New study could spare some breast cancer patients from chemo
NCT ID NCT07423611
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a combination of ribociclib (a targeted drug) and hormone therapy can be as effective as chemotherapy followed by the same combo for people with a common type of early breast cancer (HR+/HER2-). Only patients whose blood tests show no signs of cancer DNA (ctDNA-negative) are included. The goal is to see if skipping chemo is safe and still prevents the cancer from coming back.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 388 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
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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18 to 70 years
- 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. Signed and dated Patient Informed Consent Form (PICF) obtained prior to any trial-specific screening procedure 2. Patient is female with known menopausal status at the time of randomization 3. Patient is ≥ 18 and ≤70 years-old at the time of PICF signature. 4. Patient with histologically confirmed unilateral primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast with a date of initial cytologic or histologic diagnosis 5. Patient has breast cancer that is positive for ER and/or PgR as determined on the most recently analyzed tissue sample 6. Patient has HER2-negative breast cancer defined as a negative in situ hybridization test or an immunohistochemistry (IHC) status of 0 or 1+. If IHC is 2+, a negative in situ hybridization (FISH, CISH, or SISH) test is required to confirm the HER2-negative status (based on the most recently analyzed tissue sample). 7. Patient after surgical resection where tumor was removed completely, with the final surgical specimen microscopic margins free from tumor, and belongs to one of the following categories: 1\) T0-2N1, 2) T3-4N0, 3) T2N0 meeting the following criteria: 1. histological Grade 3, 2. histological Grade 2 with Ki-67 proliferation index ≥20% or/and high genomic risk 8. Eligible to adjuvant chemotherapy per investigator's decision (Based on clinicopathological findings or genomic assay results) 9. ECOG Performance Status of 0 or 1 10. ctDNA-MRD negative within 4 weeks post-surgery 11. Adequate hematological, renal, and hepatic function Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant systemic treatment (including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or endocrine therapy) for breast cancer 2. Bilateral breast cancer 3. Patient with distant metastases of breast cancer beyond regional lymph nodes (stage IV according to AJCC 8th edition) and/or evidence of recurrence after curative surgery 4. Patient has other active malignancies within the past 2 years 5. Pregnant or breast-feeding (lactating) women or women who plan to become pregnant or breast-feed during the trial 6. Patient has impairment of GI function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of the oral trial treatments 7. Patient has not recovered from clinical and laboratory acute toxicities related to prior anticancer therapies to a NCI CTCAE (National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) version 5.0 Grade ≤ 1 at day of randomization 8. Participation in other studies involving investigational drug(s) within 30 days prior to randomization or within 5 half-lives of the investigational drug(s) (whichever is longer), or participation in any other type of medical research judged not to be scientifically or medically compatible with this trial
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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