A Global Trial of Trastuzumab Rezetecan (SHR-A1811) in Combination With Chemotherapy and Bevacizumab as First-Line Treatment in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Expressing HER2
A Global, Multicenter, Randomized, Dose-Optimization Phase II Study of Trastuzumab Rezetecan (SHR-A1811) in Combination With mFOLFOX6 (-1) and Bevacizumab as First-Line Treatment in Patients With HER2-Positive Advanced Colorectal Cancer (HORIZON-CRC221)
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests the safety of trastuzumab rezetecan (SHR-A1811) with mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy and bevacizumab. It will help choose a dose for a phase 3 study. It is for people with advanced colon or rectal cancer that has HER2, a protein that can help cancer grow, as their first main treatment.
This global study is being conducted to evaluate the safety and determine the recommended phase 3 dose of trastuzumab rezetecan in combination with mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy (dose level -1) and bevacizumab as first-line treatment in participants with advanced colorectal cancer that expresses HER2, including but not limited to HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) 2+ "equivocal" or 3+ "positive" based on gastric cancer criteria, focused on the Western population. Encouraging data in efficacy and safety with trastuzumab rezetecan in a similar setting in China (NCT06015048) were presented at 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- You can do all usual activities, or can do light work but not hard physical activity.
- Tests show colon or rectal adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer, that cannot be removed by surgery, has come back, or has spread.
- Your cancer meets the study’s HER2 test rules: an IHC score of 2+ or 3+, or extra copies of the HER2 gene found by an approved lab.
- You have not had whole-body cancer treatment. If you had treatment before or after surgery, the cancer must have returned or spread more than 6 months after your last dose.
- You may have had up to 2 doses of mFOLFOX6, with or without bevacizumab, for advanced cancer before study group assignment.
- If your cancer has dMMR or MSI-H, changes in how cells repair DNA, the study doctor must find anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immune treatment unsuitable for you. If it has a BRAF V600 gene change, BRAF-targeted treatment must be unsuitable.
- You have at least one tumor that can be measured. It must not have had local treatment, such as radiation, unless it is in a previously radiated area and has clearly grown.
Who can't join
- Past treatment with a HER2-targeted drug carrying exatecan or a related chemotherapy drug, such as Enhertu.
- An experimental treatment or whole-body cancer treatment within 4 weeks before the first study dose. Some targeted pills have different waiting rules. Up to 2 doses of mFOLFOX6, with or without bevacizumab, are allowed.
- Radiation to ease symptoms within 2 weeks; major surgery within 4 weeks; or a minor procedure within 7 days before the first study dose. Planned elective surgery, serious unhealed wounds, or untreated broken bones also exclude you.
- Use of drugs that reduce blood clotting by platelets within 1 week before the first study dose, including aspirin above 325 mg a day, dipyridamole, ticlopidine, clopidogrel, or cilostazol.
- A live, weakened vaccine within 4 weeks before the first study dose, or an expected need for one during treatment.
- A history of allergic reactions to antibody medicines, study drug ingredients, the chemotherapy drugs used here, bevacizumab, or related drugs.
- Sensory nerve damage, such as numbness or tingling, that is more than mild.
- Coughing up about half a teaspoon or more of fresh blood at once within 3 months before the first study dose, or scans showing a tumor growing into or around major blood vessels.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. ECOG performance status score of 0 or 1. 2. Histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable, recurrent, or metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma that is HER2-positive. "HER2-positive" indicates IHC 2+ or 3+, or HER2 (ERBB2) amplification by NGS at a CLIA-certified or ISO-accredited laboratory. HER2 IHC 2+/3+ should be based on gastric cancer criteria. 3. Either have not received any prior systemic anti-tumor therapy (including, but not limited to, systemic chemotherapy, molecular targeted drug therapy, immunotherapy, biotherapy, or other investigational agents), or, if previously treated with neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy, have first documented recurrence or metastasis \>6 months after the last dose of neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. Participants known to have dMMR or high-level MSI-H are excluded unless the investigator determines they are unsuitable for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy. Participants known to have BRAF V600 mutation are excluded unless the investigator determines they are unsuitable for BRAF-targeting therapy. Note that participants may have received a maximum of 2 doses of mFOLFOX6 with or without bevacizumab in the locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic setting prior to randomization. 4. Have at least one measurable lesion according to the RECIST version 1.1. Measurable lesions should not have received prior local therapy such as radiotherapy (lesions located within a previous radiotherapy field can be considered as target lesions if progression is confirmed). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior Treatments: 1. Prior treatment with anti-HER2 ADCs featuring exatecan or its derivatives as the payload (a topoisomerase I inhibitor), such as trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu®, DS-8201a). 2. Treatment with any investigational drug or therapy not yet approved for marketing within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP. 3. Systemic anti-tumor therapy within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP, including chemotherapy, biotherapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy. For small molecule targeted therapies, a washout period of at least 5 half-lives or 7 days (whichever is longer) from the last dose is required before the first dose of the IMP. Note that participants may have received a maximum of 2 doses of mFOLFOX6 with or without bevacizumab in the locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic setting prior to randomization. 4. Palliative radiotherapy completed within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP. 5. Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP or planned elective surgery during the trial period. Minor traumatic procedures (e.g., needle biopsy, endoscopy, drainage) within 7 days prior. Presence of non-healed wounds (severe, non-healing, or dehisced) or untreated fractures. 6. Use of aspirin (\>325 mg/day), dipyridamole, ticlopidine, clopidogrel, cilostazol, or other drugs known to inhibit platelet function within 1 week prior to the first dose of the IMP. 7. Administration of live attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP, or anticipated requirement for such vaccines during the study treatment period. 2. History of hypersensitivity to monoclonal antibodies, any component of the trastuzumab rezetecan formulation, fluorouracil, levo-leucovorin (or leucovorin), oxaliplatin, bevacizumab, or related drugs. 3. Presence of Grade \>1 peripheral sensory neuropathy. 4. History of hemoptysis (approximately ≥2.5 mL of fresh blood in one episode) within 3 months prior to the first dose of the IMP. 5. Tumor encasement or invasion of major blood vessels (e.g., pulmonary artery, superior vena cava) as indicated by CT or MRI.
Study sites (1)
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX 77030Kanwal Raghav, MD · Principal investigatorMore trials in Houston