DATO-BASE: A Phase 2 Trial of DATOpotamab-deruxtecan for Breast Cancer Brain metAstaSEs

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Sponsor: Sarah Sammons, MD (other)

Phase: 2

Start date: Dec. 26, 2023

Planned enrollment: 58

Trial ID: NCT06176261
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Goal: Evaluate the intracranial efficacy and safety of datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) in patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer with brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease.

Patients: Adults (≥18 years) with pathologically confirmed HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer and radiologic CNS involvement. Cohort A: ER-positive/HER2-negative with newly diagnosed or progressing brain metastases after prior endocrine therapy (± CDK4/6i). Cohort B: triple-negative breast cancer with newly diagnosed or progressing brain metastases; prior systemic therapy not required. Cohort C: HER2-negative breast cancer with leptomeningeal metastases by imaging and clinical diagnosis; positive CSF cytology not required. ECOG 0–2, adequate organ function, LVEF ≥50%. Key exclusions include visceral crisis, need for urgent neurosurgical/local CNS therapy, significant intracranial hemorrhage, uncontrolled comorbidities, high-dose corticosteroids, and history or suspicion of ILD/pneumonitis.

Design: Single-arm, open-label, multicenter phase II trial with three parallel cohorts; non-randomized.

Treatments: Datopotamab deruxtecan administered on day 1 of a 21-day cycle until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Dato-DXd is an investigational TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate linking a humanized anti-TROP2 IgG1 to a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload (DXd) via a cleavable linker, enabling intracellular release and bystander effect. In phase III studies outside the CNS setting, Dato-DXd improved PFS versus docetaxel in previously treated NSCLC and met PFS endpoints in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer, with common toxicities of stomatitis, nausea, and fatigue and an ILD/pneumonitis signal requiring vigilance. The agent is not FDA-approved for HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Outcomes: Primary: Intracranial objective response rate per RANO-BM. Secondary: ORR per RECIST v1.1, clinical benefit rate at 18 and 24 weeks (cohorts A and B), PFS per RANO-BM, OS, site of first progression, and grade 3–5 treatment-related toxicity rate per CTCAE v5.

Burden on patient: Moderate. Patients undergo brain MRI or contrast-enhanced CT every 6 weeks for 24 weeks, then every 9 weeks during treatment, with continued imaging every 12 weeks after treatment, plus echocardiography, ECGs, routine labs, and clinic visits q3 weeks for infusions. CSF collection is optional for cohorts A and B but required at baseline for cohort C and again on cycle 2 day 2, adding procedural burden and travel. No intensive PK schedules are described, but safety monitoring for ILD/pneumonitis and cardiac function adds assessments beyond standard care for CNS metastases.

Last updated: Oct 2025

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Miami Baptist Cancer Institute/

Miami, Florida, 33176, United States

[email protected] / 786-527-8010

Status: Recruiting

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

[email protected] / 617-362-3800

Status: Recruiting

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

[email protected] / 919-681-4769

Status: Recruiting

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