Tests trastuzumab deruxtecan in breast cancer with low or no HER2

Who can take part

• Sign and date the main informed consent form
• Must agree to provide a newly obtained or archival baseline biopsy from primary and/or metastatic lesion
• Pathologically documented Breast Cancer (BC) tumor; Is unresectable and/or metastatic; Is hormone receptor-negative or hormone receptor-positive; Must include percentage of positively stained cells to characterize if hormone receptor-positive or -negative; Has confirmed HER2 IHC 1+ or IHC 2+/ISH- (HER2-low) status or HER2 IHC 0 status as determined according to ASCO CAP 2018 guidelines1 based on sample collected during Tissue Screening as described above; Was never previously HER2-positive (IHC 3+ or IHC 2+/ISH+) on prior pathology testing (per ASCO CAP guidelines); Was never previously treated with anti-HER2 therapy in the metastatic setting
• Has had at least one and up to two prior lines of therapy in the metastatic setting; In participants with hormone receptor-positive HER2-low metastatic BC (Cohort 3):; Has recurrent disease <2 years from the initiation of adjuvant ET OR; Has disease progression on CDK4/6 inhibitor-based regimen within 12 months of completion of adjuvant therapy with a CDK4/6 inhibitor OR; Has disease progression within the first 12 months of CDK4/6 in the first line metastatic setting
• Presence of at least one measurable lesion based on computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging
• Participants with brain metastases are allowed in the study. The brain lesion(s) should be small (<2 cm), untreated, asymptomatic, not requiring urgent medical intervention, and are asymptomatic and clinically stable
• Has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1
• Has a minimum life expectancy of 12 weeks at Screening
• Has a left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50% within 28 days before enrollment
• Has adequate organ and bone marrow function within 28 days before enrollment
• Has adequate treatment washout period before enrollment
• Male and female subjects of reproductive/childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effective form of contraception

Who cannot take part

• Prior treatment with an antibody drug conjugate (ADC)
• Has history of receiving a live, attenuated vaccine (messenger RNA and replication-deficient adenoviral vaccines are not considered attenuated live vaccines) within 30 days prior to the first exposure to study drug
• Has unresolved toxicities from previous anticancer therapy, defined as toxicities (other than alopecia) not yet resolved to Grade ≤1 or baseline
• Prior complete pneumonectomy
• Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease
• Has a history of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required steroids, has current ILD/pneumonitis, or where suspected ILD/pneumonitis cannot be ruled out by imaging at Screening
• Has multiple primary malignancies within 3 years, except adequately resected non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ disease, other solid tumors curatively treated, or contralateral BC
• Has a history of severe hypersensitivity reactions to either the drug substances or inactive ingredients in the drug product
• Has a history of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies
• Has an uncontrolled infection requiring intravenous (IV) antibiotics, antivirals, or antifungals
• Active primary immunodeficiency, known uncontrolled active human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or active hepatitis B or C infection
• Lung-specific intercurrent clinically significant illnesses
• Any autoimmune, connective tissue, or inflammatory disorders
• Has a corrected QT interval prolongation
• Has spinal cord compression or clinically active central nervous system metastases
• Is pregnant or breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant