Can a blood test and special scan spot breast cancer relapse before symptoms?
NCT ID NCT06225505
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether regular blood tests (ctDNA monitoring) combined with a special type of PET scan can detect the return of triple negative breast cancer earlier than standard methods. About 450 women who finished treatment for early-stage triple negative breast cancer will take part. If the blood test shows signs of cancer, some participants will get the special scan to see if it helps find relapses sooner.
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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 450 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2031
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 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients must have signed a written informed consent before inclusion 2. Patients must be female ≥ 18 years old 3. Patients diagnosed with a non-metastatic TNBC (ER \& PR \<10%, HER2- per ASCO/CAP guidelines). Patients must have been previously evaluated by a 18F-FDG PET-CT or a bone scintigraphy combined with a thorax, abdomen and pelvis CT scan with contrast 4. Patients who have undergone surgery with curative intent for their non-metastatic TNBC. Surgery must have been performed between 3 to 24 months before inclusion. Patients must have initiated their adjuvant therapy, whenever indicated, since at least 12 weeks. For patients receiving an experimental adjuvant treatment in a clinical trial, any intervention planned as part of this trial must be completed before inclusion. 5. High-risk primary tumor, defined as: 1. Lack of pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (RCB I, II or III; RCB I being capped to a maximum of 30% of included patients) OR, in the absence of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, 2. Stage IIB-III (i.e., T2N1, any T3-T4, any N2-3) OR 3. Any loco-regional relapse occurring after a prior ipsilateral, curatively treated TNBC 6. No sign of local or distant relapse, as per investigator assessment 7. Performance status \< 2 8. Available FFPE tumor block with \> 10% cellularity or 11 tumor sections with \>10% cellularity 9. Patient able to comply with protocol requirements 10. Patients covered by a health insurance Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any uncontrolled disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding or any other medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, interferes with the trial procedures 2. Male participants 3. Patients with altered mental status or psychiatric disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude a valid patient informed consent. 4. Patients who have difficulty undergoing trial procedures for geographic, social or psychological reasons 5. Person deprived of liberty or under guardianship 6. History of another primary malignancy except for the following : 1. Basal cell carcinoma or any in situ carcinoma treated with curative intent 2. Any stage I-II malignancy treated with curative intent with no evidence of active disease in the last five years 7. For step #2 (randomization after ctDNA detection): clinical/radiological metastatic relapse before the detection of the molecular relapse.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
13 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Nîmes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNîmes, 30900, France
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Centre Eugène Marquis
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, 35000, France
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Centre Jean Perrin
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63011, France
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Centre Leon Bérard
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, 69008, France
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Hôpital Saint-Louis
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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Hôpital Tenon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75020, France
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Institut Bergonié
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33000, France
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Institut Curie
RECRUITINGSaint-Cloud, 92340, France
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Institut Paoli-Calmettes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, 13009, France
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Institut de cancérologie de Lorraine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54519, France
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Institut du cancer de Montpellier
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34298, France
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ONCOPOLE Claudius Regaud
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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Sainte-Catherine Institut du Cancer Avignon-Provence
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAvignon, 84918, France
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