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GDF-15 and Its Relationship With Treatment-related ADverse Events in Breast Cancer

NCT07465172 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2026-03-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

GRADE is trying to find out if there is a link between a hormone called GDF-15 and the side effects that people can experience when taking T-DXd.

GDF-15 can be measured in the blood. GDF-15 levels in the blood will go up when the body is stressed under certain conditions, including breast cancer. There is a link between high GDF-15 levels and the nausea and vomiting experienced with "morning sickness" in pregnancy. It has also been shown that GDF-15 levels will go up with the use of other types of chemotherapy that are known to cause nausea and vomiting.

Side effects such as feeling sick (nausea), vomiting and weight loss are common with T-DXd. Sometimes, these can be so severe that treatment needs to be stopped early. The investigators can't predict who will get bad side effects and who will not.

If the investigators can find out if there is a link between GDF-15 and the side effects of T-DXd, they can use this information in future clinical trials.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Blood collection for GDF-15

Blood samples of 20-30mL (approximately 1-2 tablespoons in total) will be taken 4 times: * Before first treatment with T-DXd * Two times during treatment (after the first and second doses of T-DXd); and * At the end of T-DXd treatment. At each blood collection, participants will be asked about: * T-DXd side effects * Medications prescribe for T-DXd side effects * Weighed to see if their weight changes during treatment. Personal and health information will also be collected from participants: * Date of birth and age, sex, ethnicity, height, weight, and activity levels. * Details about their cancer: diagnosis, type of cancer, other treatments, and pathology results. * Details about any previous pregnancies: how many, and the severity of any nausea or vomiting experienced during these pregnancies. * Details about their best response to treatment with T-DXd. * Details about the reason they stop T-DXd treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Breast Cancer Trials, Australia and New Zealand

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heath Badger · Breast Cancer Trials, Australia and New Zealand

  • Sherene Loi, Prof · Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

  • Michelle Li, Dr · Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-03-31
Primary Completion
2028-03-31
Completion
2028-09-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Australia
  • Japan

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT07465172 on ClinicalTrials.gov