New pill combo aims to keep breast cancer from returning
NCT ID NCT05780567
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase III trial tests whether adding the experimental drug TQB3616 to standard hormone therapy can help prevent breast cancer from returning in women with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer after surgery. About 1,946 women will receive either TQB3616 or a placebo, plus hormone therapy, for several years. The study tracks how long participants remain cancer-free and monitors side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- TQB3616 (a CDK4/6 inhibitor) combined with endocrine therapy (letrozole, anastrozole, or tamoxifen)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new option to help prevent breast cancer from coming back after surgery in patients with HR+/HER2- disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase III trial, but results are not yet available. The drug may cause side effects and may not prove more effective than current standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 1,946 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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: * The subjects voluntarily joined the study and signed the informed consent, with good compliance. * Age: 18-75 years old (upon signing the informed consent); Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (PS) score: 0\~1; * Surgical treatment of radical mastectomy; * Pathological examination confirmed HR positive and HER2 negative invasive breast cancer; * The major organs are functioning well, meeting the following criteria: 1. Blood biochemical tests should meet the following criteria (no corrective therapy has been used within 7 days prior to screening): 1. Hemoglobin (HB) ≥90 g/L; 2. Neutrophil absolute value (NEUT) ≥ 1.5×109/L; 3. Platelet count (PLT) ≥ 100 ×109/L; 2. Blood biochemical tests should meet the following criteria (no corrective therapy has been used within 7 days prior to screening): 1. Total bilirubin (TBIL) ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN); 2. Alanine transferase (ALT) and aspartate transferase (AST) ≤ 1.5×ULN; 3. Serum creatinine (Cr) ≤ 1.5×ULN, or creatinine clearance (Ccr) ≥ 60 ml/min; 3. Blood clotting tests must meet the following criteria (no anticoagulant therapy): 1. Prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5×ULN; 2. Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) ≤ 1.5×ULN; 3. International Normalized ratio (INR) ≤ 1.5×ULN. 4. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥50%. Exclusion Criteria: * Complicated diseases and medical history: 1. Has had other malignant tumors within 5 years or currently has other malignant tumors; 2. Have a variety of factors that affect oral medication (such as inability to swallow); 3. Current history of serious lung disease such as interstitial pneumonia; 4. Severe infections common terminology criteria for adverse events (≥CTCAE (common terminology criteria for adverse events) 2 grade) that were active or uncontrolled before the study treatment started (Except hair loss and hemoglobin); * Known allergy to aromatase inhibitors, tamoxifen, TQB3616/ placebo, or any excipients; * There was a history of live attenuated vaccine vaccination within 28 days prior to randomization or live attenuated vaccine vaccination was planned during the study period; * Participated in clinical trials of other antitumor agents within 4 weeks prior to randomization; * The presence of other serious physical or mental illnesses or abnormalities in laboratory tests that may increase the risk of study participation or interfere with the study results, as well as subjects who are deemed unsuitable for study participation for other reasons by the investigator.
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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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Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Science
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100021, China
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Suining Central Hospital
Suining, Sichuan, 629099, China
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Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 300020, China
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