It will be investigated whether it is possible to predict the effect or lack of effect of first-line treatment by analysing cancer cells from the individual patient receiving standard first line treatment. Also, the feasibility of selecting second-line therapy based on pre-treatment biopsies will be investigated. Cells from pancreatic cancer will be grown in the laboratory to form small, circulating tumors and adjacent tissue, so called tumoroids. The tumoroids will then be exposed to different pre-specified anticancer drugs to hopefully reveal sensitivity or lack of sensitivity in the specific patient.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
12
Tumoroid formation and drug sensitivity analysis
Second line treatment based on drug sensitivity analysis
Departmen of Oncology, Vejle Hospital
Vejle, Denmark
Predictive value of in-vitro testing
Predictive value is defined as the ability to correctly predict response or resistance to first-line chemotherapy
Time frame: 2 months
Feasibility of selecting second-line therapy based on pre-treatment biopsies as measured by treatment response (RESIST 1.1 criteria)
Time frame: Every 2 months during treatment up to 180 days
Feasibility of selecting second-line therapy based on pre-treatment biopsies as measured by progression free survival (PFS)
Time frame: Every 2 months up to 12 months
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