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Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8: early-phase trial registry

42 of 60 indexed Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #235 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

60 US clinical trials · 42 currently recruiting · #235 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8: 60 US clinical trials tracked, 42 recruiting.

Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 is the subject of 60 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 42 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 47 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 16 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition anatomic-stage-iv-breast-cancer-ajcc-v8

OPEN 42 | RECR 70% | LATE 4 | EARLY 47 | RANK #235 | SPON 16

Nearest open-share peer: Advanced Solid Tumor (70% recruiting · 190 trials)

Anatomic Stage IV Breast (th…70%Physical Inactivity53.3%Prostate Carcinoma51.7%Hearing Loss50%Non-small Cell Lung Cancer50%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 lists 42 open slots (70% of 60 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    42 of 60 indexed trials (70%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 16 of 60 trials (26.7%). 19 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 42 among the 60 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 47 of those (78.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 research is mostly interventional.

    56 interventional and 4 observational studies make up this index (93.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 122Phase 225Phase 33Phase 41

Open and recent trials

60 total, page 1 of 2

RECRUITING Phase 2 2,900 participants

Targeted Therapy Directed by Genetic Testing in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Advanced Solid Tumors, The ComboMATCH Screening Trial

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05564377

RECRUITING 1,600 participants

National Cancer Institute "Cancer Moonshot Biobank"

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04314401

RECRUITING NA 739 participants

S1703 Serum Tumor Marker Directed Disease Monitoring in Patients With Hormone Receptor Positive Her2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT03723928

RECRUITING 700 participants

Biomarkers and Clinical Features of Metastatic Breast Cancer in Patients Treated With CDK4/6 Inhibitors

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT04526587

RECRUITING NA 410 participants

Mobile Health for Adherence in Breast Cancer Patients

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

NCT06112613

RECRUITING Phase 3 269 participants

Testing Longer Duration Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy in Patients With Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain

NRG Oncology

NCT06500455

RECRUITING 230 participants

Immune Response to Anti-HER2 Therapies in Patients With HER2-Positive Stage I-IV Breast Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT04517838

RECRUITING Phase 1 132 participants

Personalized Neoantigen Peptide-Based Vaccine in Combination With Pembrolizumab for Treatment of Advanced Solid Tumors

Mayo Clinic

NCT05269381

RECRUITING Phase 3 115 participants

Testing Proton Craniospinal Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy for Leptomeningeal Metastasis, RADIATE-LM Trial

NRG Oncology

NCT06500481

RECRUITING Phase 1 100 participants

The Immune Effects of Fermented Wheat Germ Nutritional Supplementation in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumor Cancers Being Treated With Standard of Care Checkpoint Inhibitors

University of California, Davis

NCT05967533

RECRUITING Phase 2 75 participants

Leuprolide and Goserelin for Ovarian Function Suppression in Pre- or Peri-menopausal Women With Breast Cancer, OFS Trial

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

NCT07158021

RECRUITING Phase 2 70 participants

Testing the Addition of an Individualized Vaccine to Durvalumab and Tremelimumab and Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03606967

RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Functional Imaging in Prediction of Response to Abemaciclib for Advanced Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

University of Washington

NCT06179303

RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Olaparib With Cediranib or AZD6738 for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Germline BRCA Mutated Breast Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04090567

RECRUITING Phase 1 57 participants

Testing the Addition of Anti-Cancer Drug, ZEN003694 (ZEN-3694) and PD-1 Inhibitor (Pembrolizumab), to Standard Chemotherapy (Nab-Paclitaxel) Treatment in Patients With Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05422794

RECRUITING Phase 1 54 participants

A Vaccine (MV-s-NAP) for the Treatment of Patients With Invasive Metastatic Breast Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT04521764

RECRUITING Phase 1 51 participants

Testing the Combination of Two Anti-cancer Drugs, DS-8201a and AZD6738, for The Treatment of Advanced Solid Tumors Expressing the HER2 Protein or Gene, The DASH Trial

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04704661

RECRUITING 50 participants

Living Well With Advanced Breast Cancer

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT07227038

RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Avapritinib for the Treatment of CKIT or PDGFRA Mutation-Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Malignant Solid Tumors

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04771520

RECRUITING NA 45 participants

Primary Breast Oligoprogressive Sites Treated With Radiotherapy to Obviate the Need to Change Systemic Therapy

Mayo Clinic

NCT06055881

RECRUITING Phase 1 45 participants

Testing the Safety and Efficacy of the Combination of Two Anti-cancer Drugs, ZEN003694 and Abemaciclib, for Adult and Pediatric Patients (12-17 Years) With Metastatic or Unresectable NUT Carcinoma, Breast Cancer and Other Solid Tumors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05372640

RECRUITING Phase 2 43 participants

Abemaciclib and Endocrine Therapy in Older Patients With Breast Cancer.

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT04305834

RECRUITING Phase 1 42 participants

Gemcitabine and Ex Vivo Expanded Allogenic Universal Donor, TGFβi Natural Killer (NK) Cells With or Without Naxitamab (Danyelza) for the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic, GD2 Expressing, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer

Margaret Gatti-Mays

NCT06026657

RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

A Vaccine (STEMVAC) With Standard Endocrine-Based Therapy or Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer

University of Washington

NCT07112053

RECRUITING Phase 1 36 participants

Testing the Safety of the Combination of Anti-Cancer Drugs CX-5461 (Pidnarulex) and Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (T-DXd) for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-Positive Solid Tumors and Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT07137416

RECRUITING Phase 2 36 participants

Measuring the Effects of Talazoparib in Patients With Advanced Cancer and DNA Repair Variations

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04550494

RECRUITING Phase 2 35 participants

Photon Craniospinal Irradiation for the Treatment of Leptomeningeal Disease Secondary to Breast Cancer or Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT06910761

RECRUITING Phase 2 35 participants

Adaptive Therapy With Capecitabine for Treatment of Metastatic ER Positive, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT06525766

RECRUITING Phase 1 34 participants

Ivermectin in Combination With Balstilimab or Pembrolizumab in Patients With Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Yuan Yuan

NCT05318469

RECRUITING Phase 1 32 participants

Testing the Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, ASTX727 (Cedazuridine, Decitabine), to Chemotherapy (Paclitaxel) and Immunotherapy (Pembrolizumab) for Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05673200

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Tamoxifen and Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin for the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic or Inoperable, Locally Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT06434064

RECRUITING Phase 1 25 participants

Personalized Neo-Antigen Peptide Vaccine for the Treatment of Stage IIIC-IV Melanoma, Hormone Receptor Positive HER2 Negative Metastatic Refractory Breast Cancer or Stage III-IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT05098210

RECRUITING Phase 2 23 participants

Dendritic Cell Vaccines Against Her2/Her3 and Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Brain Metastasis From Triple Negative Breast Cancer or HER2+ Breast Cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT04348747

RECRUITING Phase 2 22 participants

Hippocampal Avoidance in Craniospinal Irradiation for the Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases From Breast Cancer or Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

University of Washington

NCT06518057

RECRUITING Phase 1 22 participants

[18F]FTT Positron Emission Tomography for the Measurement of PARP Tumor Expression in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

University of Washington

NCT06502691

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

An Optimized Ultrasound Twinkling Marker for the Imaging of Lymph Nodes in Patients With Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer, The UTMOST2 Trial

Mayo Clinic

NCT06999798

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

A Cancer Vaccine (STEMVAC) in Combination With Chemotherapy for the Treatment of PD-L1 Negative Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

University of Washington

NCT07078604

RECRUITING Phase 2 18 participants

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and FES PET/CT Imaging for the Treatment of Oligoprogressive Estrogen Receptor Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT06260033

RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Ribociclib, Tucatinib, and Trastuzumab for the Treatment of HER2 Positive Breast Cancer

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT05319873

RECRUITING Phase 2 11 participants

Cemiplimab and Transarterial Radioembolization With Y-90 SIR-S Spheres for the Treatment of Liver Directed Metastatic Breast Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT06860815

RECRUITING Phase 4 10 participants

An Investigational Scan (64Cu-DOTA-Trastuzumab PET/MRI) in Imaging Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer With Brain Metastasis

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT05376878

RECRUITING NA 5 participants

Tumor Treating Fields for the Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases of the Spine in Patients With Breast or Lung Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT05746325

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 608 participants

Exemestane With or Without Entinostat in Treating Patients With Recurrent Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer That is Locally Advanced or Metastatic

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02115282

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 243 participants

A Video Intervention to Improve Patient Understanding of Tumor Genomic Testing in Patients With Metastatic Cancer

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT05215769

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 138 participants

Using FDG-PET/CT to Assess Response of Bone-Dominant Metastatic Breast Cancer, FEATURE Study

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

NCT04316117

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 81 participants

Testing Olaparib Either Alone or in Combination With Atezolizumab in BRCA Mutant Non-HER2-positive Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02849496

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 70 participants

Testing the Addition of Radium Therapy (Radium-223 Dichloride) to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Paclitaxel) for Advanced Breast Cancer That Has Spread to the Bones

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04090398

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 57 participants

Entinostat, Nivolumab, and Ipilimumab in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors That Are Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery or Locally Advanced or Metastatic HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02453620

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 44 participants

Testing Sacituzumab Govitecan Therapy in Patients With HER2-Negative Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT04647916

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

A Precision Medicine Approach (SMMART-ACT) for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Sarcoma, Prostate, Breast, Ovarian or Pancreatic Cancer

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

NCT06630325

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 22
Phase 2 25
Phase 3 3
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Biospecimen Collection Procedure
30 trials
Computed Tomography Procedure
27 trials
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Procedure
18 trials
Biopsy Procedure Procedure
12 trials
Electronic Health Record Review Other
6 trials
Biopsy Procedure
6 trials
Abemaciclib Drug
5 trials
Bone Scan Procedure
5 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 30 trials
Florida 16 trials
Arizona 12 trials
New York 9 trials
Washington 8 trials
Ohio 8 trials
Arkansas 8 trials
Alabama 7 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 page

60 registered trials, 42 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 42 Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsors the most Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8 condition card totals 60 registered trials; most-linked intervention Biospecimen Collection; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.