500 breast cancer patients help scientists crack the code of treatment resistance
NCT ID NCT06681064
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is for 500 adults with non-metastatic breast cancer who are about to start treatment like chemotherapy or targeted therapy before surgery. Researchers will collect tumor tissue, blood, and sometimes stool samples and MRI scans during treatment. The goal is to learn why some cancers respond well and others don't, and to find better ways to predict which patients might have their cancer return.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2034
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
Early breast cancer patients suitable for neoadjuvant chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy.
- 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. Histologically confirmed non-metastatic invasive breast cancer. 2. Be suitable for, but have not commenced, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy. 3. If HER2-, suitable for treatment with upfront taxane chemotherapy. If HER2+, suitable for treatment with anti-HER2 targeted therapy. 4. Be aged 18 years and over. 5. Have given written informed consent to participate. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis. 2. Treatment with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy only. 3. Presence of any psychological, familial or sociological condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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