Phase 3 study for people with Breast Cancer

Recruiting Phase 3

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 15 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
Sponsor Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Registry number NCT06966700
Started 30 June 2025 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 23 March 2033

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse ( Site 1206) Camperdown NSW Recruiting
Macquarie University ( Site 1203) North Ryde NSW Recruiting
Westmead Hospital ( Site 1200) Westmead NSW Recruiting
Monash Health ( Site 1201) Clayton VIC Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 15 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 18 Years and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 2400

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

* Has previously untreated high-risk, early-stage, non-metastatic (M0) breast cancer (BC), defined as any of the following combined primary tumor (T) and regional lymph node (N) staging per AJCC 8th edition criteria as assessed by the physician investigator based on radiological and/or clinical assessment:

* cT1c, N1-N2

* cT2, N0-N2

* cT3, N0-N2

* cT4a-d, N0-N2

* The participant must have a centrally confirmed diagnosis of BC that is triple-negative or HR-low+/HER2- (defined as estrogen receptor (ER)-low+ expression in 1% to 10% cells and HER2- as by the most recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines.

* Provides a core needle biopsy from the primary breast tumor at screening to the central laboratory.

* Has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 performed within 28 days before Cycle1 Day 1 (C1D1).

* Demonstrates adequate organ function.

Exclusion Criteria:

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

* Metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer or clinical node stage 3 (cN3) nodal involvement

* Has received any prior treatment, including radiation, systemic therapy,and/or definitive surgery for currently diagnosed breast cancer

* Has undergone excisional biopsy of the primary tumor, axillary lymph node dissection, and/or axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy prior to study treatment.

* Received prior systemic anticancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks before C1D1.

* Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent, or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or coinhibitory T-cell receptor (eg, CTLA-4, OX- 40, CD137).

* Received prior treatment with a TROP2-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC).

* Received prior treatment with a topoisomerase I inhibitor-containing ADC.

* Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention.

* Known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 5 years.

* Uncontrolled systemic disease.

* History of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids, has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease or has suspected interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis that cannot be ruled out by standard diagnostic assessments at Screening..

Dates on the record

Started 30 June 2025
Estimated completion 23 March 2033
Registry last updated 13 October 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 15 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 13 October 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 15 October 2026.

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Letter for your doctor

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