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NCT04263298
Fulvestrant Versus Capecitabine as Maintenance Therapy After First-line Chemotherapy in Patients With HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer
Phase 3 trial testing Fulvestrant in Metastatic Breast Cancer in 210 participants. Currently enrolling.
1 May 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Herui Yao |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 3 |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 210 |
| Start date | 1 May 2018 |
| Primary completion | 1 May 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 1 May 2030 |
| Sites | 13 locations across China |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Fulvestrant (fulvestrant) — full drug profile →
- Capecitabine Oral Product — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Metastatic Breast Cancer — all drugs for Metastatic Breast Cancer →
Sponsor
Herui Yao
Who can join
Adults 18 to 75, female only, with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This phase III trial aims to compare the efficacy and safety of fulvestrant or capecitabine as maintenance therapy after first-line chemotherapy in hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative metastatic breast cancer.
Publications & conference data
4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Molecular Insights on Signaling Cascades in Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive Review.
Panda VK, Mishra B, Mahapatra S, Swain B, et al · · 2025 · cited 17× · PMID 39858015 · DOI 10.3390/cancers17020234 -
Her2-Positive Cancers and Antibody-Based Treatment: State of the Art and Future Developments.
Morales S, Gasol A, Sanchez DR. · · 2021 · cited 11× · PMID 34830927 · DOI 10.3390/cancers13225771 -
Clinical Evidence of Chemotherapy or Endocrine Therapy Maintenance in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials and Propensity Score Matching of Multicenter Cohort Study.
Ren W, Yu Y, Hong H, Wang Y, et al · · 2022 · cited 1× · PMID 35130417 · DOI 10.4143/crt.2021.698 -
Fulvestrant versus capecitabine as maintenance therapy in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer after first-line chemotherapy (FAMILY): a multicenter, open-label, randomized, phase 3 trial.
Wu W, Yang Y, Chen H, Lu Y, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42168151 · DOI 10.1038/s41392-026-02720-6
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Other trials of Fulvestrant
Trials testing the same drug.
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- NCT07408089 — Study of the Kinesin Oral Molecular Degrader BBI-940 in Subjects With Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer · Phase 1 · recruiting
- NCT07368998 — To Study the Effect of Inavolisib in Combination With Fulvestrant in Participants With Breast Cancer · Phase 2 · recruiting
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Other recruiting trials for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Currently open trials in the same condition.
- NCT07524855 — A Study of HLD-0117 in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer · Phase 1 · recruiting
- NCT07408089 — Study of the Kinesin Oral Molecular Degrader BBI-940 in Subjects With Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer · Phase 1 · recruiting
- NCT07340541 — Evolutionary Clinical Trial for Novel Biomarker-Driven Therapies · Phase 2 · recruiting
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- NCT07347600 — A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Inavolisib in Participants With Endocrine-resistant, PIK3CA-mutated, · recruiting
Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04263298 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Herui Yao
- Last refreshed: 30 September 2022
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