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CompletedNCT02508662Updated Jul 14, 2020

Registry Study for Personalized Cancer Therapy

An observational study in Advanced Cancers and Solid Tumors, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-07-14.

Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
5
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Objectives:

Primary Objectives:

To evaluate the anti-cancer activity of commercially available, targeted anti-cancer therapies used off-label for treatment in patients with advanced solid cancer with known genomic aberrations.

Secondary Objectives:

To determine outcomes of patients who were treated with matched targeted anti-cancer therapies based on known genomic aberrations.

To obtain treatment related adverse events in patients with advanced solid tumor who were treated with off -label targeted therapies.

To determine co-genomic aberrations that may contribute to treatment response or resistance mechanisms.

To determine feasibility of detecting the genomic alterations in plasma, and the genomic evolution of circulating biomarkers.

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Study Treatment Assignment:

If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, the study doctor will review the test results in your medical records that were previously performed as part of your routine care. The results of the testing may be helpful in managing your treatment and may also help the doctor to find effective off-label use of FDA approved therapies for the type of cancer you have.

After reviewing the screening tests and the molecular test results in your medical records, the study staff and your study doctor will work together to find an off-label use for an FDA approved therapy that is best for you. You may receive a single therapy or a combination of therapies. You and the study doctor will discuss this.

The study doctor or study staff will tell you which drug(s) you will be taking, the dose of the study drug(s), and how often you should take them. You will sign a separate consent form that explains in more detail how the study drug(s) are administered and the potential benefits and side effects of taking the study drug(s).

Study Visits:

While you are receiving treatment and during follow-up, you will have your routine, standard of care clinic visits and routine tests so that the doctor may check the status of the disease to learn if the therapy chosen to treat the disease is having any effect. Information from these routine visits will be collected and stored by the study staff. The timing of these visits will depend on the type of therapy you receive.

During every cycle of therapy (about every 3-4 weeks):

  • You will have a physical exam.
  • Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.
  • If your doctor thinks it is needed, urine will be collected for routine tests.
  • If your doctor thinks it is needed, you will have an EKG to check the health of your heart.

After even numbered cycles (2, 4, 6, and so on), or more often if the doctor thinks is it needed, you will have the same imaging scan(s) which were done during Screening to check the status of the disease.

This is an investigational study.

Up to 100 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

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Conditions studied

  • Advanced Cancers
  • Solid Tumors

Keywords

  • Advanced Cancers
  • Solid Tumors
  • Genomic Mutations
  • FDA Approved Off-Label Chemotherapy
  • Refractory
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In context

Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 2,999 studies on the registry; 581 are open to participants now.

Of its 599 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 402 (67%) 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

Participants with advanced solid cancer with known genomic aberrations at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients with advanced or metastatic cancer that is refractory to standard therapy or that has relapsed after standard therapy or has no standard therapy that increases survival by at least three months.
  2. Patients with a potentially actionable genomic alteration.
  3. All prior treatment-related toxicities must be resolved to CTCAE (Version 4.0) \< or = Grade 2 (except alopecia) at the time of screening.
  4. Patients willing to sign informed consent.
  5. Patients under the age of 18 years old are allowed as long as the safety profile of the drug is established in the pediatric population.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical disorder, psychiatric disorder, or other conditions that could interfere with subject's safety, obtaining informed consent or compliance to the study procedures, in the opinion of the Investigator.
  2. Have a known immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reaction or idiosyncrasy to drugs chemically related to planned treatment drug.
  3. Rapidly progressing leptomeningeal or brain metastases or spinal cord compression.
  4. Clinical trial (including targeted and/or non-targeted) other than registry study is available; patient is willing and eligible to enroll in such trial.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
5 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Advanced Cancer (Refractory) with Genomic Mutation

    Participants with advanced cancer who have exhausted standard treatment option and have no potential clinical trial available, and who have potentially actionable alterations on genomic profiling.

    Other: Review of Screening Tests and Molecular Test Results

Interventions

  • OtherReview of Screening Tests and Molecular Test Results

    Review of screening tests and molecular test results in participant's medical records. Study staff and study doctor work together to find an off-label use for an FDA approved therapy that is best for participant.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Tumor Response

    Evaluation of tumor: the same imaging technique used during the initial evaluation or more sophisticated studies performed once after 2 cycles. Patients with measurable disease assessed by standard RECIST (Version 1.1).

    Time frame: 8 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 14, 2020, 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
NCT02508662
Lead sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 27, 2015
Start date
Jul 21, 2015
Primary completion
Jul 10, 2020
Completion
Jul 10, 2020
Last update
Jul 14, 2020

Study contacts

Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD
principal investigator · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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