A Phase III Study of ESG401 for Unresectable Recurrent or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Prior treatment

• Use of any investigational anti-cancer drug within 28 days or 5 half-lives before the first investigational product administration.
• Toxicities from prior anti-tumor therapy not recovering to ≤ Grade 1.
• Prior topoisomerase I inhibitor therapy, including antibody-drug conjugate(ADC) therapy, or prior TROP2 targeted therapy.
• Patients with Primary CNS malignancy, or patients with other malignancies within 3 years prior to the first dose.
• Patients with gastrointestinal diseases (such as chronic gastritis, chronic enteritis or gastric ulcers), or with a previous history of severe or chronic diarrhea.
• Known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction to irinotecan or other camptocampin derivatives such as topotecan or to have had grade≥3 gastrointestinal reactions associated with irinotecan, or allergies, or to any investigational drug or excipient ingredient.

Other illness

• New thromboembolic events, intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation within 6 months.
• Patients with uncontrollable systemic diseases.
• Subjects with clinically significant cardiovascular disease.
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.
• Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

Other

• Subjects with symptomatic or untreated CNS metastases, or those requiring ongoing treatment for CNS metastases.
• Pregnant or lactating women.

• Males or females aged ≥ 18 years ;
• Histologically and/or cytologically confirmed TNBC;
• De novo metastatic or relapsed ≥ 6 months post completion of treatment with curative intent;
• No prior systemic anti-cancer therapy for unresectable recurrent or metastatic disease;
• Participants whose tumours are PD-L1-negative, or Participants whose tumours are PD-L1-positive and have relapsed after prior PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy for early-stage breast cancer, or comorbidities precluding PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy;
• Eligible for the chemotherapy options listed as investigator's choice chemotherapy (paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, capecitabine, eribulin, or carboplatin) as assessed by the investigator;
• At least one measurable lesion per RECIST v1.1;
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1 with no worsening within 2 weeks prior to randomization;
• A life expectancy of at least 12 weeks;
• Adequate organ and bone marrow function.