Recruiting
Phase 2

Tucatinib with XRT

Sponsor:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Code:

NCT06016387

Conditions

HER2-positive Breast Cancer

LMD

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Tucatinib 150 MG

Trastuzumab

Capecitabine

Brain & Spinal Radiation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The proposed study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of XRT followed by systemic therapy among patients with HER2+, HER2 mutated and/or HER2-amplified metastatic breast cancer and LMD

Conditions

HER2-positive Breast Cancer

LMD

Study ID

NCT06016387

Start date

Nov 25, 2023

Status verified date

Feb, 2026

Completion date

Oct 5, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria: Phase 1

1. Men or women with HER2+, HER2 mutated and/or HER2-amplified metastatic breast cancer. HER2+ status will be defined in accordance with ASCO-CAP 2018 guidelines, and can be diagnosed at any time prior to enrolment. HER2 mutations and/or HER2-amplifications can be identified in the blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at any time prior to enrolment; testing blood and/or CSF is not part of the study protocol and must be evaluated using a clinically validated test.
2. Evidence of LMD\* in the brain and/or spine (either positive cerebral spinal fluid cytology and/or magnetic resonance imaging evidence of LMD). Measurable disease in the central nervous system is not required. \* The diagnosis of LMD can occur at any time prior to enrolment;
3. Age 18+ at time of consent;
4. ECOG ≤ 2;
5. More than 14 days or 5 half-lives from the last dose of any experimental agent is required, whichever is greater;
6. All toxicity related to prior cancer therapies must have resolved to ≤ Grade 1 prior to enrollment, except for alopecia; neuropathy, must have resolved to ≤ Grade 2.

Phase 2: Inclusion Criteria

1. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) must be within institutional limits of normal as assessed by ECHO or MUGA documented within 2 weeks prior to starting systemic therapy on the study;
2. Adequate hematologic, liver, and renal function within 2 weeks prior to phase 2 enrollment, as follows:

1. Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
2. ANC ≥ 1 x109/L
3. Platelets ≥ 100 x109/L
4. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN)
5. AST and ALT ≤ 2.5X ULN
6. International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 X ULN
7. Creatinine clearance (CrCL) ≥ 50 mL/min
3. The last dose of prior therapy must have been completed 14 days prior to study enrollment. Prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy and experimental agents are allowed (including prior use of trastuzumab or other antibody-based therapy). Prior use of capecitabine either alone or in combination with other HER2-targeted therapies (including other tyrosine kinase inhibitors) is permitted;

Exclusion Criteria: Phase 1

1. Prior WBRT for brain metastases (prior stereotactic radiosurgery for parenchymal CNS metastases received <7 days prior to consent );
2. Prior therapy specifically directed at LMD, including prior radiotherapy or systemic therapy;
3. Inability to comply with MRI-based surveillance of CNS disease;
4. Inability to swallow pills or any significant gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease who suffer from uncontrolled diarrhea (based on the investigator's assessment),, which would preclude adequate absorption of oral medications;
5. Diagnosed with Hereditary fructose intolerance;
6. Diagnosed with Gilbert's disease;
7. Prior history of other cancer (except non melanoma skin, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia) with evidence of disease within the last 5 years;
8. Prior use of tucatinib at any time prior to enrollment.
9. Hypersensitivity to any of the active substances in tucatinib, trastuzumab, or capecitabine.

Phase 2:

1. Currently pregnant or breastfeeding;
2. Use of a strong cytochrome P450 (CYP)2C8 inhibitor within 5 half-lives of the inhibitor or use of a strong CYP3A4 or CYP2C8 inducer within 5 days prior to the first dose of systemic therapy (see Appendix C and D);
3. Myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to the first dose of systemic therapy.
4. Blood product transfusions in order to meet eligibility criteria

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Tucatinib, Transtuzumab, Capecitabine

Tucatinib, Trastuzumab and Capecitabine With Brain and/or Spinal Radiotherapy (XRT) in Patients With HER2+, HER2 mutated and/or HER2-amplified Metastatic Breast Cancer and Leptomeningeal Disease.

Interventions

Tucatinib 150 MG

Tucatinib is a potent, selective, adenosine triphosphate-competitive small-molecule inhibitor of the receptor tyrosine kinase HER2. The molecular formula for tubatinib is C26H24N8O2 and it has a molecular weight of 480.52 g/mol.

Trastuzumab

MYL-1401O contains the active substance trastuzumab, which is an IgG1 monoclonal antibody. The molecular size of the intact molecule is around 148 kDa.

Each vial of MYL-1401O contains 150 mg of lyophilized proposed active biosimilar substance trastuzumab as well as 3.36 mg L-Histidine Hydrochloride, 2.16 mg L-Histidine, 115.2 mg sorbitol and 33.6 mg PEG-3350 (Macrogol 3350). Sorbitol and PEG-3350 substitute the α- trehalose dehydrate and polysorbate-20, which are used as excipients in the EU-approved and US-licensed Herceptin formulations.

Capecitabine

Capecitabine is a tumour-activated antineoplastic agent (antimetabolite). The molecular formula for capecitabine is C15H22FN3O6 and has a molecular weight of 359.35 g/mol.

Brain & Spinal Radiation

Brain \& Spinal XRT is a treatment for patients with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer and leptomeningeal disease,

Primary outcome measure

  • Survival status from the start of XRT [ Time Frame: From date of baseline until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 100 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

The Ottawa Hospital

Recruiting

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Contacts

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Katarzyna Jerzak, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Last update posted

Feb 23, 2026

Last verified

Feb, 2026

Keywords

  • HER2+
  • Breast Cancer
  • Leptomeningeal disease
  • Tucanitib
  • CLIMB-LMD
  • HER2 CLIMB LMD
  • CLIMB LMD HER2+

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre on 2026-02-23.