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A trial of buparlisib for advanced hormone receptor positive breast cancer that is HER2 negative and has got worse despite having other treatments (BELLE 3)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at buparlisib (BKM120) for breast cancer that had spread into tissue surrounding the breast or to another part of your body.

The trial was for women who had breast cancer that had got worse despite having a type of hormone therapy called an aromatase inhibitor as well as a drug called an mTOR inhibitor.

This trial was open for women to join between 2013 and 2016. These results were published in 2018.

Recruitment start: 14 January 2013

Recruitment end: 4 March 2016

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

Professor Stephen Johnston

Supported by

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Novartis

Other information

Last reviewed: 11 Sept 2019

CRUK internal database number: 10904

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