This pilot clinical trial studies patients' genomic sequencing in determining specific treatments, also called Precision Medicine, in patients with cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic) and/or cannot be removed by surgery. Examining the genetic code of a patient's tumor, a mutation (a change in the deoxyribonucleic acid \[DNA\] sequence of a cell or gene) may be identified and matched with available treatment that targets the mutated gene or an alternative treatment that may provide benefit for the patient with the mutation identified. Precision medicine may impacts patient's response to treatment by targeting specific mutations and may increase survival and improve quality of life.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the feasibility of implementing a Precision Oncology protocol in the treatment of patients who undergo genomic sequencing. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine treatment response rates in patients who receive targeted treatment versus those who do not receive targeted treatment. II. To assess survival in patients who receive targeted treatment versus those who do not receive targeted treatment. III. To assess changes in patient-reported outcomes in patients who receive targeted treatment versus those who do not receive targeted treatment. IV. To perform exploratory statistical genetic and bioinformatics analyses using the data derived from the genomic sequencing to catalogue additional important variants and determine whether there are any patterns or associations among patient level risk factors, their outcomes and genomic information that was not identified by the original genomic sequencing analyses. OUTLINE: Patients receive treatment based on the results of their genomic sequencing analyses. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 2 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
110
Correlative studies
Ancillary studies
Receive treatment based on genomic sequencing
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Feasibility in terms of the ability to monitoring patient outcomes across separate treatment protocols and study teams.
Typical patient outcome measures will necessarily vary by disease, so survival will be the overarching outcome measure.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Proportion of patients enrolled on this protocol who are subsequently enrolled in a clinical trial based on the results of the genomic sequencing
Time frame: Baseline
Proportion of patients enrolled on this protocol who have a clinical trial identified for them to be enrolled in based on the results of the genomic sequencing
The observed proportion and corresponding 95% confidence intervals will be estimated.
Time frame: Baseline
Proportion of patients with an actionable mutation
Each patient enrolled will be dichotomized into either having a clinical trial identified (yes/no) that the results of their genomic sequencing suggests. The observed proportion and corresponding 95% confidence intervals will be estimated.
Time frame: Baseline
Feasibility in terms of the ability to monitoring patient adverse events across separate treatment protocols and study teams.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
Change in patient-reported symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment, as assessed by the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory
Time frame: Baseline to up to 48 weeks
Patient's perceived quality care, as assessed by 3 items adapted from Arora, et al
Time frame: Up to up to 48 weeks
Patient's satisfaction with treatment decision-making and decisional regret, as assessed by an adapted Satisfaction with Decision scale
Time frame: Up to up to 48 weeks
Self-perceived burden, as assessed by the Self-Perceived Burden Scale-Short form for measuring chronic disease patients' feelings of being a burden on their caregivers
Time frame: Up to up to 48 weeks
Survival rate in patients who receive targeted treatment versus those who do not receive targeted treatment
Kaplan Meier curves will be estimated and groups will be compared using Log-Rank tests. These analyses will be performed across all disease sites and then stratified by disease site.
Time frame: Up to 6 months
Survival rate in patients who receive targeted treatment versus those who do not receive targeted treatment
Kaplan Meier curves will be estimated and groups will be compared using Log-Rank tests. These analyses will be performed across all disease sites and then stratified by disease site.
Time frame: Up to 12 months
Treatment response rates in patients who receive targeted treatment versus those who do not receive targeted treatment
For each patient a clinical response assessment will be ascertained and compared between groups. 95% confidence intervals will be estimated for the response rates (with stable disease \[SD\], partial response \[PR\] and complete response \[CR\] pooled together) and the repeated with PR and CR pooled together.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
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