Status:

SUSPENDED

Circulating Tumor DNA Based Minimal Residual Disease Detection for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

City of Hope Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This clinical trial studies how well circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) based minimal residual disease (MRD) detection works for patients with early-stage breast cancer. MRD refers to a v...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the pathologic response rate and presence of ctDNA post-neoadjuvant therapy in stage I-III breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant systemic therapy followed b...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Documented written informed consent of the participant
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Diagnosis of stage I-III breast cancer (any gender)
  • Malignancy must be epithelial. Non-epithelial breast malignancies such as lymphoma or sarcoma are not allowed
  • Willingness to:
  • Provide blood samples
  • Provide archival tumor tissue sample (only necessary for Cohort 2 if analysis of surgical tissue was not successful)
  • Provide tumor tissue sample from resection/surgery (only necessary for Cohort 1 if analysis of surgical tissue was not successful)
  • Permit medical record review
  • Fall into one of the following categories defined below: Cohort 1, Subgroup A or B OR Cohort 2
  • COHORT 1: Must have archival diagnostic tissue available
  • COHORT 1: Scheduled to undergo, but has not yet begun, neoadjuvant systemic therapy followed by curative resection
  • COHORT 1 (Subgroup A): HER2+ by current American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologist (CAP) guidelines (any ER/PR status)
  • COHORT 1 (Subgroup B): Triple negative (ER, PR and HER2 negative). Defined as ER and PR ≤ 10% by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and HER2 negative, by current ASCO/CAP guidelines
  • COHORT 2: Scheduled to undergo upfront curative surgical resection with or without adjuvant chemotherapy followed by adjuvant endocrine therapy
  • COHORT 2: ER+/any PR/HER2- (ER positive defined as ER \> 10% by IHC)

Exclusion

  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Inability to safely provide sequential blood samples
  • Prior or concurrent invasive malignancy (unless disease free \> 5 years)
  • An employee who is under the direct/ indirect supervision of the principal investigator (PI)/ a co-investigator/ the study manager
  • A direct study team member
  • Inability to give informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 12 2026

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 30 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

350 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07136493

Start Date

January 12 2026

End Date

March 30 2028

Last Update

November 4 2025

Active Locations (5)

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1

CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center

Goodyear, Arizona, United States, 85338

2

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Duarte, California, United States, 91010

3

City of Hope at Irvine Lennar

Irvine, California, United States, 92618

4

City of Hope Atlanta Cancer Center

Newnan, Georgia, United States, 30265