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A trial looking at taselisib and tamoxifen for breast cancer that has spread (POSEIDON)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 1/2

Details

This trial is looking at a new drug called taselisib (also known as GDC-0032) and a hormone therapy drug called tamoxifen for advanced breast cancer. It is for women:

  • Who have already had hormone therapy and whose cancer has grown into surrounding tissue (is locally advanced) or has spread to another part of their body

  • Whose cancer is also and

Recruitment start: 15 December 2014

Recruitment end: 25 May 2020

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 Richard Baird

Supported by

Cambridge University

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Genentech

Netherlands Cancer Institute

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology

Last reviewed: 20 August 2020

CRUK internal database number: 12879

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