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DATO-BASE: DATOpotamab-deruxtecan for Breast Cancer Brain metAstaSEs

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment58 people
  • Recruiting US sites3
  • SponsorNancy Lin, MD
  • RegistryNCT06176261

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

DATO-BASE: DATOpotamab-deruxtecan for Breast Cancer Brain metAstaSEs: a one-minute explainerNCT061762611 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexAll
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • Metastatic breast cancer that is pathologically confirmed to be HER2-negative according to 2018 ASCO/CAP guidelines 55.
  • Radiological confirmation of metastatic disease.
  • Cohorts A and B: Presence of newly diagnosed brain metastases or brain metastases progressing after prior local and/or systemic therapy.
  • Cohorts A and B: Participants must have a baseline MRI of the brain performed with and without gadolinium contrast, and must have central nervous system metastases with at least one measurable brain metastasis ≥ 1.0 cm in size (per RANO-BM) that has not been irradiated, or has progressed despite prior radiation therapy and/or systemic therapy (in the opinion of the treating physician). For cohorts A and B, head CT with contrast may be used in place of MRI at baseline and throughout the trial if MRI is contraindicated and the participant's CNS metastases are clearly measurable by head CT.
  • Cohorts C: Radiological evidence of evaluable leptomeningeal disease and clinical diagnosis of LMD per treating investigator. A positive CSF cytology is not required.
  • Cohort A: prior progression to treatment with at least one line of endocrine treatment (with or without CDK4/6 inhibition) in the metastatic setting is mandatory. Patients experiencing recurrence during adjuvant endocrine treatment will be also considered eligible for the trial. There is no limit on the number of prior lines acceptable for the purpose of enrollment in this study.
  • Cohort B and C: no prior treatment is required (i.e., previously untreated patients are eligible). There is no limit on the number of prior lines of therapy acceptable for the purpose of enrollment in this study.
  • Participants may have measurable or non-measurable extracranial disease. Participants are NOT required to have extracranial disease, but must have imaging done to document disease status at baseline.
  • Age ≥ 18 years.
  • ECOG Performance Status 0-2
  • Participants must have adequate treatment washout period before registration, defined as > 4 weeks from major surgery, > 2 weeks from radiation treatment. For weekly chemotherapy regimens, > 2 weeks from chemotherapy; for every 3 weekly regimens, > 3 weeks from chemotherapy. At least 2 weeks from other systemic or targeted or investigational therapies (other than endocrine therapy) for breast cancer. No washout is required for endocrine therapy (e.g. aromatase inhibitors, tamoxifen, fulvestrant) but patients should discontinue prior to start of protocol therapy. Patients on ovarian suppression are allowed (but not required) to continue ovarian suppression at the discretion of their treating provider.
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50% by echocardiogram (ECHO) or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan.
  • Adequate organ function as defined by the following values:
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL. Red blood cell/plasma transfusion is not permitted within 1 week prior to screening assessment.
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥1,500/mm3. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration is not permitted within 1 week prior to screening assessment.
  • Platelets ≥100,000/mm3. Platelet transfusion is not permitted within 1 week prior to screening assessment.
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 institutional ULN if no liver metastases; or ≤ 3 x ULN in the presence of documented Gilbert's syndrome (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) or liver metastases at baseline.
  • AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 × institutional ULN OR ≤ 5.0 x institutional ULN for patients with documented liver metastases
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL (or glomerular filtration rate ≥ 30 ml/min as determined by the Cockcroft-Gault equation)
  • Participants with a history of chronic viral conditions such as HIV, Hepatitis B/C, should not be systemically excluded but have thoughtful consideration of inclusion, unless safety is a concern. Testing for these conditions is not required at baseline.
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 14 days of initiating protocol therapy.
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

You cannot join if

  • Visceral crisis or impending visceral crisis
  • CNS complications for whom urgent neurosurgical intervention is indicated (i.e., resection, shunt placement)
  • Indication for immediate local therapy to CNS lesion(s) as defined by local standard
  • Evidence of significant (i.e., symptomatic) intracranial hemorrhage
  • > 2 seizures within 4 weeks prior to study entry (registration)
  • Ongoing/persistent toxicities caused by previous anti-cancer therapy (except alopecia) not yet improved to Grade ≤ 1 OR baseline prior to study entry (registration)
  • Known contraindication to MRI (e.g., due to pacemaker, ferromagnetic implants, claustrophobia, extreme obesity, hypersensitivity). However, for cohorts A and B, head CT with contrast may be used in place of MRI at baseline and throughout the trial if MRI is contraindicated and the participant's CNS metastases are clearly measurable by head CT.
  • Concurrent administration of other anti-cancer therapy during the course of this study is not allowed. Concurrent use of supportive care medications is allowed, and certain medications are required (see Section 5.1).
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness, including (but not limited to) active infection, severely compromised pulmonary function, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, active ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction within the previous six months, gastric or duodenal ulceration diagnosed within the previous six months, chronic liver or renal disease, or severe malnutrition. Note that if a patient has controlled diabetes mellitus, but is unable to monitor blood glucose at home, they will be excluded from the trial.
  • Participants must not have a condition requiring ongoing systemic treatment with corticosteroids (>4 mg daily dexamethasone (or bioequivalent)) or other immunosuppressive medications within 7 days prior to the baseline MRI. Corticosteroids administration must be stable and planned to remain ≤ 4 mg daily for the duration of protocol treatment. However, use of corticosteroids for clinical symptoms is allowed based upon treating physician discretion.
  • History of non-infectious interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required steroids, current ILD/pneumonitis, or suspected ILD/pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening.
  • A history of uncontrolled seizures, CNS disorders, or psychiatric disability judged by the investigator to be clinically significant and adversely affecting compliance to study drugs.
  • A history of malignancy other than breast cancer, except (a) adequately resected non-melanoma skin cancer, (b) curatively treated in situ disease, or (c) other solid tumors curatively treated, with no evidence of disease for ≥ 3 years.
  • Major surgery, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to the initiation of protocol therapy, or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure during the study.
  • Clinically significant corneal disease.
  • Has a history of severe hypersensitivity reactions to either the drug or inactive ingredients (including but not limited to polysorbate 80) of datopotamab deruxtecan.
  • History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies
  • Negative pregnancy test (urine and/or serum) is required for women of childbearing potential. Pregnant or lactating women are excluded from participation due to potential teratogenic effects of study drug.
  • Female participants must be either:
  • post-menopausal for at least 1 year
  • surgically sterile, or
  • if of childbearing potential and sexually active with a non-sterilized male partner, must agree to use one highly effective form of birth control for the entire treatment period and for at least 7 months after the last dose of datopotamab deruxtecan (see Section 5.4 for complete list of highly effective birth control methods).
  • Female participants must not donate, or retrieve for their own use, ova at any time during this study and for at least 7 months after the last dose of datopotamab deruxtecan.
  • Female participants must refrain from breastfeeding while on study and for at least 7 months after the last dose of datopotamab deruxtecan.
  • Male participants who intend to be sexually active with a female partner of childbearing potential must be surgically sterile or using an acceptable method of contraception (see Section 5.4 for complete list of highly effective birth control methods) from the time of screening throughout the total duration of the study and the drug washout period (at least 4 months after the last dose of study intervention) to prevent pregnancy in a partner. Male participants must not donate or bank sperm during this same time period.

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk. An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) composed of a humanized monoclonal antibody against tumor-associated antigen (TAA) trophoblast cell surface protein 2 (calcium signal transducer 2; TROP2; TROP-2; TACSTD2) conjugated, via an enzymatically cleavable tetrapeptide-based linker, to the cytotoxic DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor and exatecan (DX-8951) derivative DXd (MAAA-1181a; MAAA-1181), with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon administration of the datopotamab deruxtecan, the anti-TROP2 antibody targets and binds to TROP2 expressed on tumor cells. Upon cellular uptake and lysosomal degradation of the linker, DXd targets and binds to DNA topoisomerase I, thereby stabilizing the cleavable complex between topoisomerase I and DNA, resulting in DNA breaks, inhibition of DNA replication and apoptosis. This inhibits tumor cell proliferation of TROP2-expressing tumor cells. TROP2 is a transmembrane protein overexpressed in various tumors while its expression is low and/or restricted in normal, healthy tissues. Its expression is associated with enhanced tumor aggressiveness, metastasis, drug resistance and increased tumor cell survival. The ADC allows for reduced systemic exposure and enhanced delivery of the cytotoxic agent DXd. NCI Drug Dictionary

Treatments listed in the registry

  • Datopotamab Deruxtecan (Drug): Antibody-drug conjugate, 100 mg single-use vial, via intravenous infusion per protocol.

The study

Treatment groups

Non Randomized · Parallel · masking: None

Cohort A: Estrogen Receptor Positive HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (Experimental)

24 participants will be enrolled and will complete study procedures as outlined below: * Baseline visit with optional CSF collection via lumbar puncture and assessments. * CT or MRI scans every 6 weeks for 24 weeks, then every 9 weeks. * Cycle 1 Through End of Treatment: --Day 1 of 21 day cycle: Predetermined dose of Datopotamab Deruxtecan 1x daily. * End of Treatment: * Follow up every 6 months. * Optional CSF collection via lumbar puncture. * CT or MRI scans every 12 weeks.

Cohort B: Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (Experimental)

24 participants will be enrolled and will complete study procedures as outlined below: * Baseline visit with optional CSF collection via lumbar puncture and assessments. * CT or MRI scans every 6 weeks for 24 weeks, then every 9 weeks. * Cycle 1 Through End of Treatment: --Day 1 of 21 day cycle: Predetermined dose of Datopotamab Deruxtecan 1x daily. * End of Treatment: * Follow up every 6 months. * Optional CSF collection via lumbar puncture. * CT or MRI scans every 12 weeks.

Cohort C: HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (any ER Expression) with Leptomeningeal Metastases (Experimental)

* Baseline visit with CSF collection via lumbar puncture and assessments. * CT or MRI scans every 6 weeks for 24 weeks, then every 9 weeks. * Cycle 1 --Day 1 of 21 day cycle: Predetermined dose of Datopotamab Deruxtecan 1x daily. * Cycle 2 * Day 1 of 21 day cycle: Predetermined dose of Dato-DXd 1x daily. * Day 2 of 21 day cycle: CSF collection. * Cycle 3 Through End of Treatment: --Day 1 of 21 day cycle: Predetermined dose of Datopotamab Deruxtecan 1x daily. * End of Treatment: * Follow up every 6 months. * Optional CSF collection via lumbar puncture. * CT or MRI scans every 12 weeks.

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • CT scans: Part of the study plan
  • MRI: Part of the study plan
  • echocardiogram: Part of the study plan
  • ECG: Part of the study plan
  • questionnaires: Part of the study plan
  • lumbar puncture: Part of the study plan; some time points described as optional

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Objective Response Rate (ORR) in RANO-BM Criteria (3 years)

Other goals

  • Objective Response Rate (ORR)
  • Clinical Benefit Rate at 18 weeks (CBR18)
  • Clinical Benefit Rate at 24 weeks (CBR24)
  • Median Progression-Free Survival (PFS)
  • Median Overall Survival (OS)
  • Site of First Progression
  • Grade 3-5 Treatment-related Toxicity Rate

Planned enrollment: 58 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • Miami Baptist Cancer Institute/, Miami, Florida
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Aug 5, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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