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A trial of buparlisib and paclitaxel for advanced HER2 negative breast cancer (BELLE 4)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2/3

Details

This trial looked at adding buparlisib to paclitaxel for breast cancer that is HER2 negative. It was women whose breast cancer had:

  • spread into tissue surrounding the breast or to another part of the body (advanced cancer)

  • low or no amounts of HER2 (HER2 negative breast cancer)

Recruitment start: 15 August 2012

Recruitment end: 29 August 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Iain Macpherson

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Novartis

Last reviewed: 21 February 2019

CRUK internal database number: 9854

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