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Elacestrant

  • Prescription medicine
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Elacestrant does in the body

1 )] , with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy.

From the FDA-approved label: Elacestrant is an estrogen receptor antagonist that binds to estrogen receptor-alpha (ERα). In ER-positive (ER+) HER2-negative (HER2-) breast cancer cells, elacestrant inhibited 17β-estradiol mediated cell proliferation at concentrations inducing degradation of ERα protein mediated through proteasomal pathway. Elacestrant demonstrated in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity including in ER+ HER2- breast cancer models resistant to fulvestrant and cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors and those harboring estrogen receptor 1 gene ( ESR1 ) mutations.

Why people take it. ORSERDU is indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)‑negative, ESR1 -mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer, as detected by an FDA-authorized test [see Dosage and Administration ( 2.1 )] , with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · FM6A2627A8 · read 2026-08-29

  • Its recorded molecular formula is C30H38N2O2·2HCL.

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-30

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 153 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Biomarker

A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.

Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.

What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.

A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.

Placebo

A placebo is a dummy treatment given so the real one can be compared with it.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A placebo is like a blank control in an experiment.

Where that stops being true. A blank does nothing. People given a placebo often do get better.

What people get wrong. A placebo effect is read as imaginary. The improvement is measured and real.

An inactive intervention matched in appearance to the test intervention, used to control for non-specific effects.

Comparator

A comparator is whatever the treatment was measured against.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like the other runner in a race.

Where that stops being true. A race has one winner. A study can show both arms improved.

What people get wrong. Results are read without asking what the other group got. Beating nothing is not beating a treatment.

The control condition against which the experimental intervention is assessed.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Invasive Breast Cancer-Free Survival (IBCFS)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06492616
How many people
4220
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

5-year invasive disease-free survival (iDFS)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07242352
How many people
1520
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Progression-free Survival in ESR1-mut Participants

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03778931
How many people
478
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of Participants with DLTs Observed During the First Cycle

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05563220
How many people
435
Study design
Phase 1/Phase 2
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Patients remaining on active surveillance at 7 months

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06075953
How many people
400
Study design
Phase 2
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Phase 1a: Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06120283
How many people
399
Study design
Phase 1
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event Evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.4 registered measures of this kind. 3 written-up studies measured this and did not show a benefit.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health No evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.No registered study measures this.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals No evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.No animal record is stored.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

  • distant metastasis free survival
  • progression free survival
  • progression free survival 1 among in step 2
  • invasive breast cancer free survival

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (15)
  • dose limiting toxicities
  • phase 1b part of the study any adverse events
  • complete cell cycle arrest
  • phase 1b rp2d
  • dlts observed during the first cycle
  • recommended clinical for combination therapy
  • objective response rate
  • phase 2
  • remaining on active surveillance at 7 months
  • phase 1a number of adverse events and serious adverse events
  • phase 1b objective response rate
  • adverse event rate
  • occurrence of treatment related adverse events
  • recommended phase ii dose
  • progression free

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How long anything takes

Nine different lengths of time that get confused with each other. None of them is worked out from another.

  1. Before anything is noticed. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  2. Before a test result moves. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  3. Before performance moves. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  4. How long the result was watched. No finished study window is recorded for a study that tested this substance.

  5. How long people took it. How long people actually took it is not stored. The study window is not the same thing.

  6. How long people were followed. Follow-up length is not stored separately. It is never read off the study window, which would be a different thing.

  7. How fast the body clears it. 30 to 50 hours hours

    Read from the label, which states: “Elimination The elimination half-life of elacestrant is 30 to 50 hours.”

  8. How long effects linger. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  9. Beyond the studies. Nothing is recorded about the long term.

    The longest finished study sets the edge of what anyone measured.

A study window is not how long people took it, and neither is how long they were followed. Where RNAWiki holds only one of the three, it shows one.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • ORSERDU is indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)‑negative, ESR1 -mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer, as detected by an FDA-authorized test [see Dosage and Administration ( 2.1 )], with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine therapy.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “The safety and effectiveness of ORSERDU in pediatric patients have not been established.”

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “Of 237 patients who received ORSERDU in the EMERALD trial, 43% were 65 years of age or older and 17% were 75 years of age or older.”

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Risk Summary Based on findings in animals and its mechanism of action, ORSERDU can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman [see Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.1 )] .”

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Risk Summary There are no data on the presence of elacestrant in human milk, its effects on milk production, or the breastfed child.”

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced liver function, the label states: “Avoid use of ORSERDU in patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C).”

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Suppression classes recorded: S3.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as tablet, tablet, film coated, given by the oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Reports sent to a regulator

  • These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction.
  • Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing.
  • The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete.
  • News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report.
  • A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Elacestrant appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 486 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (10)
  • disease progression — 296 reaction mentions
  • nausea — 81 reaction mentions
  • hospice care — 22 reaction mentions
  • hospitalisation — 16 reaction mentions
  • drug intolerance — 15 reaction mentions
  • dyspepsia — 12 reaction mentions
  • dysphagia — 12 reaction mentions
  • tumour marker increased — 12 reaction mentions
  • malignant neoplasm progression — 11 reaction mentions
  • illness — 9 reaction mentions
  • open-targets-adr · recorded 2026-06-24 · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 4 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 4 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 11014-0667 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as tablet, film coated, taken oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 11014-0667 · read 2026-08-29

  • The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is breast cancer resistance protein inhibitors [moa], estrogen receptor antagonist [epc] and estrogen receptor antagonists [moa].

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 11014-0667 · read 2026-08-29

  • 1 published label names it as an active ingredient. 1 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-29

  • ORSERDU is oral at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS Tablets: Elacestrant 345 mg (equivalent to 400 mg elacestrant hydrochloride) and 86 mg (equivalent to 100 mg elacestrant hydrochloride): 345 mg: light blue, unscored, oval film-coated biconv…, recorded as fda label in effect 2026-06-24 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · read 2026-08-30

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

Self-experiment planning is not offered for a prescription or clinician-supervised medicine. The questions below are for a clinician or pharmacist.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Elacestrant studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How much did people take in the studies?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. A result belongs to an amount. Without the amount the result floats free.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Elacestrant are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
FM6A2627A8
RxNorm concept
2628478

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Quoted from a stored source.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

    Suppression classes recorded: S3.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

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What the approval register records

  • 1 approved application covers products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA217639, approved 20230127 to STEMLINE THERAP.

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    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA217639 · read 2026-08-29

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    FDA National Drug Code directory · 11014-0667 · read 2026-08-29

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What did Elacestrant's largest trial (4220 people) and its longest (13 years) measure?


4220 people in Elacestrant's largest registered study, 13 years in its longest registered window, measuring Percent Change in Frequency of Hot Flashes Over Time. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

24 phase2, 14 phase1, 5 phase3, 2 na or unstated, 1 early phase1; NCT07198724; 2038-06-01; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2026, NCT05963997.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Elacestrant was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • phase2
    24
  • phase1
    14
  • phase3
    5
  • na or unstated
    2
  • early phase1
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT05963997
    2026-03-06

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Elacestrant was tested only in human — what did it show?


human: mechanism-only (37): the rungs where Elacestrant has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Percent Change in Frequency of Hot Flashes Over Time — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse Rat Dog Non-human primate Human mechanism-only
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  • human NCT00875420
    mechanism-only; Percent Change in Frequency of Hot Flashes Over Time; 37

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

4 of Elacestrant's trials stopped: accrual/recruitment, sponsor decision unspecified, other?


accrual/recruitment (1), sponsor decision unspecified (2) and other (1): Elacestrant's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Sponsor's Decision"; 4 of 37 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT02653417
    terminated; "Sponsor's Decision"
  • NCT04791384
    terminated; "Study was terminated due to delayed recruitment."
  • NCT05618613
    terminated; "Sponsor decision to discontinue onapristone development."
  • NCT06938711
    withdrawn; "Change in corporate strategy."

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Elacestrant's half-life is 30 to 50 hours — which schedules were studied?


30 to 50 hours, the half-life Elacestrant's label states. openfda-label · aa66ae5c-2bd2-4444-8178-b55651e054ef · 2026-08-30

bioavailability 10% %.

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  • half life
    30 to 50 hours hours; Elimination The elimination half-life of elacestrant is 30 to 50 hours.
  • bioavailability
    10% %; The elacestrant oral bioavailability is approximately 10%.
  • metabolism
    Metabolism Elacestrant is primarily metabolized by CYP3A4 and to a lesser extent by CYP2A6 and CYP2C9.

recorded 2026-08-30 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of adverse event rate, complete cell cycle arrest and distant metastasis free survival did Elacestrant's trials measure?


adverse event rate, complete cell cycle arrest and distant metastasis free survival lead 19 outcome terms across Elacestrant's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

phase 1b rp2d, distant metastasis free survival, dlts observed during the first cycle, progression free survival, recommended clinical for combination therapy and objective response rate follow.

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  • dose limiting toxicities
    1
  • phase 1b part of the study any adverse events
    1
  • complete cell cycle arrest
    1
  • phase 1b rp2d
    1
  • distant metastasis free survival
    1
  • dlts observed during the first cycle
    1
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  • progression free survival
    1
  • recommended clinical for combination therapy
    1
  • objective response rate
    1
  • progression free survival 1 among in step 2
    1
  • phase 2
    1
  • remaining on active surveillance at 7 months
    1
  • phase 1a number of adverse events and serious adverse events
    1
  • phase 1b objective response rate
    1
  • invasive breast cancer free survival
    1
  • adverse event rate
    1
  • occurrence of treatment related adverse events
    1
  • recommended phase ii dose
    1
  • progression free
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Elacestrant's 26 ongoing trials reports first?


26 registered trials of Elacestrant are open; earliest completion 2026-12. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Phase 1b: RP2D; Distant metastasis free survival (DMFS); latest 2038-06-01

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Trial

  • NCT05386108
    "Study of Abemaciclib and Elacestrant in Participants With Brain Metastasis Due to ER+/HER-2- Breast Cancer"; n 73; "Phase 1b: RP2D"; 2026-12
  • NCT05512364
    "Elacestrant for Treating ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer Patients With ctDNA Relapse (TREAT ctDNA)"; n 220; "Distant metastasis free survival (DMFS)"; 2035-11-01
  • NCT05563220
    "Open-Label Umbrella Study To Evaluate Safety And Efficacy Of Elacestrant In Various Combination In Participants With Metastatic Breast Cancer"; n 435; "Number of Participants with DLTs Observed During the First Cycle"; 2028-12-28
  • NCT05573126
    "Phase 1/2 Study to Evaluate EP0062 as Monotherapy and in Combination in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic AR+/HER-2-/ER+ Breast Cancer"; n 95; "Incidence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) during Cycle 1 of EP0062 treatment"; 2028-02
  • NCT05596409
    "ELACESTRANT in Women and Men With CDK4/6 Inhibitor-Naive Estrogen Receptor Positive, HER-2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Study"; n 61; "Progression-free survival (PFS)"; 2027-11
  • NCT05826964
    "Levels of Circulating Tumor DNA as a Predictive Marker for Early Switch in Treatment for Patients With Metastatic (Stage IV) Breast Cancer"; n 24; "Progression-Free Survival 1 (PFS1) Among Participants in Step 2"; 2029-07-31
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT05982093
    "Elacestrant With/Without Triptorelin in Premenopausal Women With Luminal Breast Cancer"; n 96; "To evaluate the biological activity of elacestrant with or without OFS in premenopausal women with ER+/HER2- operable EBC"; 2026-12
  • NCT06075953
    "DCIS: RECAST Trial Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Re-Evaluating Conditions for Active Surveillance Suitability as Treatment"; n 400; "Patients remaining on active surveillance at 7 months"; 2033-11
  • NCT06120283
    "BGB-43395 Alone or as Part of Combination Therapies in Participants With Breast Cancer and Other Advanced Solid Tumors"; n 433; "Phase 1a: Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)"; 2029-12
  • NCT06382948
    "Elacestrant + Everolimus in Patients ER+/HER2-, ESR1mut, Advanced Breast Cancer Progressing to ET and CDK4/6i."; n 300; "To demonstrate superiority of elacestrant+everolimus vs. elacestrant+placebo in prolonging PFS based on a BIRC in patients with ER[+]/HER2[-], ESR1-mutated, ABC that have previously received ET+CDK4/6i (all patients)."; 2028-04
  • NCT06492616
    "A Study of Elacestrant Versus Standard Endocrine Therapy in Women and Men With ER+,HER2-, Early Breast Cancer With High Risk of Recurrence"; n 4220; "Invasive Breast Cancer-Free Survival (IBCFS)"; 2032-10
  • NCT06638307
    "A First-in-Human Study of MEN2312 in Adults With Advanced Breast Cancer"; n 240; "Number of Participants Experiencing Dose-limiting Toxicity When Administered MEN2312"; 2029-10-23
  • NCT06691035
    "Immunologic Targeting of ESR1 Receptor for Hormone Receptor Expressing Metastatic Breast Cancer"; n 18; "Rate of Successful Completion"; 2027-11
  • NCT06923527
    "Circulating Tumor DNA"; n 50; "Assessing Elacestrant's Impact on ctDNA Clearance in ER+HER2- Breast Cancer Patients"; 2027-09
  • NCT07005882
    "Hormonal Receptor (HR)-Positive HER2 Negative Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Preoperative ELacestrant and PULSAR Radiotherapy"; n 21; "Safety of Elacestrant combined with PULSAR radiation therapy in preoperative setting"; 2028-03-01
  • NCT07159451
    "A Short-term Preoperative, Evaluating Activity and Safety of Elacestrant Monotherapy as Compared to Elacestrant + Ovarian Function Suppression (LHRH Agonist) in Premenopausal Patients With Stage I-II ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer"; n 140; "To determine if 4 weeks of elacestrant monotherapy determines a non-inferior anti-proliferative effect, measured by Ki67, in comparison to elacestrant with leuprorelin in premenopausal patients with ER-positive/HER2- operable invasive BC."; 2027-05-29
  • NCT07198724
    "ERADICATE: A Phase Ib/II Study of Elacestrant Plus Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Patients With CDK4/6 Inhibitor and Endocrine-resistant HR+/HER2-low or HER2-ultralow Metastatic Breast Cancer"; n 65; "Recommended phase II dose (RP2D)"; 2038-06-01
  • NCT07209449
    "A Study of Elacestrant Alone or in Combination With Abemaciclib in People With Endometrial Cancer"; n 75; "objective response rate"; 2028-10-01
  • NCT07222215
    "PhII Randomized CAPecitabine + ELAcestrant vs. Capecitabine Alone in ER+ Breast Cancer (CAPELA)"; n 297; "Progression Free Survival (PFS) in ESR1 mutant population"; 2030-10-01
  • NCT07242352
    "Marker - Adjusted Therapy Comparing Adjuvant Elacestrant With Standard Endocrine Treatment in Genomically and/or Clinically High-risk ER+/HER2- eBC"; n 1520; "5-year invasive disease-free survival (iDFS)"; 2033-09-30

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which running trial of Elacestrant could settle lifespan?


NCT05596409 measures Progression-free survival (PFS), reading out 2027-11.

9 open trials; n 61; "ELACESTRANT in Women and Men With CDK4/6 Inhibitor-Naive Estrogen Receptor Positive, HER-2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Study"

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Trial

  • NCT05596409
    "ELACESTRANT in Women and Men With CDK4/6 Inhibitor-Naive Estrogen Receptor Positive, HER-2 Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Study"; n 61; "Progression-free survival (PFS)"; 2027-11
  • NCT07766018
    "A Phase 2 Bridging Study of Elacestrant Monotherapy in Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer"; n 70; "Progression-free Survival as Assessed by the Imaging Review Committee"; 2028-10
  • NCT05826964
    "Levels of Circulating Tumor DNA as a Predictive Marker for Early Switch in Treatment for Patients With Metastatic (Stage IV) Breast Cancer"; n 24; "Progression-Free Survival 1 (PFS1) Among Participants in Step 2"; 2029-07-31
  • NCT07612215
    "Elacestrant in Advanced Triple Positive Breast Cancer"; n 50; "Median progression-free survival"; 2030-05
  • NCT07222215
    "PhII Randomized CAPecitabine + ELAcestrant vs. Capecitabine Alone in ER+ Breast Cancer (CAPELA)"; n 297; "Progression Free Survival (PFS) in ESR1 mutant population"; 2030-10-01
  • NCT07753954
    "Medical Imaging to Re-evaluate Elacestrant Clinical Usage"; n 160; "Progression-free survival in participants with ESR1-mut-nd"; 2031-08-19
3 further recorded trials
  • NCT06492616
    "A Study of Elacestrant Versus Standard Endocrine Therapy in Women and Men With ER+,HER2-, Early Breast Cancer With High Risk of Recurrence"; n 4220; "Invasive Breast Cancer-Free Survival (IBCFS)"; 2032-10
  • NCT07242352
    "Marker - Adjusted Therapy Comparing Adjuvant Elacestrant With Standard Endocrine Treatment in Genomically and/or Clinically High-risk ER+/HER2- eBC"; n 1520; "5-year invasive disease-free survival (iDFS)"; 2033-09-30
  • NCT05512364
    "Elacestrant for Treating ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer Patients With ctDNA Relapse (TREAT ctDNA)"; n 220; "Distant metastasis free survival (DMFS)"; 2035-11-01

Which 3 trials of Elacestrant posted no result?


Posted no result
3 of 3 completed trials
Registrations
NCT02650817, NCT02338349 and NCT04797728
Completion dates
oldest 2019-10-18; newest 2022-02-25
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Trial

  • NCT02650817
    2019-10-18
  • NCT02338349
    2020-04
  • NCT04797728
    2022-02-25

At the median, Elacestrant's trials enrolled 75 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
75
Largest enrolment
4220
Registered trials counted
37

What do 486 spontaneous reports say about Elacestrant — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Elacestrant appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 10 most-reported reaction terms, 486 reaction mentions were counted: disease progression 296; nausea 81; hospice care 22; hospitalisation 16. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL4297509 · 2026-06-24

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  • disease progression
    296
  • nausea
    81
  • hospice care
    22
  • hospitalisation
    16
  • drug intolerance
    15
  • dyspepsia
    12
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  • dysphagia
    12
  • tumour marker increased
    12
  • malignant neoplasm progression
    11
  • illness
    9

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Elacestrant and CYP2A6, CYP2C9 and CYP1A2: shared by which compounds?


CYP2A6, CYP2C9 and CYP1A2 appear in Elacestrant's recorded interaction sentences, 8 in all. openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-08-30

Interpretation pharmacokinetics

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  • CYP1A2 pharmacokinetics
    Elacestrant is not an inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, or CYP3A.

CYP2A6

  • pharmacokinetics
    Metabolism Elacestrant is primarily metabolized by CYP3A4 and to a lesser extent by CYP2A6 and CYP2C9.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Elacestrant is not an inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, or CYP3A.
  • CYP2B6 pharmacokinetics
    Elacestrant is not an inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, or CYP3A.
  • CYP2C19 pharmacokinetics
    Elacestrant is not an inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, or CYP3A.

CYP2C9

  • pharmacokinetics
    Metabolism Elacestrant is primarily metabolized by CYP3A4 and to a lesser extent by CYP2A6 and CYP2C9.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Elacestrant is not an inducer of CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, or CYP3A.
  • CYP3A4 pharmacokinetics
    Metabolism Elacestrant is primarily metabolized by CYP3A4 and to a lesser extent by CYP2A6 and CYP2C9.

recorded 2026-08-30 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Elacestrant and mTOR?


"Elacestrant has the potential to become an ET backbone for combinations to inhibit the PI3K/AKT/mTOR-pathway with everolimus as a promising all-oral treatment." — where Elacestrant and mTOR appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-08-24

mTOR; PMID 42635598

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  • mTOR PMID 42635598
    "Elacestrant has the potential to become an ET backbone for combinations to inhibit the PI3K/AKT/mTOR-pathway with everolimus as a promising all-oral treatment."

recorded 2026-08-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL4297509
PubChem CID
23642301
CAS number
722533-56-4
RxCUI
2628478
InChIKey
SIFNOOUKXBRGGB-AREMUKBSSA-N
Development code
ER-306323, RAD-1901, RAD-1901 DIHYDROCHLORIDE, RAD1901 DIHYDROCHLORIDE
Also called
Rad1901, ELACESTRANT HYDROCHLORIDE, Elacestrant dihydrochloride, Orserdu, Elacestrant dihydrochloride [MI], Elacestrant dihydrochloride [USAN], Elacestrant dihydrochloride [WHO-DD]
Salt form
RAD1901 hydrochloride
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