Testing sacituzumab tirumotecan with pembrolizumab before surgery for early breast cancer
Tests sacituzumab tirumotecan with chemotherapy in adults with early high-risk breast cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
- Where
- Barcelona, Bilbao, Jaén, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, Sevilla, and Valencia, SpainSee the 10 sitesAlso in 40 other countries, 330 sites
- Trial code
- NCT06966700
- EU 2024-520190-12-00
- JRCT2031250231
- U1111-1316-7898
- Registry title
- A Clinical Study of Sacituzumab Tirumotecan (Sac-TMT, MK-2870) in People With Breast Cancer (MK-2870-032)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 2,400 people, planned
- Started
- 30 Jun 2025
- Expected to end
- 29 Dec 2034
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Sacituzumab tirumotecan
- Pembrolizumab
- Rescue Medication
- Carboplatin
- Paclitaxel
- Doxorubicin
- Epirubicin
- Cyclophosphamide
- Capecitabine
- Olaparib
- Record updated
- 10 November 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with new, untreated, high-risk, early-stage breast cancer that is triple-negative or hormone receptor-low positive and HER2-negative.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- High-risk, early-stage breast cancer that has not spread (M0), with tumor and lymph node stage cT1c N1-N2, cT2 N0-N2, cT3 N0-N2 or cT4a-d N0-N2.
- Earlier treatment
- No earlier treatment for this breast cancer, including radiation, drug treatment or definitive surgery. No earlier anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1 or anti-PD-L2 therapy.
- Biomarker or test result
- Triple-negative breast cancer, or HR-low positive/HER2-negative breast cancer (estrogen receptor expression in 1% to 10% of cells), confirmed by a central laboratory.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer or clinical node stage 3 (cN3)
- Earlier treatment for this breast cancer, including radiation, drug treatment or definitive surgery
- Earlier excisional biopsy of the tumor, axillary lymph node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Earlier treatment with a TROP2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate or a topoisomerase I inhibitor-containing antibody-drug conjugate
- History of or current pneumonitis or interstitial lung disease that needed steroids
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
- Has previously untreated high-risk, early-stage, non-metastatic (M0) breast cancer (BC), defined as any of the following combined primary tumor (T) and regional lymph node (N) staging per AJCC 8th edition criteria as assessed by the physician investigator based on radiological and/or clinical assessment:; cT1c, N1-N2; cT2, N0-N2; cT3, N0-N2; cT4a-d, N0-N2
- The participant must have a centrally confirmed diagnosis of BC that is triple-negative or HR-low+/HER2- (defined as estrogen receptor (ER)-low+ expression in 1% to 10% cells and HER2- as by the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines
- Provides a core needle biopsy from the primary breast tumor at screening to the central laboratory
- Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 performed within 28 days before Cycle1 Day 1 (C1D1)
- Demonstrates adequate organ function
Who cannot take part
- Has received any prior treatment, including radiation, systemic therapy,and/or definitive surgery for currently diagnosed breast cancer
- Has undergone excisional biopsy of the primary tumor, axillary lymph node dissection, and/or axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy prior to study treatment
- Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before C1D1
- Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX- 40, CD137)
- Received prior treatment with a TROP2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)
- Received prior treatment with a topoisomerase I inhibitor-containing ADC
- Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention
- Metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer or clinical node stage 3 (cN3) nodal involvement
- Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years
- Uncontrolled systemic disease
- History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids, has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease or has suspected interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by standard diagnostic assessments at Screening
- The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
Where in Spain
Also in 40 other countries, 330 sites
- Hospital del MarBarcelona, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Universitario BasurtoBilbao, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Universitario de JaénJaén, SpainTaking people
- Institut Catala D'oncologiaL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Beata María AnaMadrid, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Universitario Quironsalud MadridPozuelo de Alarcón, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Universitario De SalamancaSalamanca, SpainTaking people
- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario De SantiagoSantiago de Compostela, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Universitario Virgen De La MacarenaSevilla, SpainTaking people
- Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de ValenciaValencia, SpainTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat types of breast cancer that are both:
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* High-risk, which means the cancer may have a higher chance of getting worse or coming back after treatment * Early-stage, which means the cancer is in the breast or the lymph nodes around the breast The 2 types of breast cancer in this study are triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and hormone receptor (HR)-low positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) negative breast cancer. These cancers have zero or a low amount of a protein called HER2 and other proteins that attach to the hormones estrogen or progesterone.
Sacituzumab tirumotecan (also known as sac-TMT or MK-2870), the study medicine, is a type of targeted therapy. A targeted therapy is a treatment that works to control how specific types of cancer cells grow and spread.
The main goals of this study are to learn if people who receive sac-TMT, pembrolizumab, and chemotherapy:
* Have fewer cancer cells found in the tumors and lymph nodes removed during surgery compared to those who receive only pembrolizumab and chemotherapy * Live longer without the cancer growing, spreading, or coming back compared to people who receive only pembrolizumab with chemotherapy
The 2 groups in the trial
- sac-TMTTreatment being tested
Participants receive sacituzumab tirumotecan intravenously (IV) at a dose of 4 mg/kg every 2 weeks (Q2W) + IV pembrolizumab 200 mg every 3 weeks (Q3W), for 12 weeks; then receive IV pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W and IV carboplatin area under the curve (AUC) 1.5 + IV paclitaxel 80 mg/m\^2 once weekly, for 12 weeks. 3-6 weeks later, participants undergo surgery and optional radiation therapy, and receive IV pembrolizumab 400 mg once every 6 weeks or 200 mg Q3W for up to approximately 28 weeks. Additional adjuvant treatment of physician's choice (TPC) may be administered to participants with residual disease. TPC options are olaparib 300 mg oral twice daily (BID) for 1 year (participants with germline breast cancer susceptibility gene mutation (gBRCAm) only); capecitabine 1000-1250 mg/m\^2 oral twice daily on days 1-14 and 22-35 each cycle for 4 six-week cycles; or doxorubicin 60mg/m\^2 (or epirubicin 90 mg/m\^2) IV infusion Q3W/Q2W + cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m\^2 IV infusion Q3W/Q2W for 4 doses.
Treatment: Sacituzumab tirumotecan, Pembrolizumab, Rescue Medication, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Doxorubicin, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Capecitabine, and Olaparib
- ChemotherapyExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants receive IV carboplatin AUC 1.5 and paclitaxel 80 mg/m\^2 once weekly, alongside pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W, for 6 weeks; then receive IV pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W alongside IV cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m\^2 Q3W and either doxorubicin 60 mg/m\^2 Q3W or epirubicin 90 mg/m\^2 Q3W, for up to 12 weeks. 3-6 weeks later, participants undergo surgery and optional radiation therapy, and receive IV pembrolizumab 400 mg once every 6 weeks or 200 mg Q3W for up to approximately 28 weeks. Additional adjuvant TPC may be administered to participants with residual disease. TPC options are olaparib 300 mg oral BID for 1 year (participants with germline breast cancer susceptibility gene mutation (gBRCAm) only); or capecitabine 1000-1250 mg/m\^2 oral BID on days 1-14 and 22-35 each cycle for 4 six-week cycles.
Treatment: Pembrolizumab, Rescue Medication, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Doxorubicin, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Capecitabine, and Olaparib
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Sac-TMT (Sacituzumab Tirumotecan, MK-2870) Followed by Carboplatin/Paclitaxel vs Chemotherapy, Both in Combination With Pembrolizumab as Neoadjuvant Therapy for High-Risk, Early-Stage, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer or Hormone Receptor-low Positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 Negative Breast Cancer
- Plain-language title
- Testing sacituzumab tirumotecan with pembrolizumab before surgery for early breast cancerGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Publications
- Record updated
- 10 November 2026