Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Participants With HER2-mutated Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Summary

This study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) participants who had disease recurrence or progression during/after at least one regimen of prior anticancer therapy (second line or later) that must have contained a platinum-based chemotherapy drug.

Timeline

Start

2021-03-19

Primary completion

2022-12-23

Completion

2024-08-23

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

release “The primary results from DESTINY-Lung02 demonstrate that Enhertu continues to show strong and durable tumour responses for patients treated at either dose.” astrazeneca.com ↗

Publications

• Janne PA. Trastuzumab deruxtecan in HER2-mutant metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: a plain language summary of the DESTINY-Lung02 study. Future Oncol. 2026 Mar;22(6):659-670. doi: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2598216. Epub 2026 Feb 14.
• Janne PA, Goto Y, Kubo T, Ninomiya K, Kim SW, Planchard D, Ahn MJ, Smit E, Johannes de Langen A, Perol M, Pons-Tostivint E, Novello S, Hayashi H, Shimizu J, Kim DW, Pereira K, Cheng FC, Taguchi A, Cheng Y, Dunton K, Ali A, Goto K. Final Analysis Results and Patient-Reported Outcomes From DESTINY-Lung02-A Dose-Blinded, Randomized, Phase 2 Study of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Patients With HER2-Mutant Metastatic NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol. 2025 Dec;20(12):1814-1828. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2025.07.129. Epub 2025 Jul 30.
• Goto K, Goto Y, Kubo T, Ninomiya K, Kim SW, Planchard D, Ahn MJ, Smit EF, de Langen AJ, Perol M, Pons-Tostivint E, Novello S, Hayashi H, Shimizu J, Kim DW, Kuo CH, Yang JC, Pereira K, Cheng FC, Taguchi A, Cheng Y, Feng W, Tsuchihashi Z, Janne PA. Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Patients With HER2-Mutant Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Primary Results From the Randomized, Phase II DESTINY-Lung02 Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Nov 1;41(31):4852-4863. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.01361. Epub 2023 Sep 11.

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