Radiation's hidden power: boosting immune cells in breast tumors?
NCT ID NCT05406232
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how radiation therapy changes immune cells inside breast cancer tumors. Researchers want to see if radiation helps immune cells enter the tumor to fight cancer. The study involves 36 adults with invasive breast cancer who will receive radiation and have tumor samples taken before and after treatment.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
-
Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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 with breast cancer that appears to be superficially accessible to a tumor punch biopsy
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients \>= 18 years of age with biopsy proven invasive breast cancer * Breast cancer that appears to be superficially accessible to a tumor punch biopsy * Patients thought to derive clinical benefit from palliative RT to the breast/chestwall * In discussions with the medical oncologist, if clinically reasonable, systemic therapy will be held during RT Exclusion Criteria: * A history of prior radiation to the area requiring radiation for which the attending physician believes reirradiation could not be safely delivered * Pregnancy * Active usage of anticoagulant medications that are considered to pose an increased risk of tumor punch biopsies * Receipt of immunotherapy or chemotherapy 7 days prior to start of RT
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Breast carcinoma are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
M D Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Green dye vs blue dye: which finds Cancer-Linked lymph nodes better?
- The gatekeepers of tumors: scientists probe how blood vessels let immune cells in
- Can exercise and nutrition prehab help breast cancer patients through chemo?
- Blood test aims to catch Cancer's return earlier
- Could skipping a lymph node check spare women from unneeded surgery?
- Could shedding pounds after breast cancer keep the disease away?