Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Julia K. Rotow, MD
Tumor genotyping has become an essential biomarker for the care of advanced lung cancer and melanoma, and is currently used to identify patients for treatment with targeted kinase inhibitors like erlotinib and vemurafenib. However, tumor genotyping can be slow and cumbersome, and is limited by availability of tumor biopsy tissue for testing. The aim of this study is to prospectively evaluate a blood-based genotyping tool that can quantify the presence of oncogenic mutations (EGFR, KRAS, BRAF) in patients with lung cancer and melanoma. This assay is being studied both as a diagnostic tool for classifying patient genotype, and a serial measurement tool for quantification of response and progression on therapy.
NSCLC
Melanoma
Study Type : | OBSERVATIONAL |
Estimated Enrollment : | 840 participants |
Official Title : | A Prospective Study of Plasma Genotyping as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Genotype-directed Cancer Care |
Actual Study Start Date : | 2014-07-03 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | 2026-12 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | 2026-12 |
Information not available for Arms and Intervention/treatment
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | ALL |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: |
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RECRUITING
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215