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What happens to bones when breast cancer treatment stops?

NCT ID NCT05590949

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 20, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study follows post-menopausal women with breast cancer who have stopped taking aromatase inhibitors and denosumab, two medications that affect bone. Researchers will monitor bone turnover markers, fractures, and overall bone health over 24 months through clinic visits and blood tests. The goal is to understand how bones change after stopping these treatments, which could inform future care.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Physical evaluations and blood tests to monitor bone health after stopping denosumab and aromatase inhibitors
What this could lead to
If successful, this could help doctors understand how to manage bone health after stopping these medications, potentially reducing fracture risk in breast cancer survivors.
What could go wrong
This is an observational study, so it won't test a new treatment. Results may not apply to all patients, and the follow-up period is limited to 24 months.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 100 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2022

Expected to finish

Oct 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Patients will be recruited through the Breast Medicine and Survivorship Services. Members of the research team will verify eligibility against the patient's medical record. Once eligibility is confirmed, and if the treating investigator has no objection to enrolling the patient in the research study, the patient will be approached for consent. Consent to the protocol will be conducted by a trained consenting professional. Consent will take place either in the clinic, or by following the most updated standard working procedures for consent via telemedicine.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Women with Stage 0-3 breast cancer confirmed at MSKCC * Currently have no clinical evidence of disease * Participant must be post-menopausal, defined as last menstrual cycle at least 12 months prior to enrollment * Received at least 2 doses of denosumab and then discontinued therapy * Discontinued AI prior to or within 6 months of last denosumab injection * Patients must be 18 years of age or olde Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with history of osteoporosis prior to starting denosumab, based on previous dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan; * Patients with history of insufficiency fracture. * Patients who continue treatment with a different bone modifying agent (i.e oral or intravenous bisphosphonates) after discontinuation of denosumab * Patients on chronic low-dose glucosteroids.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Breast cancer

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

    RECRUITING

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    RECRUITING

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activities)

    RECRUITING

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)

    RECRUITING

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)

    RECRUITING

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

    RECRUITING

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

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