Scientists investigate why breast cancer beats treatments
NCT ID NCT06274515
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study aims to understand why some breast cancers become resistant to therapy. Researchers will analyze tumor and blood samples from 320 people with HER2-positive, hormone receptor-positive, or triple-negative breast cancer. The goal is to identify changes in cancer cells that allow them to survive treatment, which could lead to better therapies in the future.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 320 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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 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.
General Inclusion Criteria: * Willingness to undergo a procedure to obtain tumor tissue (e.g. biopsy) and blood draw * Diagnosis of HER2+, HR+ (for cohort R1) or triple negative breast cancer (for cohort T1) as per local assessment * Availability of an archival tumor tissue (most recent pre-treatment tumor tissue is preferred) * Unequivocally growing tumor lesion (progressive lesion) that is accessible for resection, excision or core needle biopsy * Discontinuation of prior anti-cancer treatment outlined below should not be longer than 4 weeks from participation in this study Inclusion criteria for participants in the cohorts studying acquired resistance * Participant had undergone regular monitoring for disease progression as per local practice (preferably every 3-6 months) while on most recent breast cancer therapy * Accessible tumor lesion that newly appeared or a lesion that started to regrow while the participant was at least 6 months on therapy Inclusion criteria for participants in the cohort studying primary resistance * Accessible tumor lesion that continued to increase in size or a newly appearing lesion (as confirmed by routine tumor assessment) while treated for at least 4 weeks but less than 6 months on therapy Exclusion Criteria: * Any risks factors that increase the risk of complications associated with the procedure to obtain tumor tissue (e.g. bleeding disorders) * Any serious medical condition or abnormality in clinical laboratory tests that precludes an individual's safe participation in and completion of the study * Participant has started treatment with subsequent anti-cancer therapy * Participants whose progressive tumor lesion that is targeted for biopsy/resection is in the bone * Discontinuation of treatment was due to a reason other than disease progression
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
27 sites in 7 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AZ Delta (Campus Rumbeke)
RECRUITINGRoeselare, 8800, Belgium
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AZ KLINA
RECRUITINGBrasschaat, 2930, Belgium
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Aalborg Universitetshospital
RECRUITINGAalborg, 9000, Denmark
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Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Modena Policlinico
RECRUITINGModena, Emilia-Romagna, 41110, Italy
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Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
RECRUITINGBasingstoke, RG24 9NA, United Kingdom
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CHU de Liège (Sart Tilman)
RECRUITINGLiège, 4000, Belgium
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Christie Hospital NHS Trust
RECRUITINGManchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
RECRUITINGRome, Lazio, 00168, Italy
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HM Sanchinarro ? CIOCC
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28050, Spain
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Helsinki University Central Hospital
RECRUITINGHelsinki, 00029, Finland
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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
RECRUITINGValencia, 46010, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
RECRUITINGSeville, 41013, Spain
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I.R.S.T Srl IRCCS
RECRUITINGMeldola, Emilia-Romagna, 47014, Italy
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
RECRUITINGLondon, W6 8RF, United Kingdom
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Institut Jules Bordet
RECRUITINGAnderlecht, 1070, Belgium
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Irccs Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia (IEO)
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20141, Italy
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Irccs Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori (Int)
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20133, Italy
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KEM/Evang. Kliniken Essen Mitte gGmbH
RECRUITINGEssen, 45136, Germany
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Oslo university hospital Radiumhospitalet
WITHDRAWNOslo, 0424, Norway
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Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. - PPDS
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20132, Italy
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RCCS - Centro di Riferimento
RECRUITINGAviano (PN), Friuli Venezia Giulia, 33081, Italy
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Sjællands Universitetshospital, Næstved
RECRUITINGNæstved, 4700, Denmark
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St. Elisabeth Krankenhaus Köln GmbH
RECRUITINGCologne, 50935, Germany
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Tampere University Hospital
RECRUITINGTampere, 33520, Finland
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Universitätsfrauenklinik Ulm
RECRUITINGUlm, 89075, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Mannheim
RECRUITINGMannheim, 68167, Germany
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ViDia Christliche Kliniken Karlsruhe, Vincentius-Diakonissen-Kliniken gAG
RECRUITINGKarlsruhe, 76135, Germany
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