Signatera‑guided timing of CDK4/6 inhibitor (ribociclib) with hormone therapy for intermediate‑risk HR+/HER2‑ breast cancer
Official title: SIgnatera-Guided Initiation of Adjuvant CDK4/6 Inhibitor in Intermediate Risk HR+ HER2- Breast Cancer
Run by Natera, Inc. · NCT07214532 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This trial will test whether using Signatera ctDNA testing to time when to start a CDK4/6 inhibitor alongside hormone therapy can help adults with intermediate‑risk HR+/HER2‑ early breast cancer avoid unnecessary treatment while keeping cancer control.
Quick facts
| Study type | Interventional |
|---|---|
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 725 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Natera, Inc. Industry-sponsored |
| Drugs / interventions | chemotherapy |
| Locations | 50 sites (Phoenix, Arizona and 49 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | May 8, 2026 |
| Main results expected | May 15, 2032 |
| Study ends | December 30, 2037 |
| Registry record updated | November 5, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT07214532 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Adults with intermediate‑risk, early‑stage ER+/PR+ and HER2‑ breast cancer who have available archived tumor tissue and are within the allowed window after surgery or initiation of endocrine therapy are ideal candidates.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients with HER2‑positive or non‑hormone receptor‑positive disease, known distant metastatic disease, or those unable or unwilling to provide tumor tissue or attend serial blood draws and clinic visits are unlikely to benefit from this ctDNA‑guided approach.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This is a prospective, single‑arm, multicenter phase II study using the personalized Signatera Genome ctDNA assay to guide initiation of CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy in intermediate‑risk HR+/HER2‑ early breast cancer. Participants who are ctDNA‑positive at baseline start ribociclib plus endocrine therapy, while ctDNA‑negative participants continue endocrine therapy with ctDNA monitoring every three months and begin ribociclib only if ctDNA becomes positive after staging excludes distant disease. Four‑year outcomes will be compared with historical controls from the NataLEE trial, and all participants will be followed for up to nine years with serial blood draws, imaging as needed, and quality‑of‑life assessments. The primary goal is to determine whether ctDNA‑guided timing maintains cancer control while reducing exposure to CDK4/6 inhibition.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this approach could spare ctDNA‑negative patients months to years of CDK4/6 inhibitor exposure and its side effects while preserving cancer outcomes.
How similar studies have gone: ctDNA assays have shown strong prognostic value for minimal residual disease and have been used to guide adjuvant therapy in other cancers (for example DYNAMIC in colon cancer), and adjuvant ribociclib showed benefit in large trials like NATALEE, but ctDNA‑guided timing in HR+/HER2‑ breast cancer is still relatively novel.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Signed and dated Informed Consent Form (ICF) obtained prior to any trial-specific screening procedure. 2. Patient is ≥ 18 years-old at the time of ICF signature. 3. Patient is female with known menopausal status at the time of initiation of adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET), or male. 4. Patient with histologically confirmed unilateral and unifocal primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast prior to initiating adjuvant chemotherapy, if indicated, or within 6 months of initiating adjuvant endocrine therapy if chemotherapy is not indicated. Patients who receive neoadjuvant endocrine therapy or chemotherapy are allowed to enroll. 5. Patient has breast cancer that is positive for ER and/or PR according to the local laboratory as determined on the most recently analyzed tissue sample. 6. Patient has HER2-negative breast cancer defined as a negative in situ hybridization test (FISH, CISH, or SISH) or an immunohistochemistry (IHC) status of 0 or 1+. If IHC is 2+, a negative in situ hybridization (ISH) test is required to confirm the HER2-negative status. 7. Patient has available archival tumor tissue from the diagnostic biopsy or surgical specimen, for submission to a central laboratory for Signatera testing (unless Signatera Genome clinical testing has already been performed). 8. Patient after surgical resection where tumor was removed completely (i.e., negative microscopic margins on final pathology) and have Anatomic Stage II that is eligible for adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitors. The criteria to be eligible for adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitors include N1, or N0 with T3 or T2 with either G3, or G2 with Ki67 greater or equal to 20% or high genomic risk score. Notes: 1. Patients who received neoadjuvant treatment must meet the criteria for stage, grade, Ki67 in any presurgical staging/sample and/or in the surgical specimen. 2. Categorization into the AJCC 8th edition Anatomic Stage Groups requires determination of the T, N and M categories. ALND can be omitted. 9. Patient has no contraindication to adjuvant ET and is planned to be treated with ET for 5 years (since enrollment date) or more. 10. Provider and patient must be agreeable to initiate CDK4/6 inhibitors only upon ctDNA detection. 11. Patient may have received up to 6 months of standard adjuvant ET at the time of enrollment and any amount of neoadjuvant endocrine therapy. 12. Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 or 1. 13. Patient must not have a clinical contraindication to ribociclib or abemaciclib. 14. Patient must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other trial procedures. 15. Women of childbearing potential (CBP) must have a confirmed negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days prior to enrollment. 16. Women of reproductive potential should be advised of the potential risk of CDK4/6 inhibitors to a fetus, and use effective contraception during CDK 4/6 inhibitor therapy. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient has had prior exposure to a CDK4/6 inhibitor. 2. Patient is concurrently using hormone replacement therapy. 3. Patient with a known contraindication or hypersensitivity to ribociclib or abemaciclib as per the FDA indication label. 4. Patients with a multicentric and/or multifocal and synchronous contralateral breast cancer are ineligible. 5. Patient with distant metastases of breast cancer beyond regional lymph nodes (stage IV according to AJCC 8th edition) and/or evidence of recurrence after curative surgery. 6. Patient has a concurrent invasive malignancy or a prior invasive malignancy whose treatment was completed within 5 years before ICF signature. Note: Patients with prior or concurrent in situ malignancies are eligible provided that adequate curative treatment is completed prior to enrollment. 7. Patient has any other concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition that would, in the Investigator's judgment, cause unacceptable safety risks, contraindicate patient participation in the clinical trial or compromise compliance with the protocol (e.g. chronic pancreatitis, chronic active hepatitis, liver cirrhosis or any other significant liver disease, active untreated or uncontrolled fungal, bacterial or viral infections, active infection requiring systemic antibacterial therapy, etc.) or limit life expectancy to ≤5 years. 8. Patient participated in another interventional study and received treatment with an investigational product (or used an investigational device) within 30 days prior to enrollment or within 5 half-lives of the investigational product, whichever is longer.
Where it's running
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Marin Cancer Care
Greenbrae, California, United States Recruiting -
Stockton Hematology Oncology Medical Group
Stockton, California, United States Recruiting -
Baptist MD Anderson
Jacksonville, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Jupiter Medical Cancer
Jupiter, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Ocala Oncology
Ocala, Florida, United States Recruiting -
Northwest Cancer Center
Dyer, Indiana, United States Recruiting
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New England Cancer Specialists
Westbrook, Maine, United States Recruiting -
Cancer & Hematology Centers
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Recruiting -
Munson Medical Center Cowell Family Cancer Center
Traverse City, Michigan, United States Recruiting -
New Mexico Oncology & Hematology Consultants
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States Recruiting -
New York Cancer and Blood Specialists
Babylon, New York, United States Recruiting -
Northwest Medical Specialties, PLLC
Puyallup, Washington, United States Recruiting -
MultiCare Cancer Institute
Tacoma, Washington, United States Recruiting -
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States Recruiting -
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona, United States Not yet recruiting -
Honor Health Research Institute
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Not yet recruiting -
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona, United States Not yet recruiting -
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California, United States Not yet recruiting -
Cancer and Blood Research Center
Los Alamitos, California, United States Not yet recruiting -
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Santa Monica, California, United States Not yet recruiting -
Kaiser Permanente NorCal
Vallejo, California, United States Not yet recruiting -
Intermountain Health
Grand Junction, Colorado, United States Not yet recruiting -
Hartford Healthcare Institute
Hartford, Connecticut, United States Not yet recruiting -
Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut, United States Not yet recruiting -
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, United States Not yet recruiting -
Werheim Cancer Institute
Miami, Florida, United States Not yet recruiting -
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States Not yet recruiting -
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Not yet recruiting -
Willis Knighton Cancer Center
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States Not yet recruiting -
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Not yet recruiting -
Karmanos Cancer Center - Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, United States Not yet recruiting -
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States Not yet recruiting -
Mercy Health - Sindelar Cancer Center
St Louis, Missouri, United States Not yet recruiting -
Mercy Health - Pratt Cancer Center
St Louis, Missouri, United States Not yet recruiting -
Cooper Health
Camden, New Jersey, United States Not yet recruiting -
Rutgers
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States Not yet recruiting -
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, United States Not yet recruiting -
University of Rochester (URMC)
Rochester, New York, United States Not yet recruiting -
Stony Brook Cancer Center
Stony Brook, New York, United States Not yet recruiting -
Atrium Levine Cancer Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Not yet recruiting -
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States Not yet recruiting -
Allegheny (AHN)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Not yet recruiting -
Sanford Health
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States Not yet recruiting -
West Cancer Center
Germantown, Tennessee, United States Not yet recruiting -
Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee, United States Not yet recruiting -
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States Not yet recruiting -
Oncology Consultants
Houston, Texas, United States Not yet recruiting -
Inova
Fairfax, Virginia, United States Not yet recruiting -
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, United States Not yet recruiting -
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, United States Not yet recruiting
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Chelsea Nihill, MS
- Email: signaler@natera.com
- Phone: 706-726-6935
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