Could thousands of women skip hormone therapy after breast cancer?

NCT ID NCT07661927

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This trial investigates whether women aged 60 and older with a very small, low-risk type of breast cancer can safely avoid hormone therapy after surgery. Participants will not receive standard drugs like tamoxifen or letrozole, and researchers will track cancer recurrence for up to five years. The goal is to see if skipping treatment maintains a low relapse rate while improving quality of life and reducing side effects.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

no endocrine therapy (omission of tamoxifen, letrozole, anastrozole, or exemestane)

What this could lead to

If successful, this could spare many older women the side effects of hormone therapy while maintaining a low risk of cancer returning.

What could go wrong

This is a single-arm Phase 2 trial, so results are compared to historical data. It may show that skipping therapy increases relapse risk or that the selected population is not as low-risk as assumed.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

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  • CH Annecy Genevois

    Épagny, France

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  • CH Aunay-Bayeux

    Bayeux, France

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  • CH Boulogne sur mer

    Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

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  • CH de Bligny

    Briis-sous-Forges, France

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  • CHCB

    Bayonne, France

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  • CHD Vendée

    La Roche-sur-Yon, France

  • CHI de Mont-de-Marsan

    Mont-de-Marsan, France

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  • CHP Sainte Marie

    Osny, France

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  • CHU Orleans

    Orléans, France

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  • CHU Tours

    Tours, France

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  • CHU de Limoges

    Limoges, France

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  • CHU de Saint Etienne

    Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France

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  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne

    Nice, France

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  • Centre Eugène Marquis

    Rennes, France

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  • Centre Francois Baclesse

    Caen, France

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  • Centre Georges François Leclerc

    Dijon, France

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  • Centre Guillaume le Conquérant

    Le Havre, France

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  • Centre Henri Becquerel

    Rouen, France

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  • Centre Jean Perrin

    Clermont-Ferrand, France

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  • Centre Leonard de Vinci

    Dechy, France

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  • Centre Léon Bérard

    Lyon, France

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  • Centre Oscar Lambret

    Lille, France

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  • Centre de lutte contre le cancer - Paul Strauss

    Strasbourg, France

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  • Clinique Pasteur Lanroze

    Brest, France

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  • Clinique Tivoli

    Bordeaux, France

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  • Groupe Hospitalier Bretagne Sud

    Lorient, France

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  • Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph

    Paris, France

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  • Groupe UNEOS-Hôpital Robert Schuman

    Vantoux, France

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  • Hôpital Privé Clairval

    Marseille, France

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  • Hôpital privé Jean Mermoz

    Lyon, France

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  • Hôpitaux du Léman

    Thonon-les-Bains, France

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  • IUCT-Oncopole

    Toulouse, France

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  • Ico Angers

    Angers, France

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  • Ico Saint Herblain

    Saint-Herblain, France

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  • Institut Bergonié

    Bordeaux, France

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  • Institut Curie

    Paris, France

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  • Institut Curie

    Saint-Cloud, France

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  • Institut Paoli-Calmettes

    Marseille, France

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  • Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

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  • Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci- Roc37

    Chambray-lès-Tours, France

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  • Sainte Catherine, Institut du Cancer Avignon-Provence

    Avignon, France

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