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CompletedNCT01987726Updated Oct 28, 2021

Comprehensive Gene Sequencing in Guiding Treatment Recommendations Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Solid Tumors

An observational study in Recurrent Breast Cancer, Recurrent Colon Cancer and Recurrent Rectal Cancer, sponsored by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-10-28.

Sponsored by Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
150
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This pilot clinical trial studies comprehensive gene sequencing in guiding treatment recommendations in patients with metastatic or recurrent solid tumors. Studying samples of blood and tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may improve the ability to plan treatment.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the feasibility and logistics associated with a clinical trial utilizing the Foundation Medicine Incorporated (FMI) test in an academic therapeutic setting.

II. To determine the proportion of patients who will receive a cancer-related therapy based on the results provided by the FMI test.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To explore and report estimates of progression free survival (PFS) of the regimen administered after the FMI test results are revealed and the PFS of the most recent regimen administered before the FMI test results were received.

II. To determine the feasibility of performing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) on metastatic tumor tissue.

III. To determine the feasibility of administering cancer-related drugs that are proposed by the results of NGS that are not Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved for a patient's specific cancer diagnosis.

IV. To collect and report the molecular alterations discovered by NGS of advanced breast and colorectal cancer.

V. To determine in an exploratory manner the concordance of the genomic alterations detected by the FMI test in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to the genomic alterations detected by FMI test in tumor tissues collected from the same patient.

OUTLINE:

PART I: Within 10 weeks of beginning a treatment regimen, tumor tissue samples and CTCs from patients are collected for NGS and FMI testing, respectively. Patients remain on current line of therapy until a change in treatment is warranted. The physician's treatment recommendation is documented prior to the release of the FMI results.

PART II: Physicians are furnished with FMI test results when patients become eligible for a change in therapy and new treatment recommendations are documented. Treatment is dependent on preferences of the physician, patient, and/or results of the FMI test.

After completion of study, patients are followed up for at least 18 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Recurrent Breast Cancer
  • Recurrent Colon Cancer
  • Recurrent Rectal Cancer
  • Stage IV Breast Cancer
  • Stage IVA Colon Cancer
  • Stage IVA Rectal Cancer
  • Stage IVB Colon Cancer
  • Stage IVB Rectal Cancer

Keywords

  • Solid Tumor Malignancies
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,547 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 150 is below the median of 184 across 2,643 observational studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 369 studies on the registry; 81 are open to participants now.

Of its 38 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 19 (50%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients diagnosed with recurrent or metastatic a solid tumor cancer.

Inclusion criteria

  • Are able to understand and provide written informed consent (most recent patient informed consent form) prior to initiation of any study-specific procedures
  • Patients are diagnosed with recurrent or metastatic a solid tumor cancer; the first patients to be enrolled will have a diagnosis of breast cancer (Cohort 1) or colorectal cancer (Cohort 2)
  • Patients may enter this study at any line of therapy
  • Patients must have a tumor sample available for NGS testing
  • Patients are within 10 weeks of starting their current line of therapy and enrolled before their 1st computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Have an expected survival of >= 3 months, as estimated by the treating oncologist
  • Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) of 0-2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Are pregnant or nursing women
  • Are unable to comply with requirements of the study
  • Have a serious uncontrolled intercurrent medical or psychiatric illness, including serious infection
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
150 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Observational (NGS, FMI testing)

    PART I: Within 10 weeks of beginning a treatment regimen, tumor tissue samples, Blood Collection and CTCs(Circulating tumor cell)from patients are collected for NGS and FMI testing, respectively. Patients remain on current line of therapy until a change in treatment is warranted. The physician's treatment recommendation is documented prior to the release of the FMI results. PART II: Physicians are furnished with FMI test results when patients become eligible for a change in therapy and new treatment recommendations are documented. Treatment is dependent on preferences of the physician, patient, and/or results of the FMI test.

    Other: cytology specimen collection procedure · Other: laboratory biomarker analysis

Interventions

  • Othercytology specimen collection procedure

    Undergo collection of CTCs for NGS and FMI testing, respectively.The most recent tumor sample collected from the patient with enough tissue to perform NGS testing will be selected. Tumor from a metastatic or recurrent cancer lesion is preferred but not required. Tumor collection is for standard of care purposes and thus not detailed in this protocol.For each tissue specimen, a representative H\&E stained section will be evaluated by a qualified pathologist to confirm the histopathological diagnosis of cancer and to make a quantitative estimate of the proportion of the specimen that is tumor-related cells and the proportion that is non-tumor cells.

    Also known as: cytologic sampling

  • Otherlaboratory biomarker analysis

    2 tubes of 7.5 mL blood samples each will be collected at time tumor tissue is sent to FMI and sent to Cynvenio Biosystems, Inc for CTC isolation and analysis. Patient CTCs will be recovered using Cynvenio CTC flow cell technology (Cynvenio Biosystems, Inc.) and enumerated using a combination of CD45, DAPI and cytokeratin staining.1 DNA will be isolated from CTCs and amplified using Φ-29 whole genome amplification (GE Healthcare). Sequencing to be performed by FoundationOne™ protocol.

    Also known as: Correlative studies, blood samples

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility of NGS on metastatic solid tumor tissue, in terms of number of patients screened, FMI test attempted, FMI test successful, and FMI tests results released to physicians

    Summary tables will be generated.

    Time frame: Up to 18 months

  2. Feasibility of NGS result-based non-FDA-approved treatment plan, measured by reasons for ability or inability to receive an anti-cancer agent

    Summary tables will be generated.

    Time frame: Up to 18 months

  3. Availability of recommended experimental regimens via clinical trials

    Time frame: Up to 18 months

  4. Proportion of patients who have one recommended therapy

    The proportion of patients who have one recommended therapy recommended will be assessed and compared with the proportion who have multiple options recommended. Summarized, and estimates derived along with corresponding 95% confidence intervals.

    Time frame: Up to 18 months

  5. Proportion of patients who have multiple options recommended

    The proportion of patients who have one recommended therapy recommended will be assessed and compared with the proportion who have multiple options recommended. Summarized, and estimates derived along with corresponding 95% confidence intervals.

    Time frame: Up to 18 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Presence of any oncogene or tumor suppressor gene mutations or amplifications identified by NGS on tumor tissue in each cohort

    Time frame: Up to 18 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center
    Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Adams EJ, Asad S, Reinbolt R, Collier KA, Abdel-Rasoul M, Gillespie S, Chen JL, Cherian MA, Noonan AM, Sardesai S, VanDeusen J, Wesolowski R, Williams N, Shapiro CL, Macrae ER, Pilarski R, Toland AE, Senter L, Ramaswamy B, Lee CN, Lustberg MB, Stover DG. Metastatic breast cancer patient perceptions of somatic tumor genomic testing. BMC Cancer. 2020 May 6;20(1):389. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-06905-2. PubMed 32375690 ↗

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Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 28, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01987726
Lead sponsor
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Collaborators
Foundation Medicine
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 19, 2013
Start date
Sep 3, 2013
Primary completion
Jun 10, 2021
Completion
Jun 28, 2021
Last update
Oct 28, 2021

Study contacts

Maryam Lustberg, MD
principal investigator · Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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