New score could help guide Late-Stage breast cancer treatment decisions
NCT ID NCT01574170
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aims to develop and validate a scoring system to identify which patients with metastatic breast cancer are likely to live longer with third-line chemotherapy. Researchers will collect clinical, histological, and biological data from 267 women starting a third line of treatment. The goal is to create a tool that helps doctors and patients make more informed decisions about continuing chemotherapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors identify which patients with metastatic breast cancer are most likely to benefit from third-line chemotherapy, avoiding unnecessary treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a prognostic tool study, not a treatment trial. The score may not be accurate enough to change practice, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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267 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2012
- Finished
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May 2023
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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 of more than 18 years old 2. WHO 0-4 3. Metastatic breast cancer 4. Progression after two lines of chemotherapy with treatment decision by investigator to start a third-line chemotherapy 5. Evaluable disease 6. Histology: breast carcinoma whatever the histological type, grade, hormone receptor expression and HER-2 7. Patient able to complete the EORTC PAL 15 Questionnaire 8. Patient member in a national insurance scheme 9. Informed consent obtained and signed by the patient Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of other (s) cancer (s) potentially metastatic (s) 2. Woman participating in a third line chemotherapy clinical trial 3. Pregnant women or nursing mothers can not participate in the study 4. Patient under legal guardianship 5. Patient unable to undergo medical test for various reasons including social or psychological reasons.
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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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C.M.C.O. Claude Bernard
Albi, 81000, France
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CHRU Brest
Brest, 26609, France
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CHU Jean Minjoz
Besançon, 25030, France
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CHU Rangueil
Toulouse, 31000, France
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Centre Eugène Marquis
Rennes, 35042, France
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Centre Georges François Leclerc
Dijon, 21079, France
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Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Castres-Mazamet
Castres, 81108, France
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Centre Hospitalier Jean Rougier
Cahors, 46005, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Rodez
Rodez, 12000, France
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Centre Paul Strauss
Strasbourg, 67065, France
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Centre d'Oncologie et de Radiothérapie du Parc
Dijon, 21000, France
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Clinique La Croix du Sud
Quint-Fonsegrives, 31130, France
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Institut Claudius Regaud
Toulouse, 31052, France
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Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54519, France
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Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest Paul Papin
Angers, 49933, France
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Polyclinique de l'Ormeau
Tarbes, 65000, France
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