An interventional study of FoundationOne CDx and FoundationOne Liquid CDx in Rare Cancers, Cholangiocarcinoma and Cancer of Unknown Primary Site, sponsored by TargetCancer Foundation. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-26.
Sponsored by TargetCancer Foundation · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
This open label, non-randomized, multi-center, pragmatic study aims to establish whether patients with rare tumors can benefit from matched molecular therapy as dictated by their next-generation sequencing (NGS) results.
This open label, non-randomized, multi-center, pragmatic study aims to establish whether patients with rare tumors can benefit from matched molecular therapy as dictated by their next-generation sequencing (NGS) results. The study leverages a remote consent and participation approach to open enrollment to all patients with rare tumors within the United States. Traditional, site-based patient consenting and participation is also available for enrollment to the study.
Each participant will undergo comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) by Foundation Medicine Inc. (FMI) of their tumor as well as plasma circulating cell-free DNA. Plasma circulating cell-free DNA may be additionally collected for repeat CGP at various timepoints during the study.
The CGP findings will be provided by FMI directly to the treating physician and study sponsor TargetCancer Foundation (TCF), with TCF presenting cases with genomic findings to the Virtual Molecular Tumor Board (VMTB). The VMTB will analyze the findings and provide a written report to the treating physician on recommended treatments and/or relevant clinical trials; the treating physician makes all treatment decisions. The resultant treatments and treatment responses will be tracked longitudinally during the term of this study, thus linking molecularly informed treatments to specific patient outcomes.
824 studies on the registry are indexed under Cholangiocarcinoma; 287 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 50 across 623 interventional studies indexed under Cholangiocarcinoma.
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EXCLUSION CRITERIA
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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Eligible patients that present with Cholangiocarcinoma.
Diagnostic Test: FoundationOne CDx and FoundationOne Liquid CDx
Eligible patients with cancer of unknown primary site (CUP).
Diagnostic Test: FoundationOne CDx and FoundationOne Liquid CDx
Eligible patients that meet the definition of rare cancers (incidence of less than 6 per 100,000 in the United States).
Diagnostic Test: FoundationOne CDx and FoundationOne Liquid CDx
Eligible patients will have Foundation Medicine blood and tissue testing and have their results reviewed by the study's Virtual Molecular Tumor Board which, in turn, will make recommendations for treatment to treating physicians.
Also known as: FoundationOne CDx, FoundationOne Liquid CDx
Percent of participants who receive a molecularly targeted matched treatment after recommendation from the VMTB.
The primary feasibility endpoint is the percent of participants who receive a molecularly targeted matched treatment after recommendation from the VMTB. Point estimates and confidence interval estimations will be calculated for percent of participants on matched treatments.
Time frame: 2 years
Progression-free survival (PFS) among participants who received the molecularly targeted matched treatment.
The primary efficacy endpoint is the progression-free survival (PFS) among participants who received the molecularly targeted matched treatment. Kaplan-Meier estimates will be constructed for time-to-event endpoints, including progression-free survival (PFS). Cox regression analysis will be applied to model PFS by putative covariates such as performance status, type of tumor, prior lines of treatment, and whether matched treatments are received.
Time frame: 2 years
Comparison of Tumor Biomarker Profiling to Treatment Outcome.
Tumor molecular profiles will be correlated to treatment outcome, assessed by measures including the response rate, the rate of stable disease (SD)\>6 months/partial response (PR)/complete response (CR), progression-free survival (PFS), PFS ratio (comparison of the PFS used after molecular profiling to PFS on prior treatment), time to treatment failure, and overall survival. Kaplan-Meier estimates will be constructed for time-to-event endpoints, including overall survival (OS).
Time frame: 2 years
Plan to share: No
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