Scientists grow patient tumors in mice to outsmart breast cancer relapse
NCT ID NCT04703244
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to create personalized tumor models from breast cancer patients who still have cancer after initial treatment. By growing these tumors in mice, researchers hope to understand why some cancers resist therapy and test new drug combinations. The study enrolls adults with invasive breast cancer who have had surgery after neoadjuvant therapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 999 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2042
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
Patients who have completed neoadjuvant systemic therapy who have residual disease on post-neoadjuvant imaging and are planning surgical resection
- 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: * Age ≥18 years. * Diagnosis of invasive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant systemic therapy. * Surgically resectable disease following neoadjuvant systemic treatment. * At least one of the following must be true: * Received at least 2 weeks of neoadjuvant endocrine therapy * Received at least 2 months of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with suggestion of residual disease on imaging * Began neoadjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy but discontinued due to evidence of progressive disease by MRI, ultrasound, or physical examination * Provide written informed consent. * Willing to return to enrolling institution for breast cancer surgery. * Willingness to provide mandatory blood specimens for future research on breast cancer at Mayo Clinic. * Willingness to provide mandatory tissue specimens for future research on breast cancer at Mayo Clinic. * Willingness to provide mandatory tissue specimens for the generation of PDX and organoids to be used future research on breast cancer at Mayo Clinic. Exclusion Criteria: * Ineligible for surgery. * History of prior malignancy \<3 years prior to registration. Exceptions for non-melanoma skin cancer, papillary thyroid cancer, non-invasive cancer (e.g., carcinoma in situ of the cervix).
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Conditions
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The study's own enquiry address
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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