AI blood test could spare some breast cancer patients extra chemo
NCT ID NCT04874064
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to develop a blood test that uses artificial intelligence to analyze tumor material in the blood of people with triple negative breast cancer. The goal is to better predict which patients need more chemotherapy after surgery and which can safely avoid it. Researchers will collect blood and tissue samples from 130 participants to build a test that guides treatment decisions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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Dec 2019
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
Who is studied
This study will be conducted in patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer and pathologically identified as triple negative (not expressing estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2 protein, and not showing ERBB2 gene amplification) who will be undergoing neoadjuvant treatment and has residual tumor.
- Ages
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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: * Triple negative (ER negative, PR negative and Her2 negative as defined by local standards). ER \<10% is acceptable. * Patients who have completed a minimum of 8 weeks of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. * A cohort of TNBC patients who are awaiting surgery that have clinical or radiological evidence of residual tumor prior to surgery. This evaluation will be made at the discretion of the treating physician. OR A second cohort of TNBC patients will be recruited after surgery, in which pathological evaluation has demonstrated the presence of residual tumor post-surgery. * Patients who can come to the clinic for standard of care follow-up within 6 weeks post-surgery and in the next 6 months after surgery. * Patients who are willing to provide serial blood samples. * Participants must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment schedule, laboratory testing, and other requirements of the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Clinical or radiological evidence of metastatic disease. * Patient with a recurrence of breast cancer. * Patients who have not had neoadjuvant chemotherapy or less than 8 weeks of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. * Patient who received radiotherapy treatment prior to surgery. * Patients who are not capable of signing or understanding the informed consent form. * Known infection with HIV or hepatitis.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Jewish General Hospital
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H3T 1E1, Canada
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St. Joseph's Health Care London
RECRUITINGLondon, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada
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The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center
RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
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