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Metastatic Breast Cancer: early-phase trial registry

74 of 140 indexed Metastatic Breast Cancer trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #82 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

140 US clinical trials · 74 currently recruiting · #82 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Metastatic Breast Cancer: 140 US clinical trials tracked, 74 recruiting.

Metastatic Breast Cancer is the subject of 140 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 74 of them currently open to new participants. 11 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 99 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, running 12 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition metastatic-breast-cancer

OPEN 74 | RECR 53% | LATE 11 | EARLY 99 | RANK #82 | SPON 12

Nearest open-share peer: Solid Tumor (53% recruiting · 197 trials)

Metastatic Breast Cancer (th…53%Advanced Solid Tumors48.3%Myelodysplastic Syndrome34.1%Osteoarthritis21.3%Cardiovascular Disease14.5%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Metastatic Breast Cancer

Metastatic Breast Cancer lists 74 open slots (53% of 140 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 Metastatic Breast Cancer 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. Metastatic Breast Cancer is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    74 of 140 indexed trials (52.9%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Metastatic Breast Cancer trials is spread across many organizations.

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center accounts for 12 of 140 trials (8.6%). 93 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Metastatic Breast Cancer enrolment sits around 71 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 71 among the 140 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 78 of those (55.7%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Metastatic Breast Cancer research is mostly interventional.

    128 interventional and 12 observational studies make up this index (91.4% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 147Phase 252Phase 310Phase 41

Open and recent trials

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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 42 participants

HER-2 B Cell Peptide Vaccine

Pravin T.P Kaumaya

NCT06414733

RECRUITING Phase 1 41 participants

Pembrolizumab And Stereotactic Radiosurgery (Srs) Of Selected Brain Metastases In Breast Cancer Patients

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

NCT03449238

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Adaptation of a Values Assessment Tool

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT07068477

RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

A Study on Adding Precisely Targeted Radiation Therapy (Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy) to the Usual Treatment Approach (Drug Therapy) in People With Breast Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05534438

RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

Phase II Single Arm Trial of Low Dose Capecitabine in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT06105684

RECRUITING Phase 2 36 participants

STUDY02001740;22SCH740: Estradiol For ER+ Advanced Breast Cancer (ESTHER)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT05716516

RECRUITING Phase 2 36 participants

Alpelisib/iNOS Inhibitor/Nab-paclitaxel in Patients With HER2 Negative Metaplastic Breast Cancer (MpBC)

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT05660083

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

Ribociclib&Belinostat In Patients w Metastatic Triple Neg Breast Cancer & Recurrent Ovarian Cancer w Response Prediction By Genomics

University of Utah

NCT04315233

RECRUITING Phase 2 34 participants

A Study of Radiation Therapy With Pembrolizumab and Olaparib or Other Radiosensitizers in Women Who Have Triple-Negative or Hormone-Receptor Positive/Her2 Negative Breast Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT04683679

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

CD40 Agonist, Flt3 Ligand, and Chemotherapy in HER2 Negative Breast Cancer

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT05029999

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

A Study of Pembrolizumab and Cryoablation in People With Breast Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT06246968

RECRUITING 30 participants

A Study Comparing Cancer Imaging Approaches in People With Lobular Breast Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT06557148

RECRUITING Phase 1 28 participants

A Study of Abemaciclib and Radiation Therapy in People With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT06678269

RECRUITING Phase 2 26 participants

Definitive Radiation for High-Risk Spine Metastases

Stony Brook University

NCT06165419

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Anastrazole, Fulvestrant & Abemaciclib for HR+HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer

University of California, Irvine

NCT05524584

RECRUITING Phase 2 16 participants

Prospective Evaluation Of High-Dose Systemic Methotrexate In Patients With Breast Cancer And Leptomeningeal Metastasis

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT02422641

RECRUITING Phase 2 15 participants

Sequential Therapies Modeled on Evolutionary Dynamics for Breast Cancer

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT06409390

RECRUITING 15 participants

Evaluation of the Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Feasibility/Usability of a Metastatic Breast-cancer Specific Prognostic Calculator Among Clinicians

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT05440929

RECRUITING Phase 2 15 participants

Study of Palliative Radiation Combined with Pembrolizumab in Unresectable Metastatic Stage IV Breast Cancer

University of Louisville

NCT04990921

RECRUITING Phase 2 13 participants

Evaluation of PSMA in HER2- AR+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT04573231

RECRUITING 12 participants

Improving Survival for Metastatic Lobular Breast Cancer (PLUMB Registry)

University of California, San Francisco

NCT05964504

RECRUITING Phase 1 6 participants

Estradiol Plus Olaparib for Breast Cancer (PHOEBE)

Mary D Chamberlin

NCT05900895

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 7,933 participants

Real-World Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in HER2-Altered Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients in the United States

Boehringer Ingelheim

NCT07342309

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 541 participants

A Study of DB-1303/BNT323 vs Investigator's Choice Chemotherapy in HER2-Low, Hormone Receptor Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer (DYNASTY-Breast02)

DualityBio

NCT06018337

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 500 participants

A Study of LY3484356 in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer or Endometrial Cancer

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT04188548

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 456 participants

Ribociclib vs. Palbociclib in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer Within the HER2-Enriched Intrinsic Subtype

SOLTI Breast Cancer Research Group

NCT05207709

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 245 participants

A Phase 1b/2 Study of T-DXd Combinations in HER2-positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

AstraZeneca

NCT04538742

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 234 participants

A Study of Abemaciclib (LY2835219) Plus Tamoxifen or Abemaciclib Alone in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT02747004

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 220 participants

Palbociclib After CDK and Endocrine Therapy (PACE)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT03147287

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Personalized Molecular Profiling in Cancer Treatment at Johns Hopkins

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT02965755

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 154 participants

PhII ICb With/Without Erbitux in MBC Pts

US Oncology Research

NCT00248287

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 138 participants

A Phase 1b Study of T-DXd Combinations in HER2-low Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

AstraZeneca

NCT04556773

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4 134 participants

Roll-over Study to Allow Continued Access to Ribociclib

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT05161195

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 125 participants

A Phase 1-2 Study of ST101 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Sapience Therapeutics

NCT04478279

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 114 participants

Olaparib In Metastatic Breast Cancer

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT03344965

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 110 participants

Couples' QOL in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Fox Chase Cancer Center

NCT05636943

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 110 participants

Sacituzumab Govitecan +/- Pembrolizumab In HR+ / HER2 - MBC

Ana C Garrido-Castro, MD

NCT04448886

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 82 participants

STOP-HER2: Stopping Trastuzumab in HER2+ MBC

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT05721248

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 78 participants

Assessing the Time Demands of Cancer

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

NCT05708703

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 65 participants

ACT-MBC: A Study of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC)

Menarini Silicon Biosystems

NCT05662345

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 61 participants

ELACESTRANT in Women and Men With CDK4/6 Inhibitor-Naive Estrogen Receptor Positive, HER-2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Study

Stemline Therapeutics

NCT05596409

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Palbociclib With Fulvestrant for Metastatic Breast Cancer After Treatment With Palbociclib and an Aromatase Inhibitor

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT02738866

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 50 participants

Onvansertib + Paclitaxel In TNBC

Antonio Giordano, MD

NCT05383196

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 46 participants

Niraparib in Combination With Trastuzumab in Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT03368729

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

Towards Understanding Between ADT Treatment, Circadian Rhythm, and Physiological Responsiveness

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT05968144

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 24 participants

Levels of Circulating Tumor DNA as a Predictive Marker for Early Switch in Treatment for Patients With Metastatic (Stage IV) Breast Cancer

University of Miami

NCT05826964

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 22 participants

Her2-BATS and Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Breast Cancer

University of Virginia

NCT03272334

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

[18F]FLT PET/CT in Rb+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

University of Pennsylvania

NCT02608216

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 47
Phase 2 52
Phase 3 10
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

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

Fulvestrant Drug
18 trials
Ribociclib Drug
8 trials
Capecitabine Drug
8 trials
Abemaciclib Drug
6 trials
Palbociclib Drug
6 trials
Everolimus Drug
6 trials
Paclitaxel Drug
6 trials
Trastuzumab Drug
6 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Metastatic Breast Cancer trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Florida 47 trials
California 43 trials
New York 39 trials
Texas 36 trials
Massachusetts 32 trials
Illinois 31 trials
Pennsylvania 27 trials
New Jersey 26 trials

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

What to do with this Metastatic Breast Cancer page

140 registered trials, 74 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

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 Metastatic Breast Cancer condition card totals 140 registered trials; most-linked intervention Fulvestrant; top US site state Florida. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.