Ontario-wide Cancer TArgeted Nucleic Acid Evaluation

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (7) locations...
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Substantial progress has been made in the treatment of cancer through the use of targeted therapies, but what works for one patient might not work for another patient. Certain drugs are now being developed that target specific molecules in the body that are believed to be part of the disease. Biomarkers are specific characteristics of the cancer that may help provide prognostic information (e.g. how well patients will be regardless of the treatments given) or help predict sensitivity or resistance to a specific treatment. The study will collect archival tumor samples (previously collected biopsy or surgical tumor samples) to provide biomarker data about a patient's cancer, which may help their physicians to identify which clinical trials of new drug treatments may be most appropriate for the patient in the future and may also guide the use of approved treatments that may potentially benefit the patient. Another goal of this study is to develop a province-wide registry of targeted gene sequencing testing results that will be made available to cancer researchers. Additional tumour tissue and blood samples collected from all study participants will also be stored in a biobank at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research for future research. The study will also look at linking data from this study to other health care databases to further collect information about the health care the patients received, including medical tests, clinic visits, or procedures both before and after participating in this study. Having more information about patient health to relate to the DNA sequences may provide new insights into cancer and its treatment.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Patients with histological confirmation of advanced solid tumor malignancies who are candidates for systemic therapy.

• All patients must have sufficient FFPE archived tumor tissue for molecular profiling.

• Patient must be ≥ 18 years old.

• Patient's ECOG performance status equal to 0 or 1.

• All patients must have a life expectancy of \> 6 months.

• All patients must have adequate organ functions.

• All patients must have signed and dated an informed consent form.

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
Juravinski Cancer Centre
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Hamilton
Kingston General Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Kingston
London Health Sciences Centre
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
London
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
RECRUITING
Ottawa
Mount Sinai Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Toronto
Princess Margaret Hospital
RECRUITING
Toronto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Toronto
Contact Information
Primary
Samanta Del Rossi
samanta.delrossi@uhn.ca
416-946-4501
Time Frame
Start Date: 2016-08
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-08
Participants
Target number of participants: 10000
Treatments
Advanced cancer
Patients with advanced, incurable solid tumors receiving standard palliative treatment(s) will have archival tumor specimens requested and used for targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) testing. Blood samples and additional archival tumor specimens will be collected for banking and future research purposes.
Sponsors
Leads: University Health Network, Toronto
Collaborators: Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov