Chimeric Receptor T Cells With Trastuzumab in HER2+ Advanced Breast Cancer and Other Solid Tumors

Phase IB Followed by Phase II Study of Trastuzumab Combined With Autologous Chimeric Receptor T Cells in HER2+ Advanced Breast Cancer and Other Solid Tumors

This phase Ib study aims to assess the safety and feasibility of combination of chimeric receptor T cells with trastuzumab in patients with HER2+ solid tumors, with further expansion of study population in HER2+ metastatic breast cancer once safety has been established.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Other Solid Tumors; HER2+ Advanced Breast Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Fludarabine and Cyclophosphosphamide; Drug: Chimeric receptor T-cells + Trastuzumab

Detailed Description

Hypothesis

Investigators hypothesize that trastuzumab-mediated cytotoxicity will be augmented by the infusion of autologous chimeric receptor T-cells.

Primary Objectives

1. To determine the safety of autologous chimeric receptor T-cells in patients with HER2+ advanced solid tumors
2. To determine the clinical benefit rate (CBR) of autologous chimeric receptor T-cells in patients with HER2+ advanced breast cancer

Secondary Objectives

1. To determine the expansion and persistence of autologous chimeric receptor T-cells after a single infusion in patients with advanced solid tumors
2. To determine anti-tumor efficacy in terms of objective response rate (ORR) and progression-free survival (PFS) of autologous chimeric receptor T-cells in patients with HER2+ advanced breast cancer

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 36
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Soo Chin Lee; Phone Number: +65 6908 2222; Email: soo_chin_lee@nuhs.edu.sg

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients may be included in the study only if they meet all of the following criteria:

• Age ≥ 21 years.
• Histologically confirmed diagnosis of HER2-positive cancer defined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) to be HER2 IHC3+ or HER2 IHC2+ and FISH positive. If immunohistochemistry is not available, FISH method is acceptable. The HER2 positivities by FISH is determined as FISH amplification ratio positive by institutional guidelines. Tumor subtype for each phase include :
• Phase I: HER2-positive breast or gastric cancer or other treatment-refractory HER2-positive solid tumors
• Phase II : HER2-positive breast carcinoma
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1.
• Has measurable or evaluable disease based on RECIST 1.1 criteria
• Estimated life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
• Prior lines of therapy:
• HER2-positive breast cancer - patient must have failed at least two lines of anti-HER2 based therapy for advanced/metastatic cancer. Patients with documented relapse while receiving or within 6 months of completion of adjuvant or neoadjuvant trastuzumab for HER2-positive breast cancer will be considered as 1 prior line of therapy.
• HER2-positive gastric cancer - patient must have failed at least one line of anti-HER2 based therapy.
• Other refractory HER2-positive solid tumors (non-breast, non-gastric) - have no standard therapies or have failed or unable to tolerate standard therapies
• Has recovered from acute toxicities from prior anti-cancer therapies
• Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%

• Adequate organ function including the following:

  o Bone marrow: Absolute neutrophil (segmented and bands) count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L Haemoglobin ≥ 8 x 109/L

  o Hepatic: Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN), ALT or AST≤ 2.5x ULN, (or ≤5 X with liver metastases)

  o Renal: Creatinine ≤ 1.5x ULN

• Signed informed consent from patient or legal representative.
• Able to comply with study-related procedures.
• Specific to cohorts 3, 4 and 5 : Patients who have a history of VTE are eligible if as long as they are receiving therapeutic/prophylactic doses of anticoagulation.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients will be excluded from the study for any of the following reasons:

• Treatment within the last 30 days with any investigational drug.
• Concurrent administration of any other tumour therapy, including cytotoxic chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy.
• Major surgery within 28 days of study drug administration.
• Active infection that in the opinion of the investigator would compromise the patient's ability to tolerate therapy.
• Pregnancy.
• Breast feeding.
• Serious concomitant disorders that would compromise the safety of the patient or compromise the patient's ability to complete the study, at the discretion of the investigator.
• Active bleeding disorder or bleeding site.
• Non-healing wound.
• Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus.
• Second primary malignancy that is clinically detectable at the time of consideration for study enrolment.
• Symptomatic brain metastasis.
• History of significant neurological or mental disorder, including seizures or dementia,
• History of autoimmune disease or use of gamma immunoglobulin
• Unable to comply with study procedures

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Chimeric Receptor T-cells; Eligible patients will undergo apheresis prior to cycle 1 therapy. Treatment comprises of trastuzumab followed by chimeric receptor T-cells in cycle 1. During Cycle 2 onwards till disease progression, patients will receive IV or SC trastuzumab only, every 3 weeks.	Drug: Fludarabine and Cyclophosphosphamide; 3-day chemotherapy regimen of fludarabine and cyclophosphamide for lymphodepletion; Other Names: Lymphodepletion; Drug: Chimeric receptor T-cells + Trastuzumab; Chimeric receptor T-cells will be administered by infusion. Trastuzumab will be administered intravenously.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Time to treatment failure	defined as the time from the date of study enrolment to the date of the first of the following events: early discontinuation of study therapy, progressive disease, or death due to any cause. Time to treatment failure will be censored at the date of the last follow-up visit for patients who did not discontinue early, who are still alive, and who have not progressed.	3 years
Progression-free survival	is defined as the time from the date of study enrolment to the first date of documented disease progression. Progression-free survival will be censored at the date of death for patients who have not had documented disease progression. For patients who are still alive at the time of analysis and who have not had documented disease progression, progression-free survival will be censored at the date of the last follow-up visit.	3 Years
Duration of tumour response	Among tumor responders, the duration of tumor response is measured from the date of enrolment until the first date of documented disease progression or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first. Duration of tumor response will be censored at the date of the last follow-up visit for tumor responders who are still alive and who have not progressed.	3 Years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National University Hospital, Singapore
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Soo Chin Lee, National University Hospital, Singapore

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Lee SC, Shimasaki N, Lim JSJ, Wong A, Yadav K, Yong WP, Tan LK, Koh LP, Poon MLM, Tan SH, Ow SGW, Bharwani L, Yap YS, Foo MZQ, Coustan-Smith E, Sundar R, Tan HL, Chong WQ, Kumarakulasinghe NB, Lieow JLM, Koe PJX, Goh BC, Campana D. Phase I Trial of Expanded, Activated Autologous NK-cell Infusions with Trastuzumab in Patients with HER2-positive Cancers. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Sep 1;26(17):4494-4502. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-0768. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): November 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 31, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 31, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 7, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 23, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 21, 2025
• Last Verified: August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Breast Diseases; Breast Neoplasms; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Proteins; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Antibodies; Immunoglobulins; Immunoproteins; Blood Proteins; Serum Globulins; Globulins; Trastuzumab; fludarabine
• Other Study ID Numbers: ACEHER2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No