A Phase 2 interventional study of Trastuzumab deruxtecan and Durvalumab in Invasive Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer Stage III and HER2-positive Breast Cancer, sponsored by Filipa Lynce, MD. Recruiting at 3 sites in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-19.
Sponsored by Filipa Lynce, MD · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug combination (trastuzumab deruxtecan and durvalumab) to learn whether the intervention works in treating Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor-2 (HER2)-expressing inflammatory breast cancer.
The names of the study drugs involved in this study are:
This is a phase 2 open label study of neoadjuvant trastuzumab deruxtecan plus durvalumab for patients with stage III, HER2-positive or HER2-low inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), who have not received prior therapy for ipsilateral breast cancer.
Participants will be enrolled into one of two study treatment groups: HER2 positive IBC (Cohort 1) or HER2 low IBC (Cohort 2).
Research procedures including screening for eligibility, clinic visits for treatment, tumor biopsies, and blood tests.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved Durvalamab or Trastuzumab deruxtecan for inflammatory breast cancer, but both have been approved for other uses.
Participation in this study is expected to last about 22 months.
It is expected that about 63 people will take part in this research study.
The pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, is supporting this research study by providing the study drugs and funding.
Participants must have normal organ and marrow function prior to enrollment as defined below:
Exclusion Criteria:
Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (including inflammatory bowel disease [eg, colitis or Crohn's disease], diverticulitis [with the exception of diverticulosis], systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoidosis syndrome, Wegener syndrome [granulomatosis with polyangiitis], Graves' disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, hypophysitis, uveitis, etc). The following are exceptions to this criterion:
-- Patients with vitiligo or alopecia, Patients with hypothyroidism (eg, following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement, Patients with any chronic skin condition that does not require systemic therapy, Patients with celiac disease controlled by diet alone, who may also be included, but only after consultation with the Principal Investigator, Patients without active disease in the last 5 years, who may also be included but only after consultation with the Principal Investigator
Participants will be enrolled into one of two cohorts: HER2 positive IBC (cohort 1) and HER2 low IBC (cohort 2). * HER2-positive determined locally by the current ASCO/CAP guidelines * Participants will receive trastuzumab deruxtecan plus durvalumab for eight cycles prior to surgery. (Cycle Length is 21 days) * After surgery, Participants will receive therapy per physician's choice and to reflect current standard of care.
Drug: Trastuzumab deruxtecan · Drug: Durvalumab
Participants will be enrolled into one of two cohorts: HER2 positive IBC (cohort 1) and HER2 low IBC (cohort 2) * HER2-low tumor expression (IHC 2+/ISH-, IHC 1+/ISH-, or IHC 1+/ISH untested) * Participants will receive trastuzumab deruxtecan plus durvalumab for eight cycles prior to surgery (Cycle Length is 21 days) * After surgery, Participants will receive therapy per physician's choice and to reflect current standard of care.
Drug: Trastuzumab deruxtecan · Drug: Durvalumab
via IV, protocol determined dosage once per cycle up to eight cycles. Each cycle will last for 21 days (three weeks).
Also known as: Enhertu
via IV, protocol determined dosage once per cycle up to eight cycles. Each cycle will last for 21 days (three weeks).
Pathological complete response (pCR) Rate
pCR rate is the proportion of participants with absent invasive carcinoma in the breast and lymph nodes at time of surgery; in situ disease only is considered pCR; if off-treatment prior to surgery than considered not pCR.
Time frame: Assessed on surgical tissue: surgery occurs no later than 6 weeks post 8 cycles of neo-adjuvant therapy (one cycle=21 days)
Residual Cancer Burden (RCB) Response
RCB response is the number of participants by RCB category; the RCB calculator used is from M.D Anderson with parameters (see References for link).
Time frame: Assessed on surgical tissue; surgery occurs +day 14 and no later than 6 weeks post 8 cycles of neo-adjuvant therapy (one cycle=21 days)
Event Free Survival (EFS)
EFS defined from the time of registration until the occurrence of the first of the following events: * Progression of disease that precludes surgery; * Local/regional recurrence: a recurrent or new invasive ipsilateral breast cancer, invasive breast cancer in the axilla, regional lymph nodes, chest wall, or skin of the ipsilateral breast; * Contralateral invasive breast cancer; * Distant recurrence: metastatic disease that has either been biopsy confirmed or clinically diagnosed as recurrent invasive breast cancer; or * Death from any cause. In the absence of an event, EFS is censored at date last disease assessment. t-year EFS to be estimated by Kaplan-Meier method, with time "t" specified according to median follow-up at time of reporting.
Time frame: Disease assessed every 6 weeks by chest xray (+/- 1 week) until completion of 8 cycles of neo-adjuvant therapy (one cycle=21 days); Follow-up assessments post-surgery every 6 months (+/- 8 weeks) until participant withdrawal or death up to 4 years
Distant progression or distant disease-free survival (DP/DDFS)
DP/DDFS defined from the time of registration until the occurrence of the first of the following events: * Distant progression of disease prior to surgery; * Distant recurrence: metastatic disease that has either been biopsy confirmed or clinically diagnosed as recurrent invasive breast cancer; or * Death from any cause. In the absence of an event, DP/DDFS is censored at date last disease assessment. t-year DP/DDFS to be estimated by Kaplan-Meier method, with time "t" specified according to median follow-up at time of reporting.
Time frame: Disease assessed every 6 weeks by chest xray (+/- 1 week) until 8 cycles of neo-adjuvant therapy (one cycle=21 days); Follow-up assessments post-surgery every 6 months (+/- 8 weeks) until participant withdrawal or death up to 4 years
Plan to share: Yes — The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to Sponsor Investigator or designee. The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap
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