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Landmark OPTIMA Trial Delivers Practice-Changing Evidence that Veracyte’s Prosigna Test Identifies Patients with High-Risk Breast Cancer Who Can Safely Avoid Chemotherapy

$VCYTPress releaseMay 29, 2026, 3:15 PM ETRead the release

Veracyte announced positive results from the Phase III OPTIMA trial for its Prosigna breast cancer test, demonstrating that 68% of high-risk patients could safely avoid chemotherapy without compromising outcomes. The study showed 5-year cancer-free survival of 93.7% for patients omitting chemotherapy versus 94.9% for those receiving it, confirming non-inferiority in a broad population including premenopausal women and those with extensive nodal involvement.

Key figures

Drug Name
Prosigna
Phase Of Trial
Phase III
Trial patients
4429
Median follow up years
4
Patients sparing chemo pct
68%
5yr cancer free survival chemo
94.9%
5yr cancer free survival no chemo
93.7%

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