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A trial looking at patritumab deruxtecan for breast cancer that has spread (HERTHENA-Breast-01)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Open

Phase:

Phase 1/2

Details

This trial is looking at adding patritumab deruxtecan to certain cancer drugs for breast cancer.

It is for people whose breast cancer:

  • has spread into surrounding tissues and can’t be treated with surgery or it has spread to another part of the body

  • is breast cancer

You pronounce patritumab deruxtecan as pat-ree-too-mab deh-rux-tee-can.

Recruitment start: 22 July 2025

Recruitment end: 10 August 2026

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

Dr Elisavet Papadimitraki

Supported by

Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd

Last reviewed: 08 Oct 2025

CRUK internal database number: 20106

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