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Active, not recruitingNCT06065748Updated Sep 14, 2026

A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Giredestrant Compared With Fulvestrant (Plus a CDK4/6 Inhibitor), in Participants With ER-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer Resistant to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy (pionERA Breast Cancer)

A Phase 3 interventional study of Giredestrant and Fulvestrant in Estrogen Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer, sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche. Active, not recruiting at 311 sites in 37 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-14.

Sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,050
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 16 studies testing giredestrant in Breast Neoplasms — 4 open to participants now, 12 under way, 7 of them phase 3. giredestrant · Breast Neoplasms.

Planned enrollment
3rd of 16
1,050 · median 302
Started
2023
with 1 other
Phase 3
7 of 16
2 open now
Primary completion
2028-04
later than 7 of 11 live
Registered
12th of 16
by date
Lead sponsor
8 of 16
Hoffmann-La Roche

Among the 16 studies testing giredestrant in Breast Neoplasms, this one is the 3rd largest by planned enrollment, is one of 2 that started in 2023, is one of 7 in phase 3, reaches primary completion later than 7 of the 11 other live ones, and was the 12th registered.

Breast Neoplasms

14,825 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 3,319 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

4 of the 16 studies testing giredestrant in Breast Neoplasms are open now, in 8 countries. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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About giredestrant

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Who these studies take

Of the 2,400 Breast Neoplasms studies recruiting now, 1,572 (66%) set no upper age limit and 591 (25%) stop at 75 or younger; 103 take children under 18; 214 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is a Phase III, randomized, open-label multicenter study that will evaluate the efficacy and safety of giredestrant compared with fulvestrant, both in combination with the investigator's choice of a CDK4/6 inhibitor (palbociclib, ribociclib or abemaciclib), in participants with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) advanced breast cancer who have developed resistance to adjuvant endocrine therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Estrogen Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • oral Selective Estrogen Receptor Degrader (SERD)
  • CDK4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i)
  • ESR1 mutation
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Locally advanced or adenocarcinoma of the breast, not amenable to treatment with curative intent
  • Documented estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), -negative (HER2-) tumor assessed locally on the most recent tumor (or an archived tumor sample if a recent tumor sample is not available for testing)
  • Confirmed ESR1 mutation status (ESR1m versus ESR1nmd) in baseline circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) through central laboratory testing
  • Resistance to prior endocrine therapy (ET), which is defined as having with prior standard adjuvant ET, on-treatment after >/=12 months or off-treatment within 12 months of completion. Prior use of adjuvant CDK4/6i is allowed (if relapse occurred >/=12 months since completion).
  • No prior systemic anti-cancer therapy for advanced disease
  • as defined per v.1.1 or non-measurable (including bone-only) disease
  • Performance Status (ECOG PS) 0-1
  • For pre/perimenopausal women and for men: willing to undergo and maintain treatment with approved LHRH agonist therapy (as per local guidelines) for the duration of study treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior systemic therapy (e.g., prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or biologic therapy) for locally advanced unresectable or breast cancer
  • Prior treatment with another SERD (e.g., fulvestrant, oral SERDs) or novel ER-targeting agents
  • Advanced, symptomatic, visceral spread that is at risk of life-threatening complications in the short term
  • Active cardiac disease or history of cardiac dysfunction
  • history of liver disease
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

HER2

HER2 is a protein, made from the ERBB2 gene, that drives the growth of some cancers. A study may look for a level of the protein, extra copies of the gene, or a particular change in it.

In breast cancer, protein tests are read as HER2-positive, HER2-low or HER2-negative; other cancers use their own rules. Check which test result the study requires.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

Adjuvant and neoadjuvant

Neoadjuvant treatment is given before the main treatment (usually surgery), often to shrink a tumour. Adjuvant treatment is given after it, to lower the chance of the cancer coming back.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1,050 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Giredestrant + Investigator's Choice of CDK4/6i

    Participants in the experimental arm will receive giredestrant plus the investigator's choice of CDK4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i): palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib.

    Drug: Giredestrant · Drug: Abemaciclib · Drug: Palbociclib · Drug: Ribociclib · Drug: LHRH Agonist · Diagnostic Test: FoundationOne Liquid CDx Assay (F1LCDx)

  • Active comparator
    Fulvestrant + Investigator's Choice of CDK4/6i

    Participants in the control arm will receive fulvestrant plus the investigator's choice of CDK4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i): palbociclib, ribociclib, or abemaciclib.

    Drug: Fulvestrant · Drug: Abemaciclib · Drug: Palbociclib · Drug: Ribociclib · Drug: LHRH Agonist · Diagnostic Test: FoundationOne Liquid CDx Assay (F1LCDx)

Interventions

  • Giredestrant 30 milligrams (mg) orally (PO) once a day (QD) on Days 1-28 of each 28-day cycle until progressive disease (PD) or unacceptable toxicity.

    Also known as: RO7197597, RG6171, GDC-9545

  • Fulvestrant 500 mg intramuscularly (IM) on Days 1 and 15 of Cycle 1 and on Day 1 of each subsequent 28-day cycle until PD or unacceptable toxicity.

  • If chosen by the investigator as the CDK4/6i, participants will receive abemaciclib 150 mg PO twice per day (BID) on Days 1-28 of each 28-day cycle until PD or unacceptable toxicity.

  • If chosen by the investigator as the CDK4/6i, participants will receive palbociclib 125 mg PO QD on Days 1-21 of each 28-day cycle until PD or unacceptable toxicity.

  • If chosen by the investigator as the CDK4/6i, participants will receive ribociclib 600 mg PO QD on Days 1-21 of each 28-day cycle until PD or unacceptable toxicity.

  • Only pre/perimenopausal female participants and male participants will receive a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist locally approved for use in breast cancer on Day 1 of each 28-day treatment cycle.

  • Diagnostic testFoundationOne Liquid CDx Assay (F1LCDx)

    F1LCDx is a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based in vitro diagnostic test that detects and analyses genomic alterations in circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) isolated from plasma derived from the anti-coagulated peripheral whole blood of cancer patients. It will be used to determine the eligibility of participants requiring confirmation of ESR1 mutation status (mutation detected \[ESR1m\] vs. no mutation detected \[ESR1nmd\]).

    Also known as: F1LCDx

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in the ESR1 mutation (ESR1m) Subgroup

    PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the first occurrence of PD, as determined by the investigator according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST v1.1), or death from any cause during the study.

    Time frame: From randomization to first occurrence of progressive disease (PD) or death (up to 5 years)

  2. PFS in the Full Analysis Set (FAS) Population

    Time frame: From randomization to first occurrence of PD or death (up to 5 years)

Secondary outcomes

  1. PFS in the ESR1 no-mutation-detected (ESR1nmd) Subgroup

    Time frame: From randomization to first occurrence of PD or death (up to 5 years)

  2. Overall Survival (OS)

    OS is defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause. It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until death from any cause (up to 5 years)

  3. Confirmed Objective Response Rate (cORR)

    The cORR is defined as the percentage of participants with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) on two consecutive occasions at least 4 weeks apart, as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1. It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until treatment discontinuation (up to 5 years)

  4. Duration of Response (DOR)

    DOR is defined as the time from the first occurrence of a documented objective response to PD, as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1, or death from any cause (whichever occurs first). It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From the first occurrence of a documented objective response to PD or death (up to 5 years)

  5. Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)

    The CBR is defined as the percentage of participants with stable disease for at least (≥)24 weeks or a CR or PR, as determined by the investigator according to RECIST v1.1. It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until treatment discontinuation (up to 5 years)

  6. Time to Chemotherapy

    Time to chemotherapy is defined as the time from randomization until the start date of the first chemotherapy or death from any cause (whichever occurs first). It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until the start of chemotherapy or death (up to 5 years)

  7. Time to Confirmed Deterioration (TTCD) in Pain Severity

    TTCD in pain severity is defined as the time from randomization to the first documentation of ≥2-point increase from baseline on the "worst pain" item score of the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (BPI-SF). It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until end of follow-up (up to 5 years)

  8. TTCD in Pain Presence and Interference

    TTCD in pain presence and interference is defined as the time from randomization to the first documentation of ≥10-point increase in pain score, as determined using the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) questionnaire. It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until end of follow-up (up to 5 years)

  9. TTCD in Physical Functioning

    TTCD in physical functioning (PF) is defined as the time from randomization to the first documentation of ≥10-point decrease in PF score, as determined using the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire. It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until end of follow-up (up to 5 years)

  10. TTCD in Role Functioning

    TTCD in role functioning (RF) is defined as the time from randomization to the first documentation of ≥10-point decrease in RF score, as determined using the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire. It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until end of follow-up (up to 5 years)

  11. TTCD in Global Health Status/Quality of Life

    TTCD in in Global Health Status/Quality of Life (GHS/QoL) is defined as the time from randomization to the first documentation of ≥10-point decrease in GHS/QoL score, as determined using the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire. It will be analyzed in the FAS and in the ESR1m and ESR1nmd subgroups.

    Time frame: From randomization until end of follow-up (up to 5 years)

  12. Incidence and Severity of Adverse Events

    Incidence will be reported as the number of participants with at least one adverse event, with severity determined according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 5 (NCI CTCAE v5.0).

    Time frame: From Baseline until 28 days after the final dose of study treatment (up to 5 years)

  13. Number of Participants with Vital Sign Abnormalities Over the Course of the Study

    Vital signs include respiratory rate, pulse rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and temperature.

    Time frame: From Baseline until 28 days after the final dose of study treatment (up to 5 years)

  14. Number of Participants with Clinical Laboratory Test Abnormalities for Hematology and Biochemistry Parameters Over the Course of the Study

    Time frame: From Baseline until 28 days after the final dose of study treatment (up to 5 years)

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Study locations

311 sites

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — For eligible studies, qualified researchers may request access to individual patient level clinical data. See Roche's commitment to transparency of clinical study information here: https://go.roche.com/data_sharing

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Dec 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Apr 2028, 52 months after the start.

Of 272 industry-sponsored phase 3 interventional studies under Breast Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 40 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 28 and three quarters within 63. This study's planned 52 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 600 studies reached it within 59 months; a quarter within 36 and three quarters within 96.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 26, 2023
First posted
Oct 4, 2023
StartActual
Dec 11, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Apr 20, 2028
CompletionEst.
Feb 12, 2029
Last update
Sep 14, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 14, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06065748
Lead sponsor
Hoffmann-La Roche
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 4, 2023
Start date
Dec 11, 2023
Primary completion
Apr 20, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 12, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 14, 2026

Study contacts

Clinical Trials
study director · Hoffmann-La Roche

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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