Double hormone blockade may tackle Hard-to-Treat breast cancer
NCT ID NCT05618613
First seen Jul 21, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests a combination of two drugs, elacestrant and onapristone, in people with a specific type of advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is fueled by the hormones estrogen and progesterone. The goal is to see if blocking both hormone signals at once is safe and can shrink tumors. The study is in early phases and involves a small number of participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a combination of two hormone-blocking drugs: elacestrant and onapristone
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new treatment option for people with a specific type of advanced breast cancer that has stopped responding to standard hormone therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so the benefits and risks are not yet well understood. The combination may cause significant side effects or fail to shrink tumors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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4 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Finished
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Jun 2023
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Women or men aged ≥18 years, at the time of informed consent signature. Note: Pre- and peri-menopausal women must receive goserelin for at least one month prior to initiating trial therapy, during the trial, and for at least one month after end of trial therapy. Men must receive triptorelin for at least one month prior to initiating trial therapy, during the trial and for at least one month after end of trial therapy. 2. Histopathologically or cytologically confirmed ER+, PgR+, HER2-, breast cancer, per local laboratory, as per the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines (Allison et al, 2020). Note: In the context of this trial, ER and PgR status will be considered positive if ≥10% of tumor cells demonstrate positive nuclear staining by immunohistochemistry. 3. At least one measurable lesion as per RECIST version 1.1. Note: Patients with stable brain or subdural metastases are allowed if the patient has completed local therapy and has discontinued the use of corticosteroids for at least 4 weeks before starting treatment in this study. Any signs (e.g., radiologic) or symptoms of brain metastases must be stable for at least 4 weeks before starting study treatment. 4. Prior therapy with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant + a CDK4/6 inhibitor in the metastatic setting or in the adjuvant setting if within 12 months of last dose of adjuvant therapy. Note: Prior therapy with everolimus is allowed. 5. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1. 6. Patient has adequate bone marrow and organ function, as defined by the following laboratory values: 1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5 × 109/L, 2. Platelets ≥100 × 109/L, 3. Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL, 4. Potassium, sodium, calcium (corrected for serum albumin), and magnesium CTCAE grade ≤1, 5. Cockcroft-Gault-based creatinine clearance ≥50 mL/min. Note: Creatinine clearance (male) = (\[140-age in years\] × weight in kg)/ (\[serum creatinine in mg/dL\] × 72) Creatinine clearance (female) = (0.85 × \[140-age in years\] × weight in kg)/ (\[serum creatinine in mg/dL\] × 72), 6. Serum albumin ≥3.0 g/dL (≥30 g/L), 7. In absence of liver metastases, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤3.0 × ULN. If the patient has liver metastases, ALT and AST ≤5 × ULN, 8. Total serum bilirubin \<1.5 × ULN except for patients with Gilbert's syndrome who may be included if the total serum bilirubin is ≤3.0 × ULN or direct bilirubin ≤1.5 × ULN. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Active or newly diagnosed CNS metastases, including meningeal carcinomatosis. 2. Breast cancer treatment-naïve patients in the metastatic setting. 3. Prior therapy with elacestrant, onapristone, or chemotherapy in the metastatic setting. 4. Patient has a concurrent malignancy or history of invasive malignancy within 3 years of enrollment, with the exception of basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has completed curative therapy. 5. Uncontrolled significant active infections. 1. Patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have undetectable viral load during screening. 2. Patients known to be HIV+ are allowed as long as they have undetectable viral load at baseline. 6. Major surgery within 4 weeks before starting trial therapy. 7. Inability to take oral medication, or history of malabsorption syndrome or any other uncontrolled gastrointestinal condition. 8. Females of childbearing potential who: 1. Within 28 days before study entry, did not use a highly effective method of contraception. 2. Do not agree to use a highly effective method of contraception throughout the entire study period and for 28 days after trial therapy discontinuation. 9. Males who do not agree to abstain from donating sperm, or to use a highly effective method of contraception, during the course of the treatment period and for 28 days thereafter. 10. Known intolerance to either study drug or any of the excipients. 11. Patient is currently receiving or received any of the following medications prior to first dose of trial therapy: 1. Known strong or moderate inducers or inhibitors of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 within 14 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, (Refer to http://medicine.iupui.edu/clinpharm/ddis/), 2. Herbal preparations/medications within 7 days. These include, but are not limited to, St. John's wort, kava, ephedra (ma huang), gingko biloba, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), yohimbe, saw palmetto, and ginseng. 3. Investigational anti-cancer therapy with 21 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter. 4. Vaccination, including but not limited to vaccination against COVID-19, during the 7 days prior to randomization. 12. Evidence of ongoing alcohol or drug abuse.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Midwestern Regional Center
Zion, Illinois, 60099, United States
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Western Regional Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona, 85338, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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