Overview

TKIs vs. Pertuzumab in HER2+ Breast Cancer Patients With Active Brain Metastases (HER2BRAIN)

Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2025-09-30
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Female
Summary
This is a prospective, randomized, 2-arm, Phrase 2, superiority and multicenter study to compare the efficiency of Anti-HER2 TKI versus Pertuzumab in Combination With Dose-dense Trastuzumab and Taxane in HER2-positive breast cancer patients with active refractory brain metastases.
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Collaborators:
Peking University International Hospital
Sun Yat-sen University
Zhejiang University
Treatments:
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Docetaxel
Paclitaxel
Pertuzumab
Taxane
Trastuzumab
Tucatinib
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients provided written informed consent

2. Women aged 18-75 years

3. Histologically or cytologically confirmed HER2-positive (IHC 3+ or ISH+) breast cancer

4. Patients of HER2 positive breast cancer with a documented central nervous system (CNS)
recurrence/progression (by imaging) during or after Trastuzumab based therapy

5. At least one measurable and progressive lesion in the CNS (≥10 mm on T1-weighted,
gadolinium-enhanced MRI)

6. Previous treatment with HER2 inhibitors to be discontinued prior to first study
treatment administration (at least 14 days for trastuzumab and other antibodies, at
least 7 days for lapatinib)

7. Previous chemotherapy and hormonal therapy (adjuvant and metastatic regimens) allowed,
but chemotherapy must have been discontinued at least 14 days and hormonal therapy at
least 7 days prior to first study treatment administration

8. Prior surgery, whole brain radiotherapy or stereotactic radiosurgery allowed provided
that there is unequivocal evidence of one or more new and/or progressive brain
metastases after completion of whole brain radiotherapy or stereotactic radiosurgery

9. Previous radiotherapy allowed, but radiotherapy must have been discontinued at least
14 days prior to first study treatment administration

10. Normal cardiac function

11. Patients must have recovered to baseline condition or to Common Terminology Criteria
for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 grade = 1 from any acute CTCAE v. 5.0 grade =2
side effects of previous treatments

12. Without infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on central laboratory assay
results prior to randomization

13. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) aminotransferase (AST)
14. Total bilirubin (TBIL)
15. Alkaline phosphatase (ALK)
16. Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT)
17. Albumin >/= 30g/L

18. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score of 0 to 1

19. A life expectancy of at least 1 month

20. Women of child-bearing age should take effective contraceptive measures

21. Serum total bilirubin (TBil)
22. Serum creatinine (Scr)
23. WBC >/= 3×109/L, Blood neutrophil count >/= 1×109/L, Platelet count >/= 100×109/L, HB
>/= 9 g/dL

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Lack of histological or cytological confirmation of HER2-positive (IHC 3+ or
ISH-positive) breast cancer

2. Cerebral hernia

3. Need radiotherapy or surgery immediately

4. Active cerebral infarction or hemorrhage

5. Only meningeal metastasis

6. Earlier exposure to doxorubicin or pirarubicin at a dosage of more than 360 mg/m2

7. Earlier exposure to epirubicin at a dosage of more than 900 mg/m2

8. Prior treatment with HER2-tyrosine kinase inhibitors

9. Treatment with trastuzumab emtansine within 6 months

10. Any other current malignancy or malignancy diagnosed within the past five years (other
than carcinoma in situ or stage Ia carcinoma of the cervix, skin basal cell carcinoma
and papillary thyroid carcinoma at early stage)

11. Active infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prior to first study
treatment administration.

12. History of participating any other clinical trials within 30 days prior to
randomization

13. Known hypersensitivity (Grade 3 or 4) to any of the trial drugs

14. Pregnancy or lactation

15. Current severe systemic disease (for example, clinically significant cardiovascular,
pulmonary, or renal disease)

16. Legal incompetence or limitation.

17. Considered unable to complete the study or sign the informed consent due to a medical
or mental disorder by the investigator.