Are you living with brain or leptomeningeal metastasis from breast cancer? You are not alone.

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CLINICAL TRIALS

NEW Featured Clinical Trials

*MBCBrainMets.org is currently featuring clinical trials led by our

Medical Advisory Board. Not every clinical trial is a good match for every patient, but there are many ongoing and new clinical trials for patients living with MBC Brain Mets and Leptomeningeal Disease. We hope you find it a helpful way to learn about one of the trials currently recruiting patients.

Dato-Base Trial

Watch the video below to hear Dr. Paolo Tarantino, medical oncologist and advanced research fellow in the Breast Oncology Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, discuss the DATO-Base trial.

This clinical trial is trying to determine if the administration of a novel antibody-drug conjugate, that selectively delivers a highly potent chemotherapy to tumor cells, will result in meaningful clinical activity for treating breast cancer that has spread to the brain or to the leptomeninges. The trial enrolls patients that have HER2-negative breast cancer (the most common subtype), which includes both triple-negative tumors and hormone receptor positive tumors. It is a single-arm trial, meaning that all patients on the trial will receive the study drug, named daptopotamab deruxtecan (or Dato-Dxd) across the U.S. in the summer of 2024.

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REMASTer: Recurrent Brain Metastases After SRS Trial

Watch the video below to hear Dr. Peter Fecci, neurosurgeon at Duke University Medical center, discuss the REMASTer Trial.

The REMASTer clinical trial is designed to evaluate the optimal timing and uses of laser interstitial thermal therapy for brain metastases. Laser interstitial thermal therapy, or “LITT” for short, is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that uses heat from a laser fiber to ablate and kill lesions within the brain. Currently, the trial is open at both Duke and Wake Forest Universities in North Carolina, but it is anticipated to open up more widely across the U.S. in the summer of 2024.

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Find a Trial that's Right for you


Below you will find the first and only clinical trial search tool designed specifically for patients with brain metastasis or leptomeningeal disease from breast cancer. To view examples of ongoing clinical trials for Stage IV MBC Brain Mets, visit our Find a Clinical Trial page.

THE EXPERT CORNER

NEW Expert Video

Dr. Jonathan Yang- Radiation Therapy for Leptomeningeal Disease

Dr. Jonathan Yang is an Associate Professor in the University of Washington’s School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Yang has a special interest in the management of solid tumor leptomeningeal metastasis where he is focused on developing effective radiation approaches and elucidating the unique biological process in the central nervous system after radiation therapy.

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PATIENT CORNER

Would you like to Share your Story?

We want to hear from YOU!


We have two different opportunities for you to share your story: blog and video. Your patient voice and story matters. Sharing your story can provide hope and inspiration to others diagnosed or undergoing treatment.

Patient Blog


Would you like to write about your story? For questions or to submit your blog, please email mbcbrainmets@gmail.com for guidance.


No patient should have to go through MBC Brain Mets alone. Read some of our patient stories which are vulnerable, honest, and poignant.

Read Patient Stories Here

Patient Video


If you are interested in creating a video, please email mbcbrainmets@gmail.com for guidance.


Take a look at the videos from patients living with brain metastasis who share their experiences of receiving a brain metastasis diagnosis, participating in a clinical trial, and undergoing treatments like a craniotomy, whole brain radiation, and others.

Watch Patient Stories Here

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Support Group

Breast Cancer Brain Mets (BCBM) Support Group

This is a Zoom Support Group meeting twice a month from 3:00-4:30 ET. The group is for women of all ages who have been diagnosed with brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease from breast cancer. Please join us to find hope, support and information from others living with this disease. 


Registration is required for new participants.

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