Smart scan may help choose best breast cancer therapy
NCT ID NCT06195709
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a special PET scan (EstroTEP) and blood tests can help doctors pick the best second-line treatment for people with ER-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. About 300 participants will be assigned to either endocrine therapy or chemotherapy based on these test results. The goal is to see if this personalized approach improves how long the cancer stays under control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 18F-FES (a radioactive tracer for PET scans) and circulating tumor biomarkers
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help doctors choose the most effective second-line therapy for each patient, potentially improving outcomes and avoiding ineffective treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a strategy trial, not testing a new drug. The benefit depends on how well the scan and biomarkers predict treatment response, which is still uncertain. Results may not apply to all patients.
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.
- Phase
-
Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
-
About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
May 2024
- Expected to finish
-
Sep 2030
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.
- 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: 1. Metastatic invasive breast carcinoma of no special type. 2. Females and males of age ≥18 years. 3. Life expectancy \> 3 months. 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-2. 5. Estrogen Receptor (ER)-positive (≥10%) and HER2-negative (ASCO/College of American Pathologists guidelines) breast cancer, per local assessment on the most recent breast cancer tissue examined. 6. Tumor block Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (primary tumor or metastasis) available. 7. Patients whose disease has progressed on first line endocrine therapy with aromatase inhibitor and CDK4/6 inhibitor and who are deemed eligible, per investigator assessment, to a second line endocrine therapy. The progression on first line endocrine therapy with aromatase inhibitor and CDK4/6 inhibitor must have occurred after more than 6 months on treatment. 8. Patients with available 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging 9. Evaluable disease per RECIST criteria and measurable disease per PERCIST criteria. 10. Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and any protocol-related procedures including screening evaluations. 11. Signed informed consent. 12. Patient affiliated to a social security system. Exclusion criteria: 1. Other breast cancer subtype (e.g. invasive lobular breast carcinoma). 2. One or more prior line of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting. 3. Any other systemic treatment given at metastatic disease than the first line therapy with aromatase inhibitor and CDK4/6 inhibitor. 4. Visceral crisis, per investigator's assessment. 5. Liver-only metastases. 6. Prior exposure to any authorized or experimental agent degrading the estrogen receptor (fulvestrant, oral SERDs, PROTAC, etc). 7. Pregnancy or lactation period. 8. In women of childbearing potential or premenopausal women or women with amenorrhea of less than 12 months, without adequate non-hormonal contraceptive measures (barrier methods, intrauterine contraceptive devices, sterilization; LH-RH agonist cannot be considered as an efficient contraceptive measure), positive urinary or serum pregnancy test 72 hours before 18F-FES PET/CT. 9. Known active uncontrolled or symptomatic Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases, carcinomatous meningitis, or leptomeningeal disease. Patients with a history of CNS metastases or cord compression are eligible if they have been treated with local therapy (e.g., radiotherapy, stereotactic surgery) and are clinically stable and off anticonvulsants and steroids for at least 4 weeks before treatment start. 10. History of previous cancer or hematological malignancy within 3 years preceding patient enrollment in the trial. Multiple primary breast cancers (controlateral/ipsilateral cancers/local relapses) are allowed pending all tumors were ER+ HER2-. 11. Persons deprived of their freedom or under guardianship or incapable of giving consent.
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
20 sites. 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
-
Bruno MAUCHERAT
WITHDRAWNSaint-Herblain, 44805, France
-
CHU Limoges
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLimoges, 87000, France
-
Centre Antoine lacassagne
RECRUITINGNice, 06189, France
-
Centre Eugène Marquis
RECRUITINGRennes, 35042, France
-
Centre Francois Baclesse
RECRUITINGCaen, 14076, France
-
Centre Georges Francois Leclerc
RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
-
Centre Henri Becquerel
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRouen, 76038, France
-
Centre Hospitalier de la Côte basque
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBayonne, 64100, France
-
Centre Leon Bérard
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, 69008, France
-
Centre Oscar Lambret
RECRUITINGLille, 59000, France
-
Centre de lutte contre le cancer Paul Strauss
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGStrasbourg, France
-
Hôpital Bretonneau-CHU Tours
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTours, 37044, France
-
Hôpital Universitaire de Nimes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNîmes, 30029, France
-
Institut Bergonié
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33076, France
-
Institut Curie
RECRUITINGParis, 75005, France
-
Institut Curie
RECRUITINGSaint-Cloud, 92210, France
-
Institut Paoli-Calmettes
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13009, France
-
Institut de Cancerologie de Lorraine
RECRUITINGVandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54519, France
-
Institut du Cancer Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34298, France
-
Oncopole Claudius Regaud
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
-
Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33077, France
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?
- Can a blood test reveal when breast cancer treatment stops working?
- Can a clotting drug cut mastectomy wound drainage?
- A simple dye might replace radioactive tracers in cancer staging