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Circulating Tumor DNA

  • PhasePhase 2
  • StatusRecruiting
  • Planned enrollment50 people
  • Recruiting US sites6
  • SponsorYale University
  • RegistryNCT06923527

Recruitment re-checked on ClinicalTrials.gov Oct 30, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

Circulating Tumor DNA: a one-minute explainerNCT069235271 min

Eligibility

Who can join

The film gives the main points. The full list below is copied from the registry; the study team makes the final decision.

  • Age18 Years to no maximum
  • SexAll
  • Healthy volunteersNo

You may be able to join if

  • Inclusion Criteria for Screening:
  • Adults aged 18 years and older.
  • Previous diagnosis of anatomic stage IIB or anatomic stage III histopathologically or cytologically confirmed ER+, HER2-, breast cancer per local laboratory as per ASCO/CAP guidelines. In the context of this trial, ER status will be considered positive if >10% of tumor cells demonstrate positive nuclear staining by immunohistochemistry, with or without progesterone receptor positivity. Patients with PR positive but ER-negative are not eligible.
  • Participants must have been diagnosed with ER+HER2- breast cancer at least five years ago and no more than 20 years ago and must have completed adjuvant endocrine therapy.
  • Participants must be off endocrine therapy for at least four weeks prior to screening.
  • Exclusion Criteria for Screening:
  • Known current metastatic disease.
  • Known contraindication to receiving elacestrant as per FDA package insert.
  • Current treatment with endocrine therapy.
  • Prior treatment with elacestrant or other investigational SERDs.
  • Current or past invasive cancer other than breast cancer, except:
  • Adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
  • Cancer survivors of previously diagnosed invasive cancer who were treated with curative intent and have no evidence of disease recurrence for five years or more and are considered low risk for future recurrence by the treating physician.
  • Patients in the screening phase, or in the randomized trial (treatment phase), cannot start receiving therapy on another therapeutic clinical trial.
  • Current use of strong and moderate CYP3A4 inducers/inhibitors or other prohibited concomitant medication unless an acceptable substitute is available, and the prohibited medication is discontinued at least five half-lives prior to initiation of elacestrant.
  • Participants who are pregnant.
  • Inclusion Criteria for Treatment:
  • ctDNA positivity by NEXT Personal assay.
  • No evidence of metastatic disease on staging scans.
  • a. If imaging, after review with a radiologist, is low probability for metastatic disease, patients may proceed with enrollment. Patients with suspicious but inconclusive imaging results should undergo a diagnostic biopsy; if biopsy is negative patients are eligible for enrollment. Patients with positive imaging that is conclusive of metastatic disease, or biopsy proven metastatic disease, are not eligible.
  • At the time of informed consent signature for treatment, participants may be either postmenopausal, premenopausal, or perimenopausal.
  • a. Postmenopausal status is defined by: i. Age ≥60. ii. Age <60 and amenorrhea for 12 or more months (without an alternative cause) and FSH and estradiol level within postmenopausal range per local laboratory reference.
  • iii. Documentation of bilateral oophorectomy, at least one month before first dose of trial therapy.
  • b. Premenopausal and perimenopausal participants must be willing to concurrently receive an LHRH agonist, and the LHRH agonist must be initiated at least three to four weeks before the start of elacestrant and are planning to continue LHRH agonist treatment during treatment with elacestrant. This is based on the current FDA approval of elacestrant in the metastatic setting which is limited to postmenopausal participants.
  • c. Premenopausal or perimenopausal participants must be willing to use a highly effective method of contraception for the duration of trial treatment and for 120 days after the last dose of elacestrant OR if using barrier method of contraception must be willing to use a second form of contraception like occlusive cap with spermicidal foam / gel / film / cream / suppository.
  • i. Highly effective methods of contraception are non-hormonal (cooper) intrauterine device (IUD), surgical sterilization (bilateral tubal occlusion/ligation, partner who has had a vasectomy), and sexual abstinence.
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1.
  • Patient has adequate bone marrow and organ function, as defined by the following laboratory values:
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1.0 x 109/L.
  • Platelets >100 x 109/L.
  • Hemoglobin > 8.0 g/dL.
  • Potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium CTCAE v5.0 grade <1.
  • Cockcroft-Gault based creatinine clearance >50 mL/min.
  • ALT and AST <3 x ULN and total serum bilirubin <1.5 x ULN.
  • Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia CTCAE v5.0 grade <1.
  • Exclusion Criteria for Treatment:
  • Any concurrent severe and uncontrolled medical condition that would, in the sponsor-investigator's opinion, cause unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol including but not limited to:
  • Impairment of gastrointestinal (GI) function or GI disease that may significantly alter the absorption of oral medication (uncontrolled Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, uncontrolled chronic nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption, or small bowel resection).
  • Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Moderate to severe liver impairment (Child-Pugh Class B and C).
  • Hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia > CTCAE v5.0 grade 1.
  • Participants who are currently or are planning lactation during elacestrant treatment. Lactation during and at least one week following the last dose of elacestrant is not allowed

The treatment

How it is intended to work

This is how the treatment is meant to work. Whether it helps, and how safe it is, is what this trial is testing.

elacestrant hydrochloride. The hydrochloride salt form of elacestrant, an orally available, selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), with antineoplastic activity. Upon oral administration, elacestrant acts as a SERD, which binds to the estrogen receptor (ER) and induces a conformational change that results in the proteosomal degradation of the receptor. This prevents ER-mediated signaling and inhibits proliferation of ER-expressing cancer cells. NCI Drug Dictionary

Treatments listed in the registry

  • Elacestrant (Drug): Administration of elacestrant will follow the FDA approved dose and schedule for patients with ER+ metastatic breast cancer. Elacestrant 345 mg will be administered orally once daily for 12 cycles or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The pills shall be administered with food (to reduce nausea and vomiting) at approximately the same time each day, and the prescription will be provided with the standard "Swallow tablets whole; do not chew, crush, or split" warning label.

The study

Treatment groups

Na · Single Group · masking: None

Single Arm (Experimental)

Administration of elacestrant will follow the FDA approved dose and schedule for patients with ER+ metastatic breast cancer. Elacestrant 345 mg will be administered orally once daily for 12 cycles or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity

What it involves

Procedures

As the registry describes them. Requirements to join, such as a tissue sample, are in the eligibility list above even when on-study procedures are optional. Ask the study team which steps apply to you.

  • CT scans: Part of the study plan

Goals

What the study measures

Main goals

  • Assessing Elacestrant's Impact on ctDNA Clearance in ER+HER2- Breast Cancer Patients (Every 3 months during the treatment phase and at 3-month intervals for 12 months following the end of treatment)
  • Investigating Elacestrant's Effect on 18-Month Invasive Disease-Free Survival in ER+HER2- Breast Cancer Patients (From the start of treatment through 18 months post-initiation of treatment)

Other goals

  • Incidence of ctDNA Positivity in Screened ER+HER2- Breast Cancer Patients
  • Proportion of Patients with Metastatic Disease at First Positive ctDNA Result
  • Time to Relapse Between First Positive ctDNA and Clinical Recurrence of Metastatic Disease
  • Association of ctDNA Clearance with Recurrence-Free Survival and Overall Survival
  • Safety, Tolerability, and Adherence to Elacestrant Treatment Protocol
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes, Fear of Recurrence and Anxiety Levels During Elacestrant Treatment
  • Assessing AmDTx-MBCS' Impact on Decreasing Fear of Recurrence Scores
  • Diet and Physical Activity Levels in Breast Cancer Patients

Planned enrollment: 50 (estimated).

Where

Recruiting US sites

  • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C., District of Columbia
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at John Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Bronx, New York
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Site status as of Oct 30, 2026. Check the live record before contacting a site.

Sources

Where this comes from

Registry record reviewed as fetched Oct 30, 2026, last updated by the sponsor Sep 20, 2026. Public record; not medical advice.

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