The purpose of this clinical study is to confirm the utility of chemosensitivity tumor testing on cancer stem cells (ChemoID) as a predictor of clinical response in poor prognosis malignant brain tumors such as recurrent glioblastoma (GBM).
This study is designed as a parallel group randomized controlled clinical trial to determine if recurrent Glioblastoma (GBM) patients treated with drugs predicted by the ChemoID assay will have better outcomes than patients treated with standard-of-care control therapy chosen by the Physician. Upon obtaining informed consent, all eligible participants affected by recurrent GBM will have a tumor biopsy to undergo ChemoID drug response testing with multiple FDA-approved chemotherapeutic agents. Eligible participants will be randomized to a standard treatment arm with control treatment (chemotherapy chosen by the Physician from a provided list), or to a study arm of FDA-approved drugs selected by the ChemoID drug response assay.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
78
The ChemoID test is a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited drug response assay performed by a hospital clinical pathology laboratory that uses a patient's live tumor cells to indicate which chemotherapy agent (or combinations) will kill not only bulk of tumor cells, but importantly the cancer stem cells (CSCs) that are known to cause cancer to recur. During the assay, cancer stem cells and bulk tumor cells from an individual patient are exposed to FDA-approved chemotherapy drugs. The test measures the cytotoxic effect of actual doses of standard-of-care chemotherapies. The ChemoID drug response assay reports a prioritized list of effective and ineffective chemotherapies. The test is designed to target cancer stem cells to mitigate tumor relapse.
Chemotherapies chosen by Physician or ChemoID assay are in the same list of FDA approved drugs to treat recurrent high-grade glioma
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, California, United States
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Median Overall Survival (OS)
Overall survival (OS) in recurrent GBM patients who have had a ChemoID assay-guided treatment compared to standard therapy chosen by the physician.
Time frame: 36 months
Median Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Median Progression Free Survival in recurrent GBM patients who have had a ChemoID assay-guided treatment compared to standard therapy chosen by the physician.
Time frame: 36 months
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