Blood test maps hidden resistance signal in advanced breast cancer
NCT ID NCT07817212
First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
People with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer often start treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor plus an aromatase inhibitor. Over time, some tumors develop an ESR1 mutation that can make the aromatase inhibitor stop working. This study takes blood samples from about 1,550 patients at different points during first-line treatment to measure how often that mutation appears. Researchers want to learn whether a single blood test at a chosen time could guide when to check for resistance.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a blood test for ESR1 mutations
- What this could lead to
- If the testing strategy proves practical, doctors could use a simple blood draw to spot aromatase inhibitor resistance earlier and switch some patients to a different hormone therapy sooner.
- What could go wrong
- This study only measures how common ESR1 mutations are at different treatment timepoints. It does not test whether acting on those results improves outcomes, so any change to treatment would still need separate trials.
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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 1,550 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 2027
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.
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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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subject must be female or male and aged ≥ 18 years on the day of signing informed consent 2. Patient has locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer not amenable to curative treatment 3. Patient has HER2- breast cancer confirmed by local laboratory, defined as a negative in situ hybridization test or an 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 tested by a local laboratory) 4. Histologically confirmed ER-positive and/ or PgR-positive breast cancer determined by core biopsy according to local in-house standard 5. Patient has already initiated or is about to initiate first-line therapy with a CDK4/6 inhibitor (any CDK4/6i) in combination with an aromatase inhibitor (non-steroidal AI). Treatment must be intended as first-line systemic therapy for advanced or metastatic disease 6. Information about prior oncological therapies against the HR+/HER2- BC must be available 7. Data about histo-pathological report must be available, including hormone receptor status, tumor histology, tumor grading and HER2 immunohistochemistry 8. Inclusion in the study occurs as a single, one-time event for each patient, within one of the 9 defined cohorts Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with an interruption of ongoing first-line CDK4/6i plus AI therapy exceeding 1 month for either CDK4/6i or AI 2. Patients receiving any other systemic anticancer therapy for HR+/HER2- aBC, except for LHRH agonists, bisphosphonates, or denosumab 3. Clinical evidence of progression at the timepoint of study inclusion 4. Patients have already completed ≥ 1L of systemic therapy for aBC
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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
21 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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ANregiomed gKU, AöR, Klinikum Ansbach
Ansbach, 91522, Germany
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Allgemeines Krankenhaus Celle; Brustzentrum
Celle, 29223, Germany
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Frauenarztpraxis Baerens
Ilsede, 31241, Germany
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Frauenärzte am Schloß; Praxis für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
Wolfenbüttel, 38304, Germany
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Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken; Gynäkologie
Wiesbaden, 65199, Germany
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Hämato-Onkologische Praxis im Medicum; Brustzentrum
Bremen, Germany
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Hämatologie OnkologieMünchen Pasing MVZ GmbH
München, 81241, Germany
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Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann; Frauenheilkunde
Potsdam, 14467, Germany
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Kostara Gyn. Onkoloy Clinic Research UG
Düsseldorf, 40235, Germany
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Kreiskrankenhaus Torgau; Brustzentrum
Torgau, 04860, Germany
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MVZ Media Vita am St. Franziskus Hospital; Frauenklinik
Münster, 48145, Germany
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Medizinische Studiengesellschaft Nord-West GmbH; Onkologie
Westerstede, 26655, Germany
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OncoStudies Lörrach, Onkologie Dreiländereck
Loerrach, 79539, Germany
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Rotkreuzklinikum München; Brustzentrum
München, 80637, Germany
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Universitätsklinik Würzburg; Frauenklinik und Poliklinik
Würzburg, 97080, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Frauenklinik
Dresden, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Frauenklinik
Erlangen, 91054, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Münster; Frauenklinik
Münster, 48727, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Tübingen; Department für Frauengesundheit
Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum; Frauenheilkunde, Geburtshilfe & Reproduktionsmedizin
Homburg, 66421, Germany
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medicum Rosenheim MVZ GmbH; Innere Onkologie
Rosenheim, 83022, Germany