Surgery-free breast cancer treatment tested in new trial
NCT ID NCT07245316
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether people with certain non-invasive or early breast conditions (like ductal carcinoma in situ) can safely skip surgery and instead take hormone-blocking medication. The goal is to see if this approach keeps cancer from coming back over five years. The trial will enroll 340 women whose biopsy shows hormone-sensitive, HER2-negative disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- endocrine therapy (hormone-blocking medication)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a way to manage certain early breast conditions with medication alone, avoiding the need for surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study without a control group, so results may not confirm that skipping surgery is safe. There is a risk that cancer could return or progress without surgical removal.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 340 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2032
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.
- Ages
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35 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.
1\. Inclusion criteria: 1. Female patients aged ≥35 years. 2. Diagnosed with atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) on core-needle biopsy, vacuum-assisted biopsy, or excisional biopsy. 3. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) performed on biopsy specimens confirming estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER2 status; eligible only if the ER Allred total score is ≥7 and HER2 status is negative. 4. All low- and intermediate-grade nuclear grades included; for high-grade lesions, only patients with a Ki-67 index ≤20% are eligible. 5. Lesion not definitely palpable on physical examination at diagnosis. 6. No prior breast surgery for ipsilateral or contralateral breast cancer, and no synchronous contralateral breast cancer. 7. Not diagnosed with pregnancy-associated breast cancer or breast cancer detected during lactation. 8. Negative serum or urine β-hCG prior to enrollment. 9. Provided written informed consent to participate in the study. 2\. Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant patients. 2. Patients with clinically significant psychiatric disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder) or those currently receiving psychiatric or antipsychotic medications. 3. Concomitant diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. 4. Evidence of axillary lymph node metastasis. 5. Carriers of BRCA1/2 mutations. 6. Male patients. 7. History of diagnosis or treatment for breast cancer. 8. Presence or history of other malignancies besides breast cancer. 9. Concomitant diagnosis of pleomorphic LCIS.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
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