New combo targets Gene-Mutated breast cancer after first treatment fails
NCT ID NCT05392608
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether adding alpelisib to continued fulvestrant can help people with advanced, hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer that has a PIK3CA mutation. Participants have already seen their cancer progress while on fulvestrant. The study aims to see how long the combination can control the cancer. 130 adults are enrolled across multiple centers in the Netherlands.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Alpelisib (Piqray) and fulvestrant (Faslodex)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with a specific genetic mutation in advanced breast cancer, potentially delaying further disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase, single-arm study with no comparison group, so results may not be definitive. Side effects from alpelisib can be significant, and the benefit may be limited to a subset of patients.
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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 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Adult women and men (≥ 18 years of age) with proven diagnosis of adenocarcino-ma of the breast withlocoregional recurrent or metastatic disease not amenable to resection or radiation therapy with curative intent andfor whom chemotherapy is not clinically indicated * Estrogen receptor (ER) expression \>10% and/or progesterone receptor (PR) expression \>10% breast cancerbased on local la-boratory results. Tumor must be HER2- as defined by ASCO-CAP guidelines * Patients must have progressed on fulvestrant as a preceding treatment line (as first or second line therapy) * Previous treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor in the advanced setting * The presence of an activating PIK3CA mutation * Evaluable disease\* as defined per RECIST v.1.1 * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0, 1 or 2 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with advanced, symptomatic, visceral spread, who are at risk of life-threatening complications in theshort term * Known active uncontrolled or symptomatic CNS metastases, carcinomatous meningitis, or leptomeningealdisease as indicated by clinical symptoms, cerebral edema, and/or progressive growth * Prior treatment with a PI3K /AKT/mTOR inhibitor * Type 1 diabetes or uncontrolled type 2 diabetes (Hba1C \> 68 mmol/mol) * Clinically significant, uncontrolled heart disease and/or recent cardiac events
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Admiraal de Ruyter Ziekenhuis
Goes, Netherlands
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Amphia
Breda, Netherlands
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Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Deventer ziekenhuis
Deventer, Netherlands
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Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis
Tilburg, Netherlands
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Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland
Schiedam, Netherlands
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Gelre Ziekenhuizen
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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HagaZiekenhuis
The Hague, Netherlands
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Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
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Maasstad Ziekenhuis
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Martini Ziekenhuis
Groningen, Netherlands
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Meander Medisch Centrum
Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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Medisch Spectrum Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
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Máxima Medisch Centrum
Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep
Alkmaar, Netherlands
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Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis
Delft, Netherlands
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Rijnstate
Arnhem, Netherlands
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Spaarne Gasthuis
Hoofddorp, Netherlands
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St. Antonius Ziekenhuis
Nieuwegein, Netherlands
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VieCuri Medisch Centrum
Venlo, Netherlands
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Ziekenhuis Amstelland
Amstelveen, Netherlands
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Ziekenhuisgroep Twente
Almelo, Netherlands
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