At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- Trastuzumab (drug), Pertuzumab (drug)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 79 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- Trastuzumab — drug: An initial loading dose of 8 mg/kg body weight, followed thereafter by a maintenance dose of 6 mg/kg body weight administered intravenously every 21 days. · Pertuzumab — drug: An initial loading dose of 640 mg, followed thereafter by a maintenance dose of 420 mg administered intravenously every 21 days.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 12 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 30
- Started
- 2023-03-07
- Last checked
- 2025-11
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for haematological malignancy
- • Phase2/Phase3 - 30 participants
- • This clinical trial is looking at a combination of drugs called trastuzumab and pertuzumab
Who can take part?
- • Ages 12 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with haematological malignancy
Where?
- • Belfast - Belfast City Hospital
- • Birmingham - University Hospital Birmingham
- • Birmingham - Birmingham Children's Hospital
- • Bristol - Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
- • +23 more UK sites
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
This clinical trial is looking at a combination of drugs called trastuzumab and pertuzumab. This combination of drugs is approved together as standard of care treatment for adult patients with breast cancer (often with other anti-cancer drugs). This means it has gone through clinical trials and been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK. Trastuzumab and pertuzumab work in patients with these types of cancers which have a molecular alteration called HER2 amplification or HER2 activating mutation. Investigators now wish to find out if it will be useful in treating patients with other cancer types which are also HER2 amplified or HER2 mutated. If the results are positive, the study team will work with the NHS and the Cancer Drugs Fund to see if these drugs can be routinely accessed for patients in the future. This trial is part of a trial programme called DETERMINE. The programme will also look at other anti-cancer drugs in the same way, through matching the drug to rare cancer types or ones with specific mutations.
More detail
DETERMINE Treatment Arm 04: Trastuzumab in combination with pertuzumab in Adult, Paediatric and TYA patients with rare\* cancers with HER2 amplification or activating mutations and in common cancers where HER2 amplification or activating mutations are considered to be infrequent. \*Rare is defined generally as incidence less than 6 cases in 100,000 patients (includes paediatric and teenagers/young adult cancers) or common cancers with rare alterations. This treatment arm has a target sample size of 30 evaluable patients. Sub-cohorts may be defined and further expanded to a target of 30 evaluable patients each. The ultimate aim is to translate positive clinical findings to the NHS (Cancer Drugs Fund) to provide new treatment options for rare adult, paediatric and TYA cancers. OUTLINE: Pre-screening: The Molecular Tumour Board (MTB) makes a treatment recommendation for the patient based on molecularly-defined cohorts. Screening: Consenting patients undergo biopsy and collection of blood samples for research purposes. Treatment: Patients will receive trastuzumab and pertuzumab until disease progression without clinical benefit, unacceptable adverse events (AEs) or withdrawal of consent. Patients will also undergo collection of blood samples at various intervals while receiving treatment and at End of Treatment (EoT). After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years. THE DETERMINE TRIAL MASTER (SCREENING) PROTOCOL: Please see DETERMINE Trial Master (Screening) Protocol record (NCT05722886) for information on the DETERMINE Trial Master Protocol and applicable documents.
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What we know so far
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 12 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
Biomarkers mentioned
Treatment history
Treatments you must have had:
- ✓ an MTB discussion
What the study is looking for
- ✓A. Confirmed diagnosis of a cancer harbouring HER2 amplification, or an appropriate activating mutation as...
- ✓B. Age 12 years or above.
- ✓C. Women of childbearing potential are eligible provided that they meet the following criteria:
- ✓Have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test before enrolment and;
- ✓Agree to use one form of effective birth control method such as:
Who cannot take part
- ✗A. Diagnosis of HER2-positive early or that has spread breast cancer.
- ✗B. Female patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the trial or within seven...
- ✗C. Severe dyspnoea at rest due to complications of advanced cancer or requiring supplementary oxygen therapy.
- ✗D. Known hypersensitivity to trastuzumab or pertuzumab, murine proteins, or to any of the excipients.
- ✗Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction \<55%.
See the full criteria
Where Is This Study? (27 UK sites)
Belfast City Hospital
Belfast BT9 7AB, United Kingdom
University Hospital Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Bristol BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom
Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
Bristol BS2 8ED, United Kingdom
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge CB2 OQQ, United Kingdom
Velindre Cancer Centre
Cardiff CF14 2TL, United Kingdom
Cardiff Children's Hospital
Cardiff CF14 4XW, United Kingdom
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom
The Beatson Hospital
Glasgow G12 OYN, United Kingdom
Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow
Glasgow G51 4TF, United Kingdom
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
Alder Hey Hospital
Liverpool L14 5AB, United Kingdom
University College London Hospital
London NW1 2BU, United Kingdom
Guy's Hospital
London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
The Christie Hospital
Manchester M20 4BX, United Kingdom
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral CH63 4JY, United Kingdom
Great North Children's Hospital
Newcastle NE1 4LP, United Kingdom
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
Churchill Hospital
Oxford OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
Weston Park Hospital
Sheffield S10 2SJ, United Kingdom
Sheffield's Children's Hospital
Sheffield S10 2TH, United Kingdom
Southampton General Hospital
Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
The Royal Marsden Hospital
Sutton SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
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