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Sacituzumab Govitecan plus Nivolumab, with or without Relatlimab, as Second-Line Treatment in Patients with PD-L1 Positive Unresectable or Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer, SIMONE Trial

Trial Status: active

This phase Ib trial compares the safety and effectiveness of sacituzumab govitecan plus nivolumab to sacituzumab govitecan plus nivolumab and relatlimab as second-line treatment after first-line pembrolizumab and cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients with PD-L1 positive triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). Sacituzumab govitecan is a monoclonal antibody, called sacituzumab, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called govitecan. Sacituzumab is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of cancer cells, known as TROP2 receptors, and delivers govitecan to kill them. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab and relatlimab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Adding immunotherapy drugs like nivolumab, with or without relatlimab, to second-line treatment with sacituzumab govitecan may be safe and more effective than sacituzumab govitecan alone in treating patients with PD-L1 positive unresectable or metastatic TNBC.