Zapping a single tumor may keep breast cancer in check
NCT ID NCT05534438
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving a precise, high-dose radiation treatment called SBRT to one growing tumor can help people with metastatic breast cancer keep their disease under control. Participants continue their usual drug therapy while receiving SBRT to a single site where cancer has worsened. The goal is to see if this approach prevents cancer from spreading further or getting worse elsewhere.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help people with metastatic breast cancer delay further cancer spread and stay on their current treatment longer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 46 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. SBRT can cause side effects like fatigue or pain at the treated site.
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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 46 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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: * Age 18 or older * Willing and able to provide informed consent * Metastatic breast cancer, biopsy proven * ER+/HER2-, defined as \>5% ER+ staining * HER2+ (regardless of ER status), including HER2-low and high expressors * History of at least 6 months, sustained response to systemic therapy (clinically or radiographically defined as complete or stable response without progression) * Isolated site of disease progression on FDG PET scan * Consented to 12-245 * ECOG performance status 0-1 Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Serious medical comorbidity precluding radiation, including connective tissue disorders * Intracranial disease (including previous intracranial involvement) * Previous radiotherapy to the intended treatment site that precludes developing a treatment plan that respects normal tissue tolerances.
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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
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The places running it
8 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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Lehigh Valley Health Network (Data Collection Only)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAllentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGBasking Ridge, New Jersey, 10065, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGMontvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10065, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGCommack, New York, 11725, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGMiddletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGUniondale, New York, 11553, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)
RECRUITINGHarrison, New York, 10604, United States
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