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A trial looking at trastuzumab emtansine for HER2 positive breast cancer (TH3RESA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was for people whose breast cancer has spread to the surrounding tissue (locally advanced) or to another part of the body (secondary breast cancer). They had already had treatment with both trastuzumab (Herceptin) and lapatinib.

Recruitment start: 1 September 2011

Recruitment end: 25 October 2012

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 Stephen Houston

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

F. Hoffmann-LaRoche

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 26 July 2016

CRUK internal database number: 8909

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