New drug combo aims to tame aggressive breast cancer

NCT ID NCT03377387

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

Summary

This study tests a different dosing schedule of the chemotherapy drug capecitabine combined with the targeted therapy neratinib in people with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. The goal is to find the safest dose that still works. About 34 adults with stage IV breast cancer that has spread will participate. The study is in early phases (1 and 2) to check safety and side effects first.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm HER2 positive breast carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Baptist Alliance - McI

    Miami, Florida, 33143, United States

  • Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute @ Hartford Hospital

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06102, United States

  • Lehigh Valley Health Network

    Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States