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A study of datopotamab deruxtecan with or without durvalumab for triple negative breast cancer that has spread or come back (TROPION-Breast05)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Open

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This study is looking at datopotamab deruxtecan with or without durvalumab. You pronounce datopotamab deruxtecan as dat-oh-pot-oh-mab deh-rux-tee-can. It is comparing it to standard chemotherapy with immunotherapy for triple negative breast cancer.

It is for people with breast cancer cells that have a high level of protein called PD-L1. And the cancer has either:

  • spread from where it started to other parts of the body (metastatic breast cancer)

  • come back in the area where it started after treatment (local recurrence) and cannot be fully removed with surgery

Recruitment start: 23 October 2023

Recruitment end: 20 October 2025

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Peter Schmid

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Last reviewed: 07 May 2025

CRUK internal database number: 17584

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