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New study aims to unlock secrets of rare breast cancer complication

NCT ID NCT06638294

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Summary

This study enrolls 30 adults with breast cancer that has spread to the lining of the brain or spinal cord (leptomeningeal disease). Researchers will collect tissue and fluid samples to learn more about this aggressive condition. The goal is to provide faster test results and treatment recommendations within 7 to 14 days. This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it focuses on gathering knowledge and improving care coordination.

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Study facts

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

Participants

About 30 people

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

Started

Nov 2024

Expected to finish

Dec 2028

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

This is a prospective translational observational study for patients with breast cancer leptomeningeal disease (LMD).

Ages

18 weeks and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female, aged 18 or older * History of breast cancer (any subtype) * Suspected breast cancer-related leptomeningeal metastasis (i.e., by clinical signs or symptoms (i.e., peri-oral dysesthesia, unexplained new neurological symptoms in the absence of brain metastasis), radiographic, or by cerebrospinal fluid analysis), whereby patient will be treated along an leptomeningeal disease paradigm. * Previous central nervous system metastasis (including leptomeningeal disease or brain metastasis) is eligible. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of ≤3 or Karnofsky performance status ≥60. Exclusion Criteria: * Suspected central nervous system recurrence of hematologic malignancy, lymphoma or other solid tumor * Not eligible for treatment of leptomeningeal disease.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast neoplasm neoplastic meningitis

As listed by the trial registrant

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Leptomeningeal metastasis of breast cancer

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Sibley Memorial Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20016, United States

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

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