Projects

Here you will find an overview of the group's ongoing projects.

The DBCG RT Natural Trial

Partial Breast Versus no Irradiation for Women >=60 Years Operated With Breast Conservation for an Early Breast Cancer: a Clinically Controlled Randomized Phase III Trial.

  • Project leaders: Vidar Flote and Kristin Reinertsen

AXSANA

AXillary Surgery after NeoAdjuvant treatment.

  • Project leader: Ellen Schlichting

SERENA-4

A Comparative Study of AZD9833 Plus Palbociclib Versus Anastrozole Plus Palbociclib in Patients With ER-Positive HER2 Negative Breast Cancer Who Have Not Received Any Systemic Treatment for Advanced Disease.

  • Project leader: Anna Sætersdal

DESTINYBreast12

An Open-Label, Multinational, Multicenter, Phase 3b/4 Study of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Patients With or Without Baseline Brain Metastasis With Previously Treated Advanced/Metastatic HER2 Positive Breast Cancer.

  • Project leader: Olav Engebråten

NAPEER+

NeoAdjuvant Personalized therapy in Estrogen Receptor positive (+) breast cancer.

  • Project leader: Olav Engebråten

Improved breast cancer therapy

Improved breast cancer therapy (I-BCT-1) in the neoadjuvant and metastatic setting: A phase 2 clinical trial protocol studying biological rationale for the optimal selection of treatment regimens.

  • Project leader: Olav Engebråten

The Prospective Study

Late effects after treatment for breast cancer and lymphoma.

  • Project leaders: Cecilie Kiserud and Kristin Reinertsen

POSITIVE

A study evaluating the pregnancy outcomes and safety of interrupting endocrine therapy for young women with endocrine responsive cancer who desire pregnancy.

  • Project leader: Anna Sætersdal

ALICE

A randomized placebo-controlled phase II study evaluating atezolizumab combined with immunogenic chemotherapy in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

  • Project leader: Jon Amund Kyte

ICON

A randomized phase IIb study evaluating immunogenic chemotherapy combined with ipilimumab and nivolumab in patients with luminal B breast cancer.

  • Project leader: Jon Amund Kyte

EMIT1

Establishment of Molecular profiling for Individual clinical routine Treatment decision in Early Breast Cancer.

  • Project leader: Bjørn Naume

OPTIMA/EMIT2

Optimal Personalised Treatment of early breast cancer using Multi-parameter Analysis.

  • Project leader: Bjørn Naume

SERENA-6

A Phase III, Double-blind, Randomised Study to Assess Switching to AZD9833 (a Next Generation, Oral SERD) + CDK4/6 Inhibitors (Palbociclib or Abemaciclib) vs Continuing NSAI + CDK4/6 Inhibitors in HR+/HER2- MBC Patients with Detectable ESR1 Mutation Without Clinical or Radiological Progression During 1L Treatment with NSAI + CDK4/6 Inhibitor A ctDNA Guided Early Switch Study.

  • Project leader: Trygve Lofterød

TAORMINA

Treatment of Oligometastatic breast cancer – a randomized phase-3 trial comparing stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and systemic treatment with systemic treatment alone as 1. line treatment.

  • Project leader: Vidar Flote
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