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Not yet recruitingLast updated: 22 October 2025

A study recruiting people with advanced breast cancer to evaluate the safety, effectiveness and optimal dose level of targeted chemotherapy with immunotherapyA Phase I/II, Multi-site, Open-label, Two-part Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of BNT323 in Combination With BNT327 in Participants With Advanced Breast Cancer

Trial purpose

Medical clipboardCancer treatment

Tumor type

Breast Cancers Breast

Age

People18+

Clinical summary

Summary

This clinical trial is testing a new combination of two investigational cancer treatments - a targeted chemotherapy called BNT323 and an immunotherapy called BNT327 - for people with advanced breast cancer that has already been treated with chemotherapy. The study is designed to find the btest dose and understand how well the combination works and how safe it is. Both medicines are administered via intravenous (IV) infusion.

The study has two parts.

Part 1 - Finding the right dose (dose escalation)

People with advanced HER2+, HER2-low or HER2-ultralow breast cancer will receive both BNT323 and BNT327.

The dose will gradually be increased in small groups to find the safest and most effective amount to use in future patients. This part helps researchers decide the best dose to move forward with the next phase.

Part 2: Testing the best dose (dose optimisation and exploratory cohorts)

Once the best dose if found, more people will join the study to test how well it works and how safe it is. This part includes four groups (called cohorts):

  • Cohort 1: Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four treatment options:
    • Full dose BNT323 + BNT327
    • Lower dose of the combination
    • BNT323 alone
    • BNT327 alone
  • Cohorts 2, 3 and 4: These groups will explore the combination in different types of breast cancer, but without random assignment.

 

Conditions

This trial is treating people with breast cancer that is locally advanced, metastatic or unable to be removed with surgery

Eligibility

Inclusion

  • Have pathologically documented BC that:

    • Is locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic.
    • Has a confirmed HER2 status as determined by the local laboratory (Part 1, Part 2 Cohorts 2 and 4) or the central laboratory (Part 2, Cohorts 1 and 3) from the most recently collected pre-randomization tumor sample.
    • Has a documented history of HER2 expression consistent with the subgroup definitions (i.e., HER2-low, HER2-ultralow, HER2-null, HER2-positive, or TNBC) as per current American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guidelines.
  • Have measurable disease defined by RECIST v1.1.
  • Has left ventricular ejection fraction ≥55% by either echocardiography or multi-gated acquisition (scanning) within 28 days before randomization/enrollment.

Exclusion

  • Have history of small bowel obstruction requiring hospitalization within the past 3 months prior to the first dose of IMP.
  • Have an uncontrolled intercurrent illness that would limit compliance with study requirement or substantially increase risk of incurring adverse events.
  • Have clinically uncontrolled pleural effusion, ascites or pericardial effusion requiring drainage, peritoneal shunt, or cell-free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy within 2 weeks prior to randomization/enrollment.
  • Have a history of (non-infectious) interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis that required steroids, have current ILD/pneumonitis, or where suspected ILD/pneumonitis cannot be ruled out by imaging at screening.
  • Had prior treatment with topoisomerase I inhibitors, including ADCs with topoisomerase I inhibitor payloads such as trastuzumab deruxtecan.
  • Have received any of the following therapies or drugs prior to the initiation of the study:

    • Participants who have previously been randomized to or received treatment in a previous study with BNT323, regardless of treatment assignment.
    • Participants who received prior treatment with a PD-L1/VEGF bispecific antibody. Note: Prior treatment with PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibodies, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors or anti-VEGF therapies are permitted.
    • Have received other systemic immunostimulatory agents or immunosuppressive therapies (such as interferon-α, interleukin-2, or methotrexate) within 4 weeks prior to the initiation of study treatment or are within five half-lives of the treatment drug (whichever is longer). Exception: excluding local, intranasal, intraocular, intra-articular or inhaled corticosteroids, short term use (≤7 days) of corticosteroids for prophylaxis (e.g., prevention of contrast agent allergy) or treatment of non-autoimmune conditions (e.g., delayed hypersensitivity reactions caused by exposure to allergens).
    • Have received systemic corticosteroids (at a dosage greater than 10 mg/day of prednisone or an equivalent dose of other corticosteroids) within 3 weeks prior to the initiation of study treatment.

NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Inclusion

  • Your cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) or has grown into nearby parts of the body (locally advanced).
  • Your cancer has not spread to other parts of the body, but it is not possible to perform surgery to remove it (unresectable).
  • You have had a certain type of treatment or surgical procedure.

Exclusion

  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have had certain treatments, surgical procedures or drugs.
Message

Clinical trials have complex eligibility criteria, and other criteria may apply for this trial. Ask your doctor about whether this trial could be right for you.

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Trial sponsor

BioNTech SE

Scientific Title

A Phase I/II, Multi-site, Open-label, Two-part Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of BNT323 in Combination With BNT327 in Participants With Advanced Breast Cancer

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