Recruiting
Phase 1

Neratinib & Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan

Sponsor:

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Code:

NCT05274048

Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Gastrointestinal Cancer

HER2 Gene Mutation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Neratinib Pill

Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan-Nxki (TDxD)

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is Phase 1 dose finding trial with potential dose expansion to evaluate the safety, toxicity, recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of Neratinib plus TDxD using a standard 3+3 dose escalation design in patients with metastatic or unresectable gastro-esophageal cancer that are HER2-overexpressing (IHC 3+ or IHC2+/ISH+) and any other gastrointestinal cancer with HER2 expression with IHC3+. Patients must have progressed or been intolerant of at least one prior line of chemotherapy + HER2 directed therapy.

Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Gastrointestinal Cancer

HER2 Gene Mutation

Study ID

NCT05274048

Start date

Jun 24, 2022

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients must have been diagnosed with histologically or cytologically confirmed gastrointestinal cancer (esophagus, stomach, colon, biliary, pancreas or unknown primary likely GI), and been deemed unresectable or have at least one site of metastatic disease
2. Patients must have evaluable or measurable disease by RECIST 1.1 criteria
3. 4.1.3 Patients' tumors must have HER2-overexpressing:

1. (IHC 3+ or IHC2+/ISH+) advanced gastroesophageal cancer (including gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma).
2. IHC 3+ for other GI cancers
4. Patients must have received at least one prior line of HER2 directed therapy for metastatic/unresectable disease and completed treatment at least 2 weeks prior to C1D1 (only for Gastroesohageal cancers, not for other GI cancers)
5. Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial
6. Age > 18 years.
7. ECOG performance status 0-2
8. Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below

  • Leukocytes > 3,000/mcL
  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/mcL
  • Platelets > 90,000/mcL
  • Hemoglobin > 9 gm/dl
  • Total bilirubin < 2 times institutional normal limits
  • AST/ALT (SGOT/SGPT) < 5 times institutional normal limits if liver metastases and </+ 2 times institutional normal limits otherwise
  • Creatinine < 2.0mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance > 50 Ml/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
9. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ≥ 45% or lower limit of normal.
10. Chemotherapy is harmful to the human fetus. For this reason, females of childbearing potential must be willing to use an effective method of contraception, as outlined in Section 4.4, for the course of the study through at least 6 months after the last dose of study medication. Males who have women of childbearing (WOCB) partners must agree to use an effective method of contraception as outlined in Section 4.4 for the course of the study through 8 months after the last dose of study medication.
11. Patients should be willing and able to swallow oral tablet medications
12. Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent and HIPAA consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who have had chemotherapy, or radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to C1D1 or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier (secondary hypothyroidism from prior immunotherapy is permissible if controlled on thyroid hormone replacement). Recovery is defined as any treatment onset adverse events returning to baseline or otherwise deemed not clinically significant.
2. Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents for advanced cancer and must not have received prior treatment with TDxD
3. Immunotherapy and treatments involving any investigational agents must be discontinued for >21 days before Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1)
4. Patients with known untreated brain metastases are excluded from this study because of their poor prognosis and frequent development of neurologic dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse events. Treated brain metastases are allowed (requires stability on MRI at least 4 weeks after initial treatment). Patients with treated brain metastases are allowed to be treated with steroid and/or anti-convulsants if the dose remains stable or decreases over the last 4 weeks prior to C1D1
5. Patients with ongoing diarrhea (> 4 bowel movements/day) unresolved despite medical and best supportive care in the two weeks preceding therapy
6. Patients will be excluded if they have had interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis or were suspected to have interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis that could not be ruled out on imaging at screening or if they had a history of noninfectious interstitial lung disease or pneumonitis that had been treated with glucocorticoids. Similarly, patients with clinically significant lung disease requiring O2 support or impaired lung function per investigator should be excluded
7. History of allergic reactions attributed to compound of similar chemical or biologic composition to the agent(s) used in this study
8. Patients receiving any medications or substances that are strong inhibitors or inducers of Neratinib and/or TDxD are ineligible.
9. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
10. Has a QT interval corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) prolongation to >470 msec (female subjects) or >450 msec (male subjects) based on average of the Screening triplicate12-lead ECG.
11. Any patients with immune deficiency are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with marrow-suppressive therapy, including uncontrolled HIV with CD4 count <200, untreated Hepatitis B are excluded from the study. Patients who have been treated for hepatitis C definitively with evidence of sustained virologic response, as well as HIV and hepatitis B patients on treatment with undetectable viral load will be eligible for inclusion.
12. Pregnant or breast feeding.

Study Design

Enrollment

18 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Neratinib plus TDxD

Neratinib oral daily days 1-21 plus TDxD on day 1 administered intravenously of a 21 day treatment cycle.

Interventions

Neratinib Pill

Patients will be enrolled in cohorts of 3 at each dose level of Neratinib (120 mg, 160 mg, 200 mg) daily (days 1 through 21)

Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan-Nxki (TDxD)

standard dosing of TDxD (5.4mg/m2) on day 1of a 21 day treatment cycle

Primary outcome measure

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended phase II dose (RP2D) of the combination of TDxD and Neratinib [ Time Frame: 2 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Stanford Cancer Center

Recruiting

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304

Contacts

Flordeliza Mendoza

flormend@stanford.edu

Principal Investigator:

Thomas L Holden, MD

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Recruiting

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Sarbajit Mukherjee, MD

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Last update posted

Oct 29, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Fox Chase Cancer Center on 2025-10-29.