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A trial of everolimus, letrozole and exemestane for advanced HER2 negative breast cancer (BOLERO 4)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at adding everolimus to letrozole and exemestane for breast cancer.

It was for women whose breast cancer had grown into the surrounding tissue or had spread elsewhere in the body. And whose breast cancer cells had:

  • receptors for oestrogen or progesterone (is hormone receptor positive)

  • low or no amounts of HER2 ( negative cancer)

Recruitment start: 7 March 2013

Recruitment end: 17 December 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 Mark Beresford

Supported by

Novartis

Last reviewed: 05 Feb 2019

CRUK internal database number: 12151

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