Ex VIvo DEtermiNed Cancer Therapy
Recruiting · NCT05231655 · Observational (researchers observe without assigning treatment) · Lead sponsor: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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What this trial is about
EVIDENT's aim is to test if ex vivo drug screening can predict whether patients with solid cancers will respond, or not respond, to standard care treatments. Patients undergoing standard care surgery to excise their tumour, those undergoing a biopsy, or those having a fluid aspirate of a solid tumour with surplus tissue available after diagnostic use will be eligible for this study. The specimen will then be assessed with ex vivo drug screening utilising all standard therapies and therapies that are more novel and in early stages of development. The results of the ex vivo drug screen will be compared to the cancer's actual response to standard care treatments for those that undergo therapy to determine how effective the test is at predicting treatment response.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- \>16 years of age with a diagnosis of known or suspected solid cancer who will undergo surgery, biopsy, aspirate, or TURBT
- Willing to donate a section fresh tumour tissue from surgery, a TURBT, fluid aspirate, or biopsy surplus to diagnostic use
- Willing to donate a 9ml blood sample
- Able to give written informed consent
- Previously treated patients are eligible if:
- Present with a recurrence of a previously treated tumour. This may be a local or metastatic recurrence
- Have undergone treatment for their cancer, but fail to respond to this and progress
- Have received neoadjuvant therapy for their tumour
- Have undergone chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy and or radiotherapy for a previous tumour
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with a known diagnosis of a blood borne virus (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV). (The laboratories where experiments will be conducted do not have the safety facilities to use material containing these pathogens)
- Patients with a current positive COVID-19 infection
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom