Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (DS-8201a) Versus Investigator's Choice for HER2-low Breast Cancer That Has Spread or Cannot be Surgically Removed [DESTINY-Breast04]

Prior treatment

• Has previously been treated with any anti-HER2 therapy, including an antibody drug conjugate

Other illness

• Has breast cancer ever assessed with high-HER2 expression
• Has uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease
• Has history of (noninfectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required steroids, has current ILD/pneumonitis, or suspected ILD/pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening
• Has any medical history or condition that per protocol or in the opinion of the investigator is inappropriate for the study

Other

• Is ineligible for all options in the physician's choice arm
• Has spinal cord compression or clinically active central nervous system metastases

• Is the age of majority in their country
• Has pathologically documented breast cancer that:
  • Is unresectable or metastatic
  • Has low-HER2 expression defined as IHC 2+/ISH- or IHC 1+ (ISH- or untested)
  • Is HR-positive or HR-negative
  • Has progressed on, and would no longer benefit from, endocrine therapy
  • Has been treated with 1 to 2 prior lines of chemotherapy/adjuvant in the recurrent or metastatic setting
  • Was never previously HER2-positive (ICH 3+ or ISH+) on prior pathology testing (per American Society of Clinical Oncology-College of American Pathologists \[ASCO-CAP\] guidelines)
• Has documented radiologic progression (during or after most recent treatment)
• Has adequate archival tumor samples available or is wiling to provide fresh biopsies prior to randomization for:
  • assessment of HER2 status
  • assessment of post-treatment status
• Has at least 1 measurable lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors 1.1
• Has protocol-defined adequate cardiac, bone marrow, renal, hepatic and blood clotting functions
• Male and female participants of reproductive/childbearing potential, agrees to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception and agrees to avoid preserving ova or sperm for at least 4.5 months after treatment (or longer, per locally approved labels)