Large database study probes lung risk of common breast cancer drug
NCT ID NCT07096024
First seen Jul 10, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the risk of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in people with inoperable or recurrent breast cancer who take the drug palbociclib (Ibrance) combined with fulvestrant. Researchers will compare this group to patients taking fulvestrant alone, using data from over 400 hospitals in Japan. The goal is to understand whether palbociclib increases the chance of ILD and what factors might make someone more vulnerable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- palbociclib (Ibrance) plus fulvestrant
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors understand the risk of lung inflammation (interstitial lung disease) in breast cancer patients treated with palbociclib, leading to safer use.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study using existing medical records, not a controlled trial. It can show associations but cannot prove cause and effect. Results may be influenced by unmeasured factors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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95,637 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
The source population comprises patients diagnosed with breast cancer that include newly treated with palbociclib and/or other endocrine-based therapies for inoperable or recurrent breast cancer between 25 November 2011 and 31 December 2024
- Ages
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15 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: * Having prescription records of drugs for endocrine therapy (aromatase inhibitors, SERDs, SERMs, and CDK4/6 inhibitors) from 25 November 2011 to 31 December 2024. * Having any breast cancer records with definitive diagnosis in the same month as the first prescription date. * Having any records in MDV database on or before 6 months prior to the first prescription date (\<= -180 days: first prescription date = 0 day). * Having any records in MDV database within 6 months prior to the first prescription date (-180 days to 0 day). Exclusion Criteria: * Having any records of anti-HER2 medication (e.g., trastuzumab, pertuzumab, lapatinib or trastuzumab emtansine) from 25 November 2011 to 31 December 2024. * Having any records of second primary cancer with definitive diagnosis
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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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Pfizer
New York, New York, 10001, United States
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