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Evaluation of Talazoparib, a PARP Inhibitor, in Patients With Somatic BRCA Mutant Metastatic Breast Cancer: Genotyping Based Clinical Trial

Is NCT03990896 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (May 2026). This Phase 2 trial studies Talazoparib for breast cancer.

Phase 2RecruitingMassachusetts General HospitalNCT03990896Data as of May 2026

Treatment: TalazoparibThis research is to evaluate the effectiveness of Talazoparib as a potential treatment for metastatic breast cancer with a BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 mutation.

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Cancer type

Breast Carcinoma

Biomarker criteria

Required: BRCA1 deleterious mutation

deleterious somatic BRCA 1 or 2 mutations detectable by cell-free circulating tumor DNA, by CLIA certified clinical assay

Required: BRCA2 deleterious mutation

deleterious somatic BRCA 1 or 2 mutations detectable by cell-free circulating tumor DNA, by CLIA certified clinical assay

Disease stage

Metastatic disease required

Metastatic breast cancer

Performance status

ECOG 0–2(Ambulatory, capable of self-care)

Prior therapy

Must have received: chemotherapy — metastatic

disease progression on at least one prior chemotherapy regimen in the metastatic setting

Must have received: endocrine therapy — metastatic

disease progression on at least one prior endocrine therapy in the metastatic setting or be considered inappropriate for endocrine therapy

Cannot have received: PARP inhibitor

Patients must not have received prior treatment with a PARP inhibitor

Cannot have received: platinum-based chemotherapy

Exception: patient must not have progressed while on platinum treatment (any setting), or within 6 months after end of treatment (neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant)

Patients may have received prior platinum based chemotherapy (0-1 prior platinum based therapy). However, the patient must not have progressed while on platinum treatment (any setting), or within 6 months after end of treatment (neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant).

Lab requirements

Blood counts

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1,500 /mcL; Platelets ≥100,000 / mcL; Hemoglobin ≥9 g/dL or ≥5.6 mmol/L without transfusion or EPO dependency (within 7 days of assessment)

Kidney function

Serum creatinine OR Measured or calculated creatinine clearance (GFR can also be used in place of creatinine or CrCl) ≤1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) OR ≥60 mL/min for subject with creatinine levels > 1.5 X institutional ULN

Liver function

Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 X institutional ULN OR Direct bilirubin ≤ institutional ULN for subjects with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 ULN; AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X institutional ULN OR ≤ 5 X institutional ULN for subjects with liver metastases

Adequate organ function as defined in Table 1 within 10 days prior to treatment initiation.

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US trial sites

  • UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay/Benioff Children's Hospital · San Francisco, California
  • Emory University Winship Cancer Institute · Atlanta, Georgia
  • Northwestern University · Chicago, Illinois
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center · Boston, Massachusetts
  • Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, New York

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