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A Study of HER3-DXd in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

HERTHENA-PanTumor01 (U31402-277): A Phase 2, Multicenter, Multicohort, Open-Label, Proof of Concept Study of Patritumab Deruxtecan (HER3-DXd; U3-1402) in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

  • Advanced Solid Tumor
  • Melanoma
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Ovarian Carcinoma
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Bladder Cancer

At a glance

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Sponsor
Daiichi Sankyo
Enrolment target
740
Started
26 February 2024
Main results due
1 September 2027
Study sites
91
Registry updated
25 September 2026

Can you take part?

  • Aged 18 years and over.
  • Open to any sex.
  • You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.

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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria

Participants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for enrollment into the study:

1. Sign and date the informed consent form prior to the start of any study-specific qualification procedures. A separate tissue screening consent will be obtained from all subjects to meet the baseline tumor tissue requirement.
2. Participants aged ≥18 years (follow local regulatory requirements if the legal age of consent for study participation is \>18 years old).
3. Has locally advanced unresectable or metastatic disease (not curable by surgery or radiation) as follows:

   Cutaneous (acral and non-acral) melanoma
   1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed cutaneous (acral or non-acral) melanoma
   2. Disease progression while on or after having received treatment with ≥1 prior line of anti-programmed cell death protein (PD-1) or anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) based therapy (previous use of other immune checkpoint inhibitors \[ICIs\] \[ie, anti-CTLA4, anti- LAG-3\] is acceptable). Prior anti-PD-(L)1 therapy in the adjuvant setting is allowed if there is recurrence within 12 weeks of the last dose. If the participant had BRAFm melanoma, they must have had disease progression on BRAF/MEK inhibitor therapy as well.

      Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck
   3. Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (with a primary location of oral cavity,oropharynx, larynx, hypopharynx) that is human papillomavirus (HPV) positive or negative (as determined by local standard). Excludes tumor location in the nasopharynx, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, and unknown primary locations.
   4. Disease progression after having received treatment with ≥1 and \<3 prior lines of systemic therapy in the unresectable recurrent or metastatic setting.

      Must have had disease progression on anti-PD-(L)1 (either as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy or other therapies). Must also have had disease progression on a platinum-based chemotherapy (PBC) regimen either in the recurrent or metastatic setting or in the locally advanced setting with curative intent.

      Gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma
   5. Tumor tissue must be confirmed as negative for HER2 expression (immunohistochemistry \[IHC\] 0/1+ or IHC 2+/in situ hybridization negative) as classified by American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO-CAP) guidelines and determined prior to enrollment by assessment in a local laboratory that is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified (US sites) or accredited based on specific country regulations.
   6. Disease progression after having received treatment with ≥2 prior lines of therapy that include PBC with or without anti-PD-1 therapy.

      Ovarian Carcinoma
   7. Pathologically documented high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer.
   8. Documented disease progression ≥4 weeks after the last dose of PBC and \<6 months of last dose of PBC in the advanced or metastatic setting. Prior use of folate reductase alpha targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) (ie, mirvetuximab soravtansine) is allowed.

      Cervical Cancer
   9. Pathologically or cytologically documented recurrent or persistent squamous, adenosquamous, or adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix.
   10. Disease progression after having received ≥1 line of systemic therapy in the recurrent or metastatic setting. This may include prior anti-PD-(L)1 treatment and/or tissue factor directed ADC (tisotumab vedotin \[TV\]) per regional standard of care.

       Endometrial Cancer
   11. Pathologically or cytologically documented endometrial cancer (carcinoma of any histological sub-type or endometrial carcinosarcoma), irrespective of microsatellite instability (MSI) or mismatch repair (MMR) status.
   12. Documented disease progression after having received ≥1 prior line of therapy (maximum of 3) PBC containing systemic treatment and an anti-PD(L)-1 therapy-containing regimen (combined or sequential) in the advanced/metastatic setting.

       Bladder Cancer
   13. Pathologically or cytologically documented locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, renal pelvis, ureter, or urethra. Histological variants are allowed if urothelial histology is predominant. Small cell/neuroendocrine tumors are not allowed even if mixed histology.
   14. Relapsed or progressed after treatment with ≥1 prior line of therapy (maximum of 3) that contains anti-PD-(L)1 therapy in the perioperative or metastatic setting. At least 1 line of therapy must also contain one of the following treatment modalities: chemotherapy or enfortumab vedotin. Prior fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR)-inhibitor treatment for those who are eligible are allowed.

       * Required treatments can be given in combination or sequentially
       * Prior cisplatin-based therapy or PD-(L)1 inhibitor therapy given for the treatment of muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma is counted as 1 line of therapy
       * The same regimen administered twice in different disease settings will be counted as 1 line of prior therapy
       * Participants in the second-line setting who have previously received enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab in combination can be enrolled.

       Esophageal Carcinoma
   15. Pathologically or cytologically documented esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
   16. Must have documented disease progression after having received 2 prior lines of therapy including previous PBC with or without an anti-PD-1 therapy-containing regimen (combined or sequential) in the advanced/metastatic setting.

       Pancreatic Carcinoma
   17. Pathologically or cytologically documented unresectable or metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
   18. Relapsed or disease progression after having received 1 prior line of systemic therapy in the locally advanced/metastatic setting.

       Prostate Cancer
   19. Pathologically or cytologically documented unresectable locally advanced or metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
   20. Adenocarcinoma of the prostate without neuroendocrine differentiation or small cell histology.
   21. Surgically or medically castrated, with testosterone levels of \<50 ng/dL.
   22. Documented objective progression as determined by radiographic progression for subjects with measurable disease after androgen deprivation.
   23. Relapsed or disease progression after having received treatment with ≥1 of the following novel hormonal agents: abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, or darolutamide.
   24. Relapsed or disease progression after having received ≥1 cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen that included a taxane.

       Gastric Cancer 2L
   25. Must have had gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma confirmed as negative for HER2 expression (IHC 0/1+ or IHC 2+/in situ hybridization negative) as classified by American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO-CAP) guidelines and determined prior to enrollment by assessment in a local laboratory that is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified (US sites) or accredited based on specific country regulations.
   26. Disease progression after having received treatment with only 1 prior line of systemic anti-cancer therapy that includes 5-FU-based chemotherapy with or without an anti-PD-1 therapy. For subjects whose tumors are claudin (CLDN) 18.2 positive, treatment with 5-FU based chemotherapy with CLDN18.2 directed therapy in the first-line setting is allowed.

   Non-small Cell Lung Cancer aa. Histologically or cytologically documented metastatic or locally advanced nonsquamous NSCLC not amenable to curative surgery or radiation bb. Documentation of absence of actionable driver mutation (ie, ALK rearrangement, BRAF V600E mutation, EGFR-activating mutations \[exon 19 deletion or L858R mutation\], EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation, HER2 mutation, KRAS G12C mutation, MET exon 14 skipping mutation, NTRK 1/2/3 gene fusion, RET rearrangement, or ROS1 rearrangement). New testing for these genomic alterations is not required for Screening.

   cc. Relapsed or disease progression after receiving only anti-PD-(L)1 and PBC (ie, platinum doublet) administered in combination or sequentially for metastatic disease.

   Breast Cancer dd. Pathologically documented breast cancer that is assessed as HER2 negative (IHC2+/ISH-, IHC1+, or IHC0 per ASCO/CAP guidelines), and HR positive (either ER and/or PgR positive \[ER or PgR ≥1%\] per ASCO/CAP guidelines). The HER2 and HR results must be from a tumor sample obtained in the metastatic setting.

   ee. Participant must have received one line of chemotherapy for mBC, but not more than one line and must have a clinically or radiologically documented evidence of tumor progression on or after CDK 4/6 inhibitor combined with endocrine therapy; previous treatments with phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors, protein kinase B (PKB) inhibitors also known as AKT-inhibitors and poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP)-inhibitors are allowed.
4. Has ≥1 measurable lesion on CT or MRI as per RECIST v1.1 by investigator assessment. Prostate cancer participants with bone only disease may be eligible.
5. Provides a pretreatment tumor tissue sample that meets 1 of the following collection requirements:

   1. Tumor biopsy from ≥1 lesion not previously irradiated and performed since progression with the most recent systemic cancer therapy regimen and prior to signature of the tissue ICF (ARCHIVAL PRETREATMENT sample).

      OR
   2. Newly obtained pretreatment tumor biopsy from ≥1 lesion not previously irradiated and amenable to sampling, after signature of tissue ICF (FRESH PRETREATMENT sample)
6. Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) of 0 or 1 at screening.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who meet any of the following criteria will be disqualified from entering the study:

1. Has HER2-positive gastric cancer as classified by ASCO-CAP guidelines and determined prior to enrollment by assessment in a local laboratory that is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified (US sites) or accredited based on specific country regulations.
2. Has nasopharyngeal cancer.
3. Has mucosal or uveal melanoma.
4. Has a history of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD), that required corticosteroids, has current ILD/pneumonitis, or suspected ILD/pneumonitis cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening.
5. Has clinically severe respiratory compromise (based on the investigator's assessment) resulting from intercurrent pulmonary illnesses
6. Is receiving chronic systemic corticosteroids dosed at \>10 mg prednisone daily or equivalent anti-inflammatory activity or any form of immunosuppressive therapy prior to Cycle 1 Day 1.

   Participants who require use of bronchodilators, inhaled or topical steroids, or local steroid injections may be included in the study.
7. Had prior treatment with an anti-HER3 antibody and/or antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that consists of an exatecan derivative that is a topoisomerase I inhibitor (eg, trastuzumab deruxtecan).
8. Has history of other active malignancy within 3 years prior to Cycle 1 Day 1, except the following:

   1. Adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer
   2. Adequately treated intraepithelial carcinoma of the cervix
   3. Any other curatively treated in situ disease
9. Has any evidence of severe or uncontrolled diseases (eg, active bleeding diatheses, active serious infection) psychiatric illness/social situations, geographical factors, substance abuse, or other factors that, in the investigator's opinion, make it high risk for the subject to participate in the study or that would jeopardize compliance with the protocol
10. Has previously received topoisomerase-1 inhibitors (e.g., irinotecan) treatment in the advanced or metastatic disease setting.

What this study is about

In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.

This is a proof-of-concept study designed to investigate HER3-DXd monotherapy in locally advanced unresectable or metastatic solid tumors. The study is enrolling cohorts of participants with melanoma \[cutaneous/acral\], squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (SCCHN), HER2-negative gastric cancer ovarian carcinoma, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, bladder cancer, esophageal carcinoma, pancreatic carcinoma, prostate cancer, second-line gastric cancer, lung cancer, and breast cancer.

Study sites(91)

  • City of Hope

    Duarte, California, United States

    Recruiting

  • Yale Cancer Center

    New Haven, Connecticut, United States

    Recruiting

  • AdventHealth Medical Group Oncology Research at Celebration

    Kissimmee, Florida, United States

    Recruiting

  • University of Illinois Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Recruiting

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    Recruiting

  • Health Partners Frauenshuh Cancer Center

    Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

    Recruiting

  • Health Partners Cancer Center at Regions Hospital

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

    Recruiting

  • Washington University, School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, United States

    Recruiting

  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute IDS

    Buffalo, New York, United States

    Recruiting

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital

    New York, New York, United States

    Recruiting

  • SCRI Oncology Partners

    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    Recruiting

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, United States

    Recruiting

  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Seattle, Washington, United States

    Completed

  • Chris O'Brien Lifehouse

    Camperdown, Australia

    Recruiting

  • Icon Cancer Centre Chermside

    Chermside, Australia

    Recruiting

  • Monash Medical Centre Clayton

    Clayton, Australia

    Recruiting

  • Icon Cancer Centre Hobart

    Hobart, Australia

    Recruiting

  • Icon Cancer Centre Townsville

    Hyde Park, Australia

    Recruiting

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

    Brussels, Belgium

    Recruiting

  • UZA

    Edegem, Belgium

    Recruiting

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

    Ghent, Belgium

    Recruiting

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

    Jette, Belgium

    Recruiting

  • UZ Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    Recruiting

  • Cross Cancer Institute

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Recruiting

  • Sunnybrook Research Institute

    Toronto, Canada

    Recruiting

  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

    Toronto, Canada

    Completed

  • BC Cancer - Vancouver

    Vancouver, Canada

    Recruiting

  • West China Hospital, Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    Recruiting

  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

    Guangzhou, China

    Recruiting

  • Chu Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    Recruiting

  • Centre Georges Franăois Leclerc

    Dijon, France

    Recruiting

  • Hopital Claude Huriez - Chu Lille

    Lille, France

    Recruiting

  • Centre Léon Bérard

    Lyon, France

    Recruiting

  • Hăpital de La Timone

    Marseille, France

    Recruiting

  • Chu Nantes - Hătel Dieu

    Nantes, France

    Recruiting

  • Institut Claudius Regaud

    Toulouse, France

    Recruiting

  • ICL - Alexis Vautrin

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    Recruiting

  • Institut Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, France

    Recruiting

  • Krankenhaus Nordwest GmbH

    Frankfurt, Germany

    Recruiting

  • Bacs-Kiskun Varmegyei Oktatokorhaz

    Kecskemét, Hungary

    Recruiting

  • Humanitas Gavazzeni

    Bergamo, Italy

    Recruiting

  • IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

    Genova, Italy

    Recruiting

  • AOU Federico II - Oncologia Clinica

    Naples, Italy

    Recruiting

  • Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona s.r.l.

    Verona, Italy

    Recruiting

  • Saitama Medical University International Medical Center

    Hidaka, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Kanagawa Cancer Center

    Kanagawa, Japan

    Recruiting

  • National Cancer Center Hospital East

    Kashiwa-shi, Japan

    Recruiting

  • NHO Shikoku Cancer Center

    Matsuyama, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Shizuoka Cancer Center

    Nagaizumi-cho, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Aichi Cancer Center Hospital

    Nagoya, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Kindai University Hospital

    Osakasayama-shi, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Saitama Cancer Center

    Saitama, Japan

    Recruiting

  • National Cancer Center Hospital

    Tokyo, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR

    Tokyo, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Yokohama City University Medical Center

    Yokohama, Japan

    Recruiting

  • Amsterdam UMC locatie Vumc

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Recruiting

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    Groningen, Netherlands

    Recruiting

  • Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

    Leiden, Netherlands

    Recruiting

  • Maastricht University Medical Center

    Maastricht, Netherlands

    Recruiting

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Recruiting

Showing 60 of 91 sites — filter to narrow it down. 87 of the 91 sites on this study are recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06172478. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.

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