An observational study in Colorectal Cancer and PDAC - Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, sponsored by Luxembourg Institute of Health. Recruiting at 1 site in Luxembourg. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-15.
Sponsored by Luxembourg Institute of Health · Observational
The ColoPan study evaluates the scientific validity, reproducibility, and predictive performance of the Personalised Functional Profiling (PFP) platform in colorectal cancer and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients. It combines genomic sequencing with in vitro functional drug testing using patient-derived spheroids/organoids.
The ColoPan study aims to evaluate the scientific validity, reproducibility, and predictive performance of the Personalised Functional Profiling (PFP) platform in colorectal cancer (CRC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients. The approach combines genomic sequencing with in vitro functional drug testing using patient-derived spheroids/organoids (PDSOs). The study aims to generate robust evidence that could inform the design of future interventional trials and contribute to the broader goal of refining personalised oncology strategies. The current protocol focuses on the new enrolment of PDAC participants, while data generated from prospective enrolment or biospecimens collected under the ethically approved SOCS study will be used under a secondary use agreement. The study aims to assess the scientific validity and predictive performance of the PFP platform in precision oncology research for CRC and PDAC, determining whether drug sensitivity profiles correlate with actual patient outcomes. The study also explores the feasibility of implementing PFP workflows in research settings and their potential for future integration into clinical trial design.
6,541 studies on the registry are indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms; 1,667 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 188 is below the median of 250 across 1,440 observational studies indexed under Colorectal Neoplasms.
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This study targets patients undergoing surgery or biopsy at Hôpital Robert Schuman (HRS) in Luxembourg.
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Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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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.
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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.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis B tests
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis C tests
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
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Participants are included while scheduled for biopsy or surgery of their colorectal cancer.
Other: Personalized Functional Profiling
Participants are included while scheduled for biopsy or surgery of their cancer.
Other: Personalized Functional Profiling
This is an observational study where biological samples are collected to provide Personalized Functional Profiling, an integrated strategy that combines genomic analysis with direct drug response assessments using patient-derived spheroids/organoids (PDSOs)
PFP platform's predictive performance
Degree of concordance between drug sensitivity profiles generated by the PFP platform and actual clinical responses observed in patients with CRC and PDAC treated with Standard of Care therapies.
Time frame: 0-5 years
Assessment of the exploratory value of PFP-derived functional profiles
Correlation between the ex vivo drug sensitivity data and observed clinical outcomes
Time frame: 0-5 years
Feasibility and Operational Evaluation of the PFP Platform
Take-on rate of patient samples-defined as the percentage of collected samples that successfully led to PDSO generation and subsequent drug screening.
Time frame: 0-5 years
Plan to share: Yes — The participant will be proposed to signed a secondary use notice. For the participants who agreed, samples and data will be open for sharing to other researchers in collaboration.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form
Time frame: Data will be made available for collaboration after publication
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Started Sep 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2029, 36 months after the start.
Of 528 non-industry observational studies under Colorectal Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 56 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 27 and three quarters within 132. This study's planned 36 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 645 studies reached it within 51 months; a quarter within 27 and three quarters within 104.
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