies.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About Sacituzumab tirumotecanBiological

Sacituzumab tirumotecan 4 mg/kg IV infusion q2w

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a biological is here: A treatment made from or by living systems — such as antibodies, vaccines, or cell-based therapies.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About CapecitabineDrug

Capecitabine 1000 mg/m\^2 to 1250 mg/m\^2 by mouth BID

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

Common questions

Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.

Am I eligible for this trial?

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.

What the study lists: a minimum age of 18 years.

The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.

The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

One group receives an existing treatment so the two can be compared.

From the trial registry
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?

This study is open-labelOpen-labelEveryone knows which treatment is being given — nothing is hidden.Read more →: everyone knows which treatment is being given, including you and the study team.

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

It is open to people of any sex.

It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: Up to ~77 months.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2037-12-14.

How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.

From the trial registry
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?

The study aims to enrol about 1,530 people.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?

This study lists 20 locations, including: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and 14 more.

Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.

From the trial registry
  • trial_locations

About This Trial

This is a randomized, open-label study comparing the efficacy and safety of adjuvant sacituzumab tirumotecan (MK-2870) in combination with pembrolizumab compared to treatment of physician's choice (TPC) in participants with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who received neoadjuvant therapy and did not achieve a pathological complete response (pCR) at surgery. The primary objective is to compare sacituzumab tirumotecan plus pembrolizumab to TPC (pembrolizumab or pembrolizumab plus capecitabine) with respect to invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) per investigator assessment. It is hypothesized that sacituzumab tirumotecan plus pembrolizumab is superior to TPC with respect to iDFS per investigator assessment.

Other Sites (9)

University of Michigan ( Site 0103)

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Henry Ford Health ( Site 0010)

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profound Research LLC ( Site 0074)

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Metro-Minnesota Community Clinical Oncology ( Site 0031)

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

The Blavatnik Family- Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai ( Site 0135)

New York, New York, United States

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ( Site 0123)

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 0067)

New York, New York, United States

Clinical Research Alliance ( Site 0086)

Westbury, New York, United States

Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC ( Site 0093)

Tacoma, Washington, United States

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