New combo therapy aims to slow advanced breast cancer in BRCA patients
NCT ID NCT06201234
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding elacestrant to the standard drug olaparib can help people with a certain type of advanced breast cancer (HR-positive, HER2-negative) that has a BRCA gene mutation. About 176 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the combination or olaparib alone. The goal is to see if the combination delays cancer growth and improves quality of life.
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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 176 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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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Anyone
- 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: Patients will be eligible for study participation only if they comply with the following criteria: 1. Written informed consent prior to beginning specific protocol procedures, including expected cooperation of the patients for scheduled visit, the treatment and follow-up, must be obtained and documented according to the local regulatory requirements. 2. Female or male patients. 3. Age at study entry of at least 18 years. 4. Locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is HR-positive (ER and/or PgR ≥ 10% of stained cells at IHC) and HER2-negative (IHC 0 or 1+, or 2+ and ISH negative according to ASCO/CAP guidelines). 5. Patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious gBRCA1/2 mutation detected upon local testing. 6. Willingness and ability to provide archived formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue (FFPE) block or a partial block from archived tumor or metastasis. 7. Indication for standard-of-care PARP inhibitor therapy and planned treatment with olaparib. 8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-2. 9. Resolution of all acute toxic effects of prior anti-cancer therapy including endocrine therapy or surgical procedures to NCI CTCAE version 5.0 grade ≤ 1 (except alopecia or other toxicities not considered a safety risk for the patient at investigator's discretion). 10. Life-expectancy \> 6 months. 11. For female patients: patients of childbearing potential (defined as not post-menopausal and not permanently sterile \[latter defined as having undergone hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy\]) require a negative serum or urinary pregnancy test within 72 hours before starting treatment in this study (in this case, patients need to use highly effective non-hormonal contraceptive methods as specified in the protocol). For male patients: during the intervention period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of elacestrant, patients should refrain from heterosexual intercourse or use a condom (and should also be advised of the benefit for a female partner to use a highly effective method of contraception as a condom may break or leak), and they should refrain from donating sperm. Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be ineligible for study participation if they fulfill any of the following criteria: 1. Known hypersensitivity reaction to one of the compounds, excipients, or substances used in this protocol. 2. Active or newly diagnosed CNS metastases, including leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, carcinomatous meningitis, or radiographic signs of CNS hemorrhage. Note: Patients with stable brain metastases are allowed. Radiotherapeutic treatment must be completed 1 week before planned day 1 of study therapy. 3. Presence of symptomatic metastatic visceral disease that are at risk of life-threatening complications in the short term, including but not confined to massive uncontrolled effusions (peritoneal, pleural, pericardial), pulmonary lymphangitis, or fulminant liver involvement. 4. Inadequate organ function prior to enrolment including: * Hemoglobin \< 9 g/dL (\< 5.6 mmol/L) * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 1500/mm³ (\< 1.5 x 109/L) * Platelets \< 100,000/mm³ (\< 100 x 109/L) * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) \> 3 x upper normal limits (ULN). If the patient has liver metastases, ALT and AST should not be ≥ 5 x ULN. * Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) \> 2.5 x ULN * Total serum bilirubin \> 1.5 x ULN (exception: patients with Gilbert's syndrome permitted up to ≤ 3 x ULN) * Serum creatinine \> 1.5 x ULN or estimated creatinine clearance \< 50 mL/min as calculated using the standard method for the institution. 5. Existing contraindication against the use of the elacestrant or olaparib. 6. Prior treatment with PARP inhibitors. 7. Female patients: pregnancy or lactation at the time of randomization or intention to become pregnant during the study and for a predefined period after the end of treatment (as described in protocol). Male patients: intention to get a child during the study and for a predefined period after the end of treatment (as described in protocol). According to the treatment received during the study, required contraception timelines for female and male patients are described in the study protocol. 8. Any of the following within 6 months prior to enrolment: myocardial infarction, severe/unstable angina, ongoing grade ≥ 2 cardiac dysrhythmias, prolonged QT corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) grade ≥ 2, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation of any grade, coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, heart failure of New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II or greater, or cerebrovascular accident including transient ischemic attack. 9. Uncontrolled hypertension at the time of screening (systolic BP \> 140 mmHg or diastolic BP \> 90 mmHg that has not been adequately treated or controlled). 10. Active and current anticoagulation for treatment purposes of thrombotic events occurring \< 6 months before enrolment is not allowed (prophylactic anticoagulation, however, is acceptable). Treatment with an anticoagulant for a thrombotic event occurring \> 6 months before enrolment, or for an otherwise stable and allowed medical condition (e.g., well controlled atrial fibrillation) is acceptable, provided dose and coagulation parameters (as defined by local standard of care) are stable for at least 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug. 11. Known difficulty in tolerating oral medications or conditions which would impair absorption of oral medications such as: uncontrolled nausea or vomiting (i.e., CTCAE ≥ grade 3 despite antiemetic therapy), ongoing gastrointestinal obstruction/motility disorder, malabsorption syndrome, or prior gastric bypass. 12. History of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia in patients who have not undergone a hysterectomy. 13. Malignant disease other than breast cancer, active or being disease-free for less than 5 years (except carcinoma in situ of the cervix, DCIS, and non-melanomatous skin cancer adequately treated). 14. Uncontrolled significant active infections including HBV, HCV, and/or HIV. Patients with a positive hepatitis B surface antigen result or a positive hepatitis C antibody test result at screening or within 3 months before first dose of study treatment are excluded, except for the following: * Participants with positive anti-HBs antibody titer and confirmatory negative hepatitis B DNA polymerase chain reaction. * Participants with positive hepatitis C antibody due to prior resolved disease can be enrolled only if they have both completed curative therapy and have a hepatitis C viral load \< quantifiable limit. 15. Any severe, acute, uncontrolled, or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational or non-investigational products administration, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results, and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study. Moreover, patients who, by virtue of an order issued by judicial or administrative authorities, are committed to an institution or those who cannot take part in clinical trials are excluded from this study. 16. History of significant neurological or psychiatric disorders including psychotic disorders, dementia, or seizures that would prohibit the understanding and giving of informed consent. 17. Unable or unwilling to avoid medications, supplements (e.g., St. John's wort), or foods (e.g., grapefruit, pomegranate, pomelos, star fruit, Seville oranges and their juices) that are moderate/strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 activity. Participation will be allowed if the medication, supplements, or foods are discontinued for at least 14 days prior to study entry and for the duration of the study. 18. Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs. Participation in another clinical trial with any investigational not marketed drug within 30 days prior to study entry. 19. Receipt of live attenuated vaccination within 30 days prior to study entry. COVID-19 vaccines that do not contain live viruses are allowed (at least one week prior to study entry).
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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.
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The places running it
36 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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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
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Agaplesion Frankfurter Diakonie Kliniken gGmbH
RECRUITINGFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60431, Germany
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Caritas Traegergesellschaft Saarbruecken mbH (CTS)
RECRUITINGSaarbrücken, Saarland, 66113, Germany
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Das Brust Zentrum - Die Frauenärzte
RECRUITINGBerlin, State of Berlin, 12623, Germany
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GRN Klinik Weinheim
RECRUITINGWeinheim, Baden-Württembergs, 69469, Germany
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Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr.Illmer, Dr. Wolf, Dr. Jacobasch, Dr. Freiberg-Richter
RECRUITINGDresden, Saxony, Germany
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Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
RECRUITINGDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, 40225, Germany
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Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal
RECRUITINGWuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, 42283, Germany
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Hämatologie-Onkologie im Zentrum MVZ GmbH
RECRUITINGAugsburg, Bavaria, 86150, Germany
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Institut für Versorgungsforschung Mayen
RECRUITINGMayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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KEM Kliniken Essen-Mitte GmbH
RECRUITINGEssen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45136, Germany
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Klinikum Bayreuth
RECRUITINGBayreuth, Bavaria, Germany
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Klinikum Kassel GmbH - Frauenklinik
RECRUITINGKassel, Hesse, 34125, Germany
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Klinikum Worms
RECRUITINGWorms, 67550, Germany
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Klinikum der J. W. Goethe Universität
RECRUITINGFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60590, Germany
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MVZ Onkologische Kooperation Harz GbR
RECRUITINGGoslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Marienhospital Bottrop gGmbH
RECRUITINGBottrop, 46236, Germany
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Marienhospital Witten
RECRUITINGWitten, North Rhine-Westphalia, 58452, Germany
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MediOnko-Institut GbR
RECRUITINGBerlin, State of Berlin, 10367, Germany
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
RECRUITINGHanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
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National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg
RECRUITINGHeidelberg, 69120, Germany
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Rems-Murr-Klinik-Winnenden
RECRUITINGWinnenden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Robert Bosch Gesellschaft fuer medizinische Forschung mbH
RECRUITINGStuttgart, Germany
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Rotkreuzklinikum München
RECRUITINGMünchen, 80634, Germany
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Schwerpunktpraxis der Gynäkologie und Onkologie
RECRUITINGFürstenwalde, Brandenburg, 15517, Germany
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St. Josefs-Hospital, Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
RECRUITINGWiesbaden, Hesse, 65189, Germany
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Studien GbR Braunschweig
RECRUITINGBraunschweig, Lower Saxony, 38100, Germany
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Studienzentrum Onkologie Ravensburg
RECRUITINGRavensburg, 88212, Germany
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Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR
RECRUITINGMainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 55131, Germany
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University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
RECRUITINGDresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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University Hospital Tübingen
RECRUITINGTübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 72076, Germany
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Universität Leipzig
RECRUITINGLeipzig, Saxony, Germany
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Universitätsklinik Köln
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Essen - Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
RECRUITINGEssen, 45147, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes - Frauenklinik
RECRUITINGHomburg, 66424, Germany
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Vinzenz Von Paul Kliniken gGmbH - Marienhospital
RECRUITINGStuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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Zentrum für Gynäkologische Onkologie am MVZ Medical Center Düsseldorf GmbH
RECRUITINGDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, 40235, Germany
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