HER2CLIMB-04: Phase 2 open label trial of tucatinib plus trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2+ unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with and without brain metastases (trial in progress).

TPS1097 Background: Tucatinib (TUC) is an oral, reversible, small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor highly selective for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) with minimal inhibition of human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). In the pivotal, randomized HER2CLIMB trial (NCT02614794), the combination of TUC + trastuzumab (T) + capecitabine (C) demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in progression free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and PFS in patients (pts) with brain metastases (BM), compared to T + C alone. These data supported regulatory approvals in the US and internationally for TUC in combination with T + C in pts with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) is an antibody-drug conjugate of trastuzumab and a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload approved in the US for treatment of HER2+ MBC in pts who have received 2 or more prior anti-HER2 regimens in the metastatic setting. Approval was based on data from the single arm Destiny-Breast01 trial (NCT03248492) where treatment with T-DXd resulted in a confirmed objective response rate (cORR) of 61.4% (95% CI: 54.0, 68.5) in pts with HER2+ MBC who had prior ado-trastuzumab emtansine treatment. Despite these advances, HER2+ MBC remains incurable, and pts will eventually progress on currently available therapies. Combining TUC and T-DXd may result in further improvement on the efficacy seen with either agent alone. Methods: HER2CLIMB-04 (NCT04539938) is a single arm, open-label phase 2 trial evaluating safety and antitumor activity of TUC + T-DXd in pts with HER2+ unresectable locally-advanced or MBC who have received 2 or more prior HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting. Pts with BM, including active BM, may be enrolled. Ten pts will be enrolled in the safety lead-in portion of the trial and followed for at least 1 cycle. If safety of the combination is acceptable, the trial will continue until approximately 60 response-evaluable pts have been enrolled, approximately evenly distributed between pts with and without BM. The primary endpoint is cORR by investigator (INV) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1. Secondary endpoints are PFS, duration of response (DOR), and disease control rate (DCR) by INV per RECIST v1.1, OS, and safety. Exploratory endpoints will include cORR, PFS, DOR, DCR by independent central review per RECIST v1.1, pharmacokinetic analyses, biomarker analyses, and changes in patient-reported outcomes using the European Quality of Life 5-Dimension 5-Level instrument. Enrollment began in late 2020 in the United States. Clinical trial information: NCT04539938 .