Clinical trial · Observational
Personalised Disease Monitoring in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Personalised Disease Monitoring During Treatment With an Aromatase Inhibitor + Cyclin Dependent Kinase (CDK) 4/6 Inhibitor as 1st Line Endocrine Therapy in Patients With ER-positive/HER2-negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Patients with metastatic breast cancer may respond well to treatment and metastases can remain stable for several years. Despite personalised medicine being increasingly used for diagnosis and treatment, follow-up still include radiological response evaluation every 3-4 months, which renders a significant number of 'unnecessary' exams for patients with long-term stable disease. Increasing evidence indicates that tumour markers such as circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) and cancer antigen 15-3 (CA15-3) may be useful for disease monitoring in the metastatic setting. However, algorithms that accurately define the time-points at which imaging can be foregone or reinstituted when progression is forecast, have not been developed. This study will measure ctDNA, TK1 and CA15-3 at all imaging time-points. The primary aim is to develop an algorithm based on these biomarkers, alone or in combination, that with sufficient specificity and sensitivity can advise whether a scan can be safely omitted at a specific time-point, for patients with MBC receiving first line therapy with AI plus cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i). Additional samples will be stored such that novel biomarkers can also be tested in future. The cost-effectiveness of using the devised biomarker protocol will be evaluated.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer Metastatic | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Estrogen Receptor-positive Breast Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change in blood levels of ctDNA, CA15-3 and TK-1 assays from baseline to disease progression
- timeFrame
- 3-5 years
- description
- ctDNA, CA15-3 and TK-1 assays will be performed at baseline, 2 weeks and at every imaging timepoint to develop a statistical algorithm to predict disease progression that can be tested prospectively in future studies.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Best time for TK1 analysis during CDK4/6i treatment ("on treatment" vs "off treatment")
- timeFrame
- 3-5 years
- description
- The relative value of analysing TK1 "on CDK4/6i treatment" versus "off CDK4/6i treatment" for disease monitoring
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed metastatic breast cancer (stage 4) or locally advanced disease not amendable to curative resection. Patients who have locoregional disease only an in whom a response to therapy would lead to potentially curative resection are not eligible. * ER+/HER2- breast cancer (assessed locally). NOTE: If immunohistochemical analysis is not available from metastatic tissue, the ER and HER2 status from the primary tumour should be used. * For patients who have had a prior non-breast malignancy within the last 5 years (excluding in situ carcinoma of the cervix and basal cell carcinoma of the skin) biopsy of a metastatic site is required to confirm the diagnosis of metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. * Eligible for 1st line endocrine treatment with AI + CDK4/6-inhibitor according to local guidelines. NOTE: ≥ 12 month since termination of adjuvant AI if used NOTE: Patients may have received one prior line of chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer but should have disease progression at study entry. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) 0-2 (Oken 1982). * Life expectancy \>3 months. * Age ≥ 18 years * Metastatic disease must be radiologically assessable, by means of at least one of the following techniques: computerised tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), i.e. lesions can be measurable or non-measurable according to RECIST 1.1, but must be clearly evaluable according to the radiologist and/or treating physician. Patients with bone predominant disease who lack evaluable disease on CT according to RECIST 1.1. must have serial MRI including the representative area in addition to CT TAP. NOTE: Previously irradiated lesions are deemed measurable only if progression is documented at the site after completion of radiation. \- Willing and able to provide informed consent to undergo all trial procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Known CNS metastases, carcinomatous meningitis or leptomeningeal disease unless treated with radiotherapy and symptomatically stable at least 2 weeks after discontinuation of steroids. For such patients, ongoing monitoring of CNS disease is required as standard of care. No screening is needed for asymptomatic patients. * Concurrent disease(s) or familial, sociological or geographical condition that would, in the investigator's opinion, preclude compliance with study procedures. * Any serious medical disorder that would compromise the patient's safety. * Dementia altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would prevent the understanding or rendering of Informed Consent.
References
Publications (2)
- RESULTMouhanna P, Stahlberg A, Andersson D, Albu-Kareem A, Elinder E, Eriksson O, Kavanagh A, Kovacs A, Larsson KF, Linderholm B, Uminska M, Osterlund T, Howell SJ, Ekholm M. Integration of personalised ultrasensitive ctDNA monitoring of patients with metastatic breast cancer to reduce imaging requirements. Int J Cancer. 2025 Apr 15;156(8):1509-1517. doi: 10.1002/ijc.35292. Epub 2024 Dec 18. PMID 39692755
- DERIVEDBrown NL, Howell SJ, Papantoniou D, Eriksson O, Bergqvist M, Williams A, Kavanagh A, Backlund A, Albu-Kareem A, Elinder E, Larsson K, Uminska M, Ekholm M. Prognostic performance of thymidine kinase 1 activity in patients with hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer treated with CDK4/6 and aromatase inhibitors. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2026 Feb 11;216(1):6. doi: 10.1007/s10549-025-07879-0. PMID 41670750