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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2020 Mar 9;147(7):1939–1952. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32937

Table 1:

Clinical trials involving combination therapies for breast cancer brain metastases as found in ClinicalTrials.gov as of October 31, 2019 (n = 65).

NA Phase I Phase I/II Phase II Phase III Total
Number of Trials 1 (2%) 9 (14%) 8 (12%) 39 (60%) 8 (12%) 65 (100%)
Trial Status
Completed - 4 - 12 3 19 (29%)
Active, not recruiting 1 2 1 7 2 13 (20%)
Recruiting - 2 3 5 3 13 (20%)
Not yet recruiting - 1 - 1 - 2 (3%)
Enrolling by invitation - - - - - -
Terminated - - 3 9 - 12 (18%)
Withdrawn - - 1 1 - 2 (3%)
Unknown status - - - 4 - 4 (6%)
Estimated Enrollment
0-10 - - 3 6 - 9 (14%)
11-50 1 8 2 22 - 33 (51%)
51-100 - 1 2 4 - 7 (11%)
>100 - - 1 7 8 16 (25%)
BCBM Classification
Newly diagnosed/progressive - - 3 17 2 22 (34%)
Recurrent - 1 - - - 1 (2%)
Both - 3 3 3 1 10 (15%)
Not specified/other 1 5 2 19 5 32 (49%)
Breast Cancer Subtype
HER2 – positive 1 6 6 17 5 35 (54%)
HER2 – negative - - 2 - - 2 (3%)
Triple negative (ER-, PR-, HER2-) - - 1 4 1 6 (9%)
Unspecified - 3 1 18 2 24 (37%)
Required Prior Therapy
WBRT and/or SRS - - 2 6 - 8 (12%)
Chemotherapy - - 2 5 2 9 (14%)
No treatment - 1 - 6 2 8 (12%)
No Requirement of Prior Therapy 1 8 4 22 4 39 (60%)
Results Provided - 2 2 11 4 19 (29%)
Related Publication - 1 1 8 3 13 (20%)
Trial Location
North America (US/Canada) 1 7 7 24 4 43 (66%)
Europe/UK/Russia - 2 - 7 - 9 (14%)
Asia/Australia - - - 6 - 6 (9%)
Intercontinental - - 1 2 4 7 (11%)

WBRT: whole brain radiation therapy, SRS: stereotactic radiosurgery.