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Updated May 2026 · ClinicalTrials.gov

RECRUITINGPhase 2INTERVENTIONAL

Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Fulvestrant Plus DNA Damage Repair Inhibitors After a CDK4/6 Inhibitor

A Phase II Open Label, Umbrella Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Fulvestrant Plus DNA Damage Repair Inhibitors in Hormone Receptor-positive Advanced Breast Cancer After a CDK4/6 Inhibitor

Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Fulvestrant Plus DNA Damage Repair Inhibitors After a CDK4/6 Inhibitor (NCT05536128) is a Phase 2 interventional studying Advanced Breast Cancer, sponsored by Seoul National University Hospital. RECRUITING as of the most recent ClinicalTrials.gov update. Talk to your doctor before contacting the trial site.

Important: This information is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

About This Trial

Protocol Title: A Phase II open label, umbrella study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Fulvestrant plus DNA damage repair inhibitors in hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer after a CDK4/6 inhibitor

What Stage of Research Is This?

Phase 2 trials evaluate whether a treatment actually works against Advanced Breast Cancer and continue monitoring side effects. Phase 2 enrolls larger groups (typically 100–300 patients) and produces the first real efficacy signal. A successful Phase 2 readout is what unlocks the much larger Phase 3 confirmatory trials needed for FDA approval.

This trial is currently recruiting participants. The sponsor has registered the study with ClinicalTrials.gov as actively enrolling, which means new applicants who meet the eligibility criteria can be considered for screening. Trial status can change between updates — confirm current recruiting status with the study contact before traveling for a screening visit.

Target enrollment of 64 participants puts this in the typical range for a Phase 2-style efficacy study or a moderate Phase 3 trial in a focused Advanced Breast Cancer subpopulation. At this scale, the study has enough statistical power to detect a clear treatment effect but is not the largest cohort in the field.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

1.1 Inclusion criteria Patients are eligible to be included in the study only if all of the following inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria apply: willing to sign a consent form 1. Capable of giving signed willing to sign a consent form which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the willing to sign a consent form form (ICF) and in this protocol. 2. Provision of signed and dated, written willing to sign a consent form form prior to any mandatory study specific procedures, sampling, and analyses. Age 3. Subject must be 19 years of age or older at the time of signing the willing to sign a consent form form. Type of patient and disease characteristics 4. Patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic or inoperable breast cancer 5. Disease progression following treatment with endocrine therapy(ies) and CDK4/6 inhibitor 6. Patients must have normal organ and bone marrow function measured within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment as defined below - blood count (hemoglobin) at least 10.0 g/dL. Red blood cell/plasma transfusion is not permitted within 2 week prior to screening assessment. - Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration is not permitted within 1 week prior to screening assessment. - Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L. Platelet transfusion is not permitted within 1 week prior to screening assessment. - Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) if no liver metastases; or ≤ 3 × ULN in the presence of documented Gilbert's syndrome (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) or liver metastases at baseline. - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT)) / Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (Serum Glutamic Pyruvate Transaminase (SGPT)) ≤ 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless liver metastases are present in which case they must be ≤ 5x ULN ...See full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

These are translations of the protocol\'s inclusion and exclusion criteria, simplified for patients and caregivers. The original clinical text appears below. Eligibility is ultimately confirmed by the trial site\'s screening process — this summary is a starting point for a conversation with your doctor, not a final determination.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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1.1 Inclusion criteria Patients are eligible to be included in the study only if all of the following inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria apply: Informed consent 1. Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol. 2. Provision of signed and dated, written informed consent form prior to any mandatory study specific procedures, sampling, and analyses. Age 3. Subject must be 19 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent form. Type of patient and disease characteristics 4. Patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic or inoperable breast cancer 5. Disease progression following treatment with endocrine therapy(ies) and CDK4/6 inhibitor 6. Patients must have normal organ and bone marrow function measured within 28 days prior to administration of study treatment as defined below * Hemoglobin ≥ 10.0 g/dL. Red blood cell/plasma transfusion is not permitted within 2 week prior to screening assessment. * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor administration is not permitted within 1 week prior to screening assessment. * Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L. Platelet transfusion is not permitted within 1 week prior to screening assessment. * Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) if no liver metastases; or ≤ 3 × ULN in the presence of documented Gilbert's syndrome (unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia) or liver metastases at baseline. * Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT)) / Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (Serum Glutamic Pyruvate Transaminase (SGPT)) ≤ 2.5 x institutional upper limit of normal unless liver metastases are present in which case they must be ≤ 5x ULN * Patients must have creatinine clearance estimated of ≥51 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault equation or based on a 24 hour urine test : Estimated creatinine clearance = (140-age \[years\]) x weight (kg) (x F)a serum creatinine (mg/dL) x 72 a where F=0.85 for females and F=1 for males. 7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1. 8. Patients must have a life expectancy ≥ 16 weeks. 9. At least one lesion (measurable and/or non-measurable) that can be accurately assessed at baseline by CT or MRI and is suitable for repeated assessment. Reproduction 10. Postmenopausal or evidence of non-childbearing status for women of childbearing potential. Postmenopausal is defined as: * Amenorrhoeic for 1 year or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments * Luteinizing hormone (LH) and Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in the postmenopausal range for women under 50 * radiation-induced oophorectomy with last menses \>1 year ago * chemotherapy-induced menopause with \>1 year interval since last menses * surgical sterilisation (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy) OR Pre/peri-menopausal, ie, not meeting the criteria for being post-menopausal. * Pre-/peri-menopausal women can be enrolled if amenable to be treated with monthly LHRH agonists (goserelin or leuprorelin). Participants must have concomitant treatment with LHRH agonists (goserelin or leuprorelin) - which must have been started 3 weeks before Cycle 1 Day 1 - and must be willing to continue on it for the duration of the study. 11. Negative pregnancy test (urine and/or serum) for women of childbearing potential within 28 days of study treatment and confirmed prior to treatment on day 1. 12. Male patients must use a condom during treatment and for 3 months after the last dose of olaparib when having sexual intercourse with a pregnant woman or with a woman of childbearing potential. Female partners of male patients should also use a highly effective form of contraception if they are of childbearing potential Specific criteria for each cohort 13. \<For cohort A\> Patients with known germline or somatic mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2 14. \<For cohort B\> Patients with known somatic mutations of BRCA1, BRCA2, or other DDR genes (including ATM(ataxia telangiectasia mutated), ATR, BRIP1, PALB2, CHEK1, CHEK2, FANC family, RAD51 family, etc.) Patients with alteration in other DDR genes can be discussed with the principal investigator at the molecular tumour board. 1.2 Exclusion criteria Medical conditions 1. As judged by the investigator, any evidence of condition or illness which in the investigator's opinion makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the trial. 2. Other malignancy unless curatively treated with no evidence of disease for ≥5 years except: adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in situ cancer of the cervix, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), Stage 1, grade 1 endometrial carcinoma. 3. Resting ECG indicating uncontrolled, potentially reversible cardiac conditions, as judged by the investigator (eg., unstable ischemia, uncontrolled symptomatic arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, QTcF prolongation \>500 ms, electrolyte disturbances, etc.), or patients with congenital long QT syndrome. 4. Persistent toxicities (\>Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE) v5.0 grade 2) caused by previous cancer therapy, excluding alopecia grade 2. 5. Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukaemia or with features suggestive of MDS(myelodysplastic syndrome)/AML(Acute Myelogenous Leukemia ) 6. Patients with symptomatic uncontrolled brain metastases. A scan to confirm the absence of brain metastases is not required. The patient can receive a stable dose of corticosteroids (up to 10 mg prednisone/day or equivalent) before and during the study as long as these were started at least 4 weeks prior to treatment. Patients with spinal cord compression unless considered to have received definitive treatment for this and evidence of clinically stable disease for 28 days. 7. Patients considered a poor medical risk due to a serious, uncontrolled medical disorder, non-malignant systemic disease or active, uncontrolled infection. Examples include, but are not limited to, uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia, recent (within 3 months) myocardial infarction, uncontrolled major seizure disorder, unstable spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, extensive interstitial bilateral lung disease on High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) scan or any psychiatric disorder that prohibits obtaining informed consent. 8. Patients unable to swallow orally administered medication and patients with gastrointestinal disorders likely to interfere with absorption of the study medication. 9. Immunocompromised patients, e.g., patients who are known to be serologically positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 10. Patients with known active hepatitis (i.e. Hepatitis B or C). * Active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is defined by a positive HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) and positive titer for HBV DNA.result. Patients with a past or resolved HBV infection (defined as the presence of hepatitis B core antibody and absence of HBsAg or deoxyribonucleic acid \[DNA\]-negative) are eligible. * Patients positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody are eligible only if polymerase chain reaction is negative for HCV RNA. 11. Underweight populations - ≤30kg 12. History of bleeding diathesis (ie, disseminated intravascular coagulation, clotting factor deficiency) or long-term anticoagulant therapy (although patients treated with anti-platelet therapy and low dose warfarin or other anticoagulant agents such as acenocoumarol are eligible providing they have an international normalised ratio \[INR(international normalized ratio)\] of ≤1.6) Prior/concomitant therapy 13. Any previous treatment with fulvestrant, other study drugs (including olaparib or study drugs in each arms), or other investigational agents directly targeting DNA damage response. 14. Patients receiving any systemic chemotherapy or radiotherapy (except for palliative reasons) within 3 weeks prior to study treatment 15. Concomitant use of known strong CYP3A inhibitors (eg. itraconazole, telithromycin, clarithromycin, protease inhibitors boosted with ritonavir or cobicistat, indinavir, saquinavir, nelfinavir, boceprevir, telaprevir) or moderate CYP3A inhibitors (eg. ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, diltiazem, fluconazole, verapamil). The required washout period prior to starting the study treatments is 2 weeks. 16. Concomitant use of known strong (eg. phenobarbital, enzalutamide, phenytoin, rifampicin, rifabutin, rifapentine, carbamazepine, nevirapine and St John's Wort) or moderate CYP3A inducers (eg. bosentan, efavirenz, modafinil). The required washout period prior to starting the study treatments is 5 weeks for enzalutamide or phenobarbital and 3 weeks for other agents. 17. Major surgery within 2 weeks of starting study treatment and patients must have recovered from any effects of any major surgery. 18. Previous allogenic bone marrow transplant or double umbilical cord blood transplantation (dUCBT). Prior/concurrent clinical study experience 19. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product administered in the last 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longest) 20. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to fulvestrant or any of the excipients of the product. 21. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to olaparib or study drugs in each arms, or any of the excipients of the product. Other exclusions 22. Involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the study 23. Judgment by the investigator that the patient should not participate in the study if the patient is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions and requirements. 24. Previous enrolment in the present study. 25. Breast feeding women.

Treatments Being Tested

DRUG

Olaparib

Olaparib tablet 300 mg taken orally twice daily Olaparib 500 mg on Days 1, 15, 29, and every 4 weeks thereafter The treatment will continue till disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or withdrawal of consent or another discontinuation criterion is met.

DRUG

Fulvestrant

Fulvestrant 500 mg on Days 1, 15, 29, and every 4 weeks thereafter

Locations (1)

Trial sites listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for this study. Site activation status can vary — confirm with the specific site before traveling for a screening visit.

Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea

How to Talk to Your Doctor About This Trial

Bring the printable summary of this trial — including the NCT ID (NCT05536128), the sponsor (Seoul National University Hospital), and the key eligibility criteria — to your next appointment. Your doctor can review the inclusion and exclusion criteria against your medical history, lab values, and current treatments to assess whether you are likely to qualify. They can also help you weigh whether trial participation makes sense alongside your existing care plan.

Useful questions to walk through together: What does the trial protocol require beyond standard care? How long is the active treatment phase, and how long is follow-up? Are there study visits at sites I can reach? Who pays for the trial-specific procedures, and who pays for standard-of-care portions? See our 25 questions to ask about clinical trials guide for a more complete checklist.

Authoritative Sources

The official record for this trial lives on ClinicalTrials.gov — the federal registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. For background on how this trial fits into the FDA approval pathway, see the FDA drug approval process. For oncology-specific guidance for patients considering trials, the National Cancer Institute publishes patient-oriented overviews. International trial registries are aggregated by the WHO ICTRP.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NCT05536128 clinical trial studying?

Protocol Title: A Phase II open label, umbrella study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Fulvestrant plus DNA damage repair inhibitors in hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer after a CDK4/6 inhibitor The full protocol is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov and includes the primary outcome measures, eligibility criteria, and study endpoints.

Who can participate in NCT05536128?

Eligibility for this trial depends on the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria set by the sponsor. The plain-English summary above translates the most important criteria into accessible language; the official clinical text is preserved in the collapsible section underneath. Whether you fit any specific trial is a medical decision your doctor needs to confirm — bring the trial information to your treating physician for a full review against your medical history.

How do I contact the trial site for NCT05536128?

Contact information for this trial may be available directly on the ClinicalTrials.gov record. Click "View on ClinicalTrials.gov" in the sidebar for the official source. Always discuss any potential trial with your doctor before contacting the study site.

Is participating in a clinical trial safe?

Clinical trials in the United States are regulated by the FDA and overseen by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that review the protocol for safety. Risk varies by trial — Phase 1 studies test new treatments in humans for the first time, while Phase 3 trials use treatments that have already passed earlier safety screening. The informed consent document for any specific trial details the known risks and what to expect. Discuss those risks with your physician before deciding whether to participate.

Where can I verify the data on this page?

Every detail on this page comes directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API. Click "View on ClinicalTrials.gov" in the sidebar to see the official, unmodified record. The federal record is always authoritative; this page is a structured presentation with a plain-English eligibility translation. For background on how clinical trials are regulated, see the FDA drug approval process documentation.

How This Page Is Built

Every field on this page is pulled directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 — no estimates, no proxies. The plain-English eligibility translation is generated from the original protocol text and reviewed for fidelity to the underlying clinical criteria. The original clinical text remains visible in the collapsible section above so users and clinicians can verify the translation. Read the full methodology for the data pipeline and known limitations.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 record for NCT05536128. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. Public domain. Cite as: "TrialFinderData. NCT05536128. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov."

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Last updated 2026-05-08 · Data from ClinicalTrials.gov.