Just-in-Time Trials
“Just-in-Time” trials are designed to be opened easily and quickly at any site where an eligible patient is identified. Learn how they work, and how they benefit both patients and investigators.
Expanded Access
Investigational drugs may be available outside of a clinical trial. Read more about the Expanded Access program.
What You Need to Know About Washout Periods
A washout period describes the length of time that someone enrolled in a trial must not receive any treatment before receiving the trial’s experimental treatment. Click to learn about why washout periods are required, as well as concerns and potential solutions.
What Are Lines of Therapy and What You Need to Know
“Lines of therapy” describes the order in which therapies are given as MBC progresses. Learn how lines of therapy are chosen and about current MBC treatment guidelines.
Giving the Right Dose of Drugs for MBC: The Patient-Centered Dosing Initiative and Project Optimus
Read about current efforts advocating for giving the right dose of MBC medications to maximize effectiveness and minimize toxicity.
MBC, Advanced Breast Cancer & Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: What’s in a Name?
Do you know what are advanced breast cancer, locally advanced breast cancer, or metastatic breast cancer in clinical trial eligibility criteria? Learn the terminologies here.
How Participants are Divided into Treatment Groups in Clinical Trials
Randomization is a part of clinical trial design that helps prevent accidental bias in the trial results. You might have specific feelings about participating in a randomized trial. Learn more about how randomization works and why it’s important.
When Should I Consider Joining a Clinical Trial?
It’s a myth that you should only join a MBC clinical trial when you have no other treatment options. Here’s why.
How to Find Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
You’ve decided to look into clinical trials as part of your treatment plan but how do you find one, and how do you know if it’s right for you?
Searching for clinical trials can be daunting, but there are resources available to help you. One way to find a trial is to talk to your healthcare team. You can also search for trials online using a clinical trial matching service, which uses information about your diagnosis entered into an online form, to find trials that fit your profile. Metastatic Trial Search (MTS), a companion to Metastatic Trial Talk, is a matching service designed specifically for people with metastatic breast cancer. MTS was developed by BreastCancerTrials.org, in collaboration with five breast cancer advocacy groups. It is available on the websites of over 20 breast cancer organizations.
To learn more about BreastCancerTrials.org, Metastatic Trial Search (MTS), and how to use a clinical trial matching service, see below.
Talking to Your Doctor
- How to Ask Your Doctor About Clinical Trials This list of resources from our October 2019 issue of Metastatic Trial Talk has tips on what to ask your doctor about clinical trials.
Searching Online
- Metastatic Trial Search Provides personalized clinical trial matching based on your specific MBC diagnosis. Ability to filter on location, clinical trial phases, types (e.g. targeted therapy, immunotherapy), genomic mutations, and more.
- BreastCancerTrials.org Enables you to browse all breast cancer clinical trials, as well as match to trials using diagnosis and treatment history information. BCT is for all stages of breast cancer, including MBC.
- The Storm Riders Developed by patient advocate Christine Hodgdon for finding MBC trials, this list includes all trials that are enrolling patients with any type of solid tumor.
- How Do I Find a Clinical Trial That’s Right for Me? The American Cancer Society explains how to search for trials, what clinical trial matching services are, how they work, and things to consider when choosing which service to use.
- Steps to Find a Clinical Trial The National Cancer Institute put together this step-by-step guide to help you find clinical trials on your own. It has useful information on what you’ll need, details to look for, and questions to ask along the way.
Introduction to MBC Clinical Trials
The idea of finding and participating in a clinical trial can seem daunting. We are here to help. Read here about clinical trials, how they work, why they are important, and how to find a trial that may be right for you.