AFT and Natera launch phase III breast cancer MRD-guided therapy trial

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Alliance Foundation Trials and Natera Announce AFT-70 NAVIGATE: a Global, Randomized, Phase III Trial Evaluating Genentech’s Oral Selective Estrogen Receptor Degrader (SERD) with Signatera™ MRD-Gu

October 5, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Trial will use Nateras ultrasensitive MRD test, Signatera Genome with Phased and Structural Variants, paired with giredestrant monotherapy, Genentechs investigational oral SERD, aiming to spare patients unnecessary CDK4/6 inhibitor exposure and associated toxicities

BOSTON & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC (AFT), a national leader in conducting innovative, practice-changing cancer clinical trials, and Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, today announced the launch of AFT-70 NAVIGATE, a randomized phase III trial evaluating a novel molecular residual disease (MRD)-guided treatment... More