Brain cancer fight: new drug combo tested for tough breast cancer cases

NCT ID NCT03765983

Summary

This study tested whether adding an experimental drug called GDC-0084 to the standard treatment Herceptin could help control breast cancer that had spread to the brain. It involved 17 people with a specific type of breast cancer (HER2-positive) that had formed new or growing tumors in the brain. The goal was to see if this combination could shrink these brain tumors and slow the cancer's progression.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

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