New pill shows promise in shrinking breast cancer before surgery
NCT ID NCT04647487
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tested a new drug called LY3484356 in 87 postmenopausal women with early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer. The goal was to see if the drug is safe and how it affects cancer cells before the participants had surgery. The study lasted up to 2.5 months and measured changes in estrogen receptor levels and cancer cell growth.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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87 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Finished
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Nov 2022
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: * Have histologically confirmed invasive ER+, HER2- breast carcinoma * Be willing and able to provide pre- and on-treatment tumor samples * Have a performance status of 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale * Have adequate organ function * Be able to swallow capsules * Be a postmenopausal woman Exclusion Criteria: * Have bilateral invasive breast cancer * Have metastatic breast cancer * Plan to receive concurrent neoadjuvant therapy with any other non-protocol anti-cancer therapy * Have had prior therapy (of any kind) for an invasive or non-invasive breast cancer * Have had prior radiotherapy to the ipsilateral chest wall for any malignancy * Have had prior anti-estrogen therapy with raloxifene, tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitor, or other selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), either for osteoporosis or prevention of breast cancer * Have had prior hormone-replacement therapy within 4 weeks of the start of study treatment * Have had major surgery within 28 days prior to randomization to allow for post-operative healing of the surgical wound and site(s) * Have certain infections such as hepatitis or tuberculosis or HIV that are not well controlled * Have another serious medical condition * Have a history of any other cancer (except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in-situ of the cervix), unless in complete remission with no therapy for a minimum of 3 years
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Barts Cancer Institute
London, London City, EC1A 7BE, United Kingdom
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Helios Kliniken Schwerin
Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 19049, Germany
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Hospital Clinic I Provincial
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Madrid, 28007, Spain
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Hospital Madrid Norte Sanchinarro
Madrid, 28050, Spain
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Hôpital René Huguenin
Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, 92210, France
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Institut Jules Bordet
Brussel - Capital, 1070, Belgium
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Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen
München, 80336, Germany
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Northwestern Memorial Hosptial
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute SCRI
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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The Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3LJ, United Kingdom
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Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States
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Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Erlangen, Bavaria, 91054, Germany
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Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Winship Cancer Center Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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