Breast cancer surgery omission trial halted early
NCT ID NCT04578106
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether women with a certain type of early-stage breast cancer (HER2-positive, low-risk) could avoid surgery if their tumors completely disappeared after standard drug treatment. Only 5 women enrolled before the study was stopped. The goal was to see if a special breast biopsy and MRI could reliably confirm no cancer remained, allowing surgery to be skipped. Because the study ended early, we don't have clear answers on safety or long-term outcomes.
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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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5 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Finished
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Jul 2024
- 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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40 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female participants who are at least 40 years of age on the day of signing the informed consent form with histologically confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer. 2. A participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant, not breastfeeding. 3. The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written informed consent for the trial. 4. Histologically confirmed invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast, with all of the following characteristics: * HER2-positive status by local determination according to 2018 ASCO/CAP guidelines. * PAM50 HER2-enriched subtype and ERBB2-high as predefined cutoff as per central determination. * Unifocal invasive carcinoma: only 1 invasive focus can be observed (the tumor focus containing or not containing an in situ component) * Tumor largest diameter ≤4 cm as defined by breast MRI. * No nodal involvement (i.e. cN0). Any suspicious axillary node by ultrasound must be biopsied. If the biopsy or the FNA is negative of tumor cells, patient is eligible. * No evidence of distant metastasis (M0) by routine clinical assessment. 5. Patient must have known ER and PR status locally determined prior to study entry. 6. Eligible for taxane therapy. 7. Willingness of the patient to omit surgery if all criteria are met following neoadjuvant therapy. 8. Estimated life expectancy of at least 5 years irrespective of the diagnosis of breast cancer. 9. Breast cancer eligible for primary surgery 10. Have provided archival tumor tissue sample or newly obtained core. Formalin-fixed,paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks are mandatory. Available pre-treatment FFPE core biopsy evaluable for PAM50 or possibility to obtain one. 11. Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 1. 12. Ability and willingness to comply with study visits, treatment, testing and to comply with the protocol. 13. Have adequate organ function. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Has received prior anti-cancer therapy, including investigational agents, or treatment for primary invasive breast cancer. 2. Known hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, TDM1 or paclitaxel. 3. Clinical stage II, III or IV. 4. History of radiotherapy in the ipsilateral breast or axilla. 5. History of surgery of the ipsilateral axilla. 6. Bilateral invasive breast cancer. 7. Infiltrating lobular carcinoma. 8. Multicentric or multifocal breast cancer, defined as the presence of two or more foci of cancer in the same or different quadrants of the same breast. 9. Patients who have undergone sentinel lymph node biopsy prior to study treatment. 10. Patient has active cardiac disease or a history of cardiac dysfunction 11. Has an active infection requiring systemic therapy. 13\. Patients with a history of previous breast cancer are excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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