This clinical trial investigates if precision oncology may help guide treatment for patients with HER2 negative or non-amplified breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) or has come back (recurrent) and cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable). Precision oncology uses genetic information from a person’s tumor to help guide the choice of treatment. By looking at the genetic makeup of the cancer, researchers hope to give the right drug to achieve the best response from the treatment (targeted treatment). However, looking at the DNA of the cancer alone does not capture the complex biology of breast cancer and many factors may affect the growth of a cancer. Organoids are generated from a patient's breast cancer biopsy sample, and are small, live versions of a patient's cancer. Organoids retain many of the characteristics of the cancer where they came from, including its genetic composition, which makes it easier to evaluate how effective various drugs may be in treating breast cancer. Gathering biopsy samples and exposing them to multiple cancer drugs to see how well they do or do not work may help doctors in choosing a specific treatment plan that is best suited for patients with breast cancer.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT04450706.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To assess the feasibility of comprehensive genomic characterization and drug screening for metastatic breast cancer in a clinically relevant timeframe.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the time required to return genomic characterization and drug screening results to treating physicians.
II. To assess the performance and concordance of our integrated functional genomic assays (drug screen with or without genomic characterization) against commercially available assays.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. To assess the clinical efficacy of treatment decisions informed by functional genomic assays compared with treatment decisions not informed by functional genomic assays.
II. To explore the effect that drug screening and genomic results have on physician treatment selection.
OUTLINE: Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 arms.
PATIENTS: Patients undergo collection of blood and tumor samples at baseline for genome sequencing and drug screening. Patients then undergo standard of care treatment or treatment from another study. Patients may also undergo additional collection of tumor samples at the time of standard of care biopsies. Upon progression of treatment, patients may undergo a new treatment that may or may not be based on the precision oncology results. Patients may also undergo additional collection of blood samples at the start of any additional therapy and at the end of treatment. Patients' medical records are also reviewed for data collection.
PHYSICIANS: Physicians complete a survey on functional precision oncology prior to return of the precision medicine results and after reviewing the results.
Trial PhaseNo phase specified
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationHuntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah
Principal InvestigatorSaundra S. Buys