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Metastatic Breast Carcinoma: early-phase trial registry

20 of 33 indexed Metastatic Breast Carcinoma trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #463 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

33 US clinical trials · 20 currently recruiting · #463 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Metastatic Breast Carcinoma: 33 US clinical trials tracked, 20 recruiting.

Metastatic Breast Carcinoma is the subject of 33 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 20 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 22 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 8 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition metastatic-breast-carcinoma

OPEN 20 | RECR 61% | LATE 4 | EARLY 22 | RANK #463 | SPON 8

Nearest open-share peer: HIV Prevention (61% recruiting · 33 trials)

Metastatic Breast Carcin (th…61%Barrett Esophagus54.5%Clinical Stage IV Cutaneous 45.5%Child Development39.4%Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Ca24.2%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Metastatic Breast Carcinoma

Metastatic Breast Carcinoma lists 20 open slots (61% of 33 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 Carcinoma 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 Carcinoma is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    20 of 33 indexed trials (60.6%) 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 Metastatic Breast Carcinoma research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 8 of 33 trials (24.2%). 12 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Metastatic Breast Carcinoma trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 40 among the 33 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 25 of those (75.8%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Metastatic Breast Carcinoma research is mostly interventional.

    28 interventional and 5 observational studies make up this index (84.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 19Phase 213Phase 33Phase 41

Open and recent trials

33 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 2,000 participants

Collection of Specimens and Clinical Data for Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer or Male Breast Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT06217874

RECRUITING 700 participants

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

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT04526587

RECRUITING Phase 2 332 participants

Immunotherapy Using Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Patients With Metastatic Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01174121

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 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 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 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 50 participants

Living Well With Advanced Breast Cancer

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT07227038

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 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 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 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 30 participants

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

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT06557148

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 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 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 68 participants

Genetic Analysis in Blood and Tumor Samples From Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Estrogen Receptor Positive and HER2 Negative Breast Cancer Receiving Palbociclib and Endocrine Therapy

Mayo Clinic

NCT03281902

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 47 participants

Pembrolizumab, Endocrine Therapy, and Palbociclib in Treating Postmenopausal Patients With Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Stage IV Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT02778685

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

Nab-Paclitaxel in Treating Older Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT01463072

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 35 participants

Cyclophosphamide and Veliparib in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01351909

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

Testing the Addition of Copanlisib to Usual Treatment (Fulvestrant and Abemaciclib) in Metastatic Breast Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03939897

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 23 participants

PI3Kbeta Inhibitor AZD8186 and Docetaxel in Treating Patients Advanced Solid Tumors With PTEN or PIK3CB Mutations That Are Metastatic or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03218826

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Niraparib and TSR-042 for the Treatment of BRCA-Mutated Unresectable or Metastatic Breast, Pancreas, Ovary, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer

University of Washington

NCT04673448

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 14 participants

In Situ Immunomodulation With CDX-301, Radiation Therapy, CDX-1140 and Poly-ICLC in Patients w/ Unresectable and Metastatic Solid Tumors

University of Southern California

NCT04616248

COMPLETED Phase 1 18 participants

Alpelisib and Enzalutamide in Treating Patients With Androgen Receptor and PTEN Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03207529

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 9
Phase 2 13
Phase 3 3
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

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

Biospecimen Collection Procedure
14 trials
Computed Tomography Procedure
9 trials
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Procedure
7 trials
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
5 trials
Electronic Health Record Review Other
4 trials
Questionnaire Administration Other
4 trials
Biopsy Procedure Procedure
4 trials
Lumbar Puncture Procedure
4 trials

US sites by state

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

California 16 trials
New York 7 trials
Florida 5 trials
Texas 4 trials
Ohio 4 trials
Arizona 4 trials
Washington 3 trials
New Jersey 3 trials

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

What to do with this Metastatic Breast Carcinoma page

33 registered trials, 20 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 Carcinoma condition card totals 33 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.