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Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

Part of Cancer

Subtypes of Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 26 Early-Stage Breast Cancer 3 Hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer 3 Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer 2 Male breast cancer 2 Breast neoplasm 1 Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome 1 Left-Sided Breast Cancer 1 Triple-Negative Breast Neoplasms 0

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Clinical Trial Landscape

Clinical Trials for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

4 trials tracked for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer: 1 in phase 3 or 4 and 1 with published results. The most-cited published study has 603 citations.

4Trials tracked
1Phase 3 & 4
0Recruiting
1With published results
Phase distribution
Phase 3 1 Phase 2 3
  1. Phase 3 A Global Study to Compare the Effects of Fulvestrant and Arimidex in a Subset of Patients With Breast Cancer. Completed · 603 cited
  2. Phase 2 Study to Assess Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Oral CC-223 for Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma or Multiple Myeloma Completed
  3. Phase 2 Open-label, Phase II, Study of Everolimus Plus Letrozole in Postmenopausal Women With ER+, HER2- Metastatic or Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Completed
  4. Phase 2 A Study of Abemaciclib (LY2835219) in Women With HR+, HER2+ Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer Completed

Showing the 4 most-cited and recently-updated of 4 trials. Browse the full registry →

Trial data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Counts describe the research landscape and are not a treatment recommendation. Informational only — not medical advice.

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Questions about Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

Is trastuzumab deruxtecan better than chemotherapy for HR-positive breast cancer?

Yes, trastuzumab deruxtecan improves progression-free survival compared to chemotherapy in HR-positive, HER2-low breast cancer, but overall survival data are not yet mature.

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Does datopotamab deruxtecan improve survival for Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer?

Datopotamab deruxtecan did not improve overall survival compared to chemotherapy in metastatic HR-positive breast cancer, despite improving progression-free survival.

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