Reducing CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment in advanced hormone-sensitive breast cancer after a good response
Tests stopping or lowering CDK4/6 inhibitors in responding ER+ HER2- metastatic breast cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Unicancer
- Where
- Amiens Cedex 1, Angers, Avignon Cedex 9, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Caen Cedex 5, Clermont Ferrand Cedex 2, Dijon, Epagny Metz-tessy, Lille, Limoges, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier Cedex 5, Nice Cedex 2, Orleans Cedex 2, Paris, Paris Cedex 13, Plérin, Reims, Rennes Cedex, Saint Nazaire Cedex, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Herblain Cedex, Strasbourg, Toulouse Cedex 9, and Vandoeuvre Les Nancy_ Cedex, FranceSee the 29 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Reduction of treatment after Complete Response in Advanced Hormone-Sensitive Breast Cancer
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 802 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Sept 2026
- Expected to end
- 1 Sept 2031
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Record updated
- 4 November 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with hormone-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer that has spread or come back locally. They must be in a complete response and have taken a CDK4/6 inhibitor with an aromatase inhibitor for at least 24 months.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- Women and men can join.
- Disease stage
- Breast adenocarcinoma that is metastatic or has come back locally and cannot be treated locally. ER or PR in at least 10% of tumor cells, HER2-negative. Complete response, or partial response with sclerotic bone-only disease, kept for at least 6 months. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
- Earlier treatment
- First-line treatment for metastatic disease with a CDK4/6 inhibitor plus an aromatase inhibitor, with or without an LHRH agonist, for at least 24 months. No chemotherapy before for advanced or metastatic disease.
- Biomarker or test result
- No tumor DNA detectable in the blood (ctDNA) at screening, measured with the Signatera Genome test. An archived tumor sample must be available for sequencing.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Tumor DNA detectable in the blood at screening
- Disease got worse while on a CDK4/6 inhibitor
- Cancer spread to the brain or the lining of the brain
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Another cancer, with a few exceptions, unless disease-free and off treatment for at least 3 years
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- The patient must have provided written informed consent prior to any study-specific procedures. When the patient is physically unable to provide written consent, an impartial witness, independent from the investigator and the sponsor, may confirm consent by signing on the patient’s behalf
- The patient must be affiliated with a social security system
- The patient must be willing and able to comply with the study protocol, including treatment administration, scheduled visits, examinations, and follow-up
- Female or male patients aged 18 years or older
- Documented diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the breast with evidence of locoregional recurrent or metastatic disease, who are not eligible for local treatment in case of locoregional recurrent disease, that meets the following criteria by local testing: - Hormone receptor-positive, defined by estrogen receptor (ER) expression or progesterone receptor (PR) expression in at least 10% of tumor cells of tumor cells by immunohistochemistry
- Participants must have documentation of HER2-negative tumour according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and College of American Pathologists (CAP) guidelines and based on the most recent available results. HER2-negative status is defined as an immunohistochemical (IHC) score of 0 or 1+, or an IHC score of 2+ with negative in situ hybridization (ISH) (HER2/CEP17 ratio <2 or, for single-probe assessment, HER2 copy number <4)
- Complete response, or partial response with sclerotic bone-only disease, maintained for at least 6 months, according to RECIST version 1.1 criteria. (assessed on TAP CT or TEP TDM)
- Availability of an adequate archived tumor tissue sample for next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis performed by Natera laboratory, allowing the design of a personalized ctDNA assay based on the most recent available tumor specimen
- Patients on first-line metastatic treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor in combination with an aromatase inhibitor, with or without an LHRH agonist for at least 24 months
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 28 days prior to initiation of study treatment; Women of childbearing potential must use a highly effective non-hormonal method of contraception throughout the study and for at least 3 weeks after taking the last dose of study treatment. Male participants who intend to be sexually active with a female partner of childbearing potential must be surgically sterile or using an acceptable method of contraception until at least 3 weeks after the last treatment administration (14 weeks if the patient is taking palbociclib)
Who cannot take part
- Prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic disease
- Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to enrolment
- Current participation in another interventional clinical trial evaluating an investigational product, or receipt of an investigational agent within 28 days prior to enrolment and during the study period
- Disease progression under CDK4/6 inhibitor
- History of malignancy other than the breast cancer under study, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, unless the patient has been disease-free and off treatment for at least 3 years
- History of carcinomatous meningitis or central nervous system metastases
- Any medical condition that could interfere with study procedures or patient compliance
- Detectable tumor-derived ctDNA at screening, as assessed by the Signatera™ Genome test
- Patients under legal guardianship, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, or unable to provide informed consent
- Patients unwilling or unable to comply with required medical follow-up due to geographic, social, or psychological reasons
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or participants unwilling to use highly effective contraception as defined in the protocol
Where in France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens PicardieAmiens Cedex 1, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut de Cancerologie de L'OuestAngers, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Sainte Catherine Institut Du Cancer Avignon-ProvenceAvignon Cedex 9, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Hospitalier de la Cote BasqueBayonne, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut BergonieBordeaux, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord AquitaineBordeaux, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Francois BaclesseCaen Cedex 5, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Pole Sante RepubliqueClermont Ferrand Cedex 2, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centr Georges Francois LeclercDijon, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Hospitalier Annecy GenevoisEpagny Metz-tessy, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Oscar LambretLille, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire de LimogesLimoges, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Leon BerardLyon, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Hôpital Privé Jean MermozLyon, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut Paoli-CalmettesMarseille, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut Regional Du Cancer De MontpellierMontpellier Cedex 5, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Antoine LacassagneNice Cedex 2, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D OrleansOrleans Cedex 2, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut CurieParis, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De ParisParis Cedex 13, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Hôpital Privé des Côtes d'ArmorPlérin, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut GodinotReims, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre De Lutte Contre Le Cancer Eugene MarquisRennes Cedex, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Centre Hospitalier Saint NazaireSaint Nazaire Cedex, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut CurieSaint-Cloud, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut De Cancerologie De L OuestSaint-Herblain Cedex, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut public de cancérologie Strauss EuropeStrasbourg, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Oncopole Claudius RegaudToulouse Cedex 9, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Institut de cancérologie de LorraineVandoeuvre Les Nancy_ Cedex, FranceNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
To demonstrate the non-inferiority of de-escalation of CDK4/6 inhibitors in terms of Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in ER+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer patients who had a complete or partial response, and negative ctDNA, after at least 2 years of CDK4/6 inhibitor combined to an aromatase inhibitor.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- DECEMBER: De Escalation of CDK4/6 inhibitors for ER+ HER2- Metastatic BrEast Cancer in complete Response
- Plain-language title
- Reducing CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment in advanced hormone-sensitive breast cancer after a good responseGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 4 November 2026