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Table 4 List of clinical trials investigating PDTOs for functional precision testing

From: Clinical translation of patient-derived tumour organoids- bottlenecks and strategies

Gastrointestinal System

Pancreatic Cancer

 

Identifiers

Status

Stage of Cancer

Histology

Method of Tissue Acquisition

Drugs

Life Expectancy

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

1

NCT04931394

Recruiting

Early

- Pancreatic Carcinoma

- Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

- Mucinous Adenocarcinoma

- Adenosquamous Carcinoma

Surgical Resection

Gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil, Paclitaxel, Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan

 > 90 days

Complete R0 resection for pancreatic cancer with no evidence of malignant ascites, peritoneal metastases or distant metastases

Cannot tolerate targeted chemotherapy and targeted therapy

Severely Impaired Organ Function

2

NCT04931381

Recruiting

Locally advanced/ metastatic

- Pancreatic Carcinoma

- Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

- Mucinous Adenocarcinoma

- Adenosquamous Carcinoma

Core needle biopsy

Gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil, Paclitaxel, Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan

 > 90 days

Patient must have a tumour lesion that is amenable to a core needle biopsy

Cannot tolerate targeted chemotherapy and targeted therapy

Severely Impaired Organ Function

Breast Cancer

3

NCT04450706

Recruiting

Metastatic

HER2-negative Breast Cancer

Tumour Biopsy

Docetaxel, Cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, Methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil, Paclitaxel

 > 6 months

Metastatic or recurrent unresectable breast cancer:

Unable to undergo biopsy safely

Triple-negative breast cancer without prior treatment in the metastatic setting

Severely Impaired Organ Function

Willing and able to undergo a baseline biopsy. Safely undergo tumour biopsy

Diagnosis of any other malignancy within 2 years

Successful acquisition of a tissue sample containing ≥ 20% tumor content

4

NCT03544047

Unknown

2–3

Breast Cancer

Surgical Resection, Tumour Biopsy

Paclitaxel, Trastuzumab

 > 6 months

No prior treatment

Unable to obtain sufficient tumor organizer by operation or biopsy

According to the RECIST standard, the lesion was measured (the diameter of the primary lesion was greater than 1.0 cm or the short diameter of the lymph node was greater than 1.5 cm)

History of other malignancies

Metastatic lesions or primary lesions can obtain surgical tissue or adequate biopsy tissue

Severely Impaired Organ Function

5

NCT05177432

Not yet recruiting

All

Breast Cancer of any subtype

Tumour Biopsy

10–12 anti-cancer drugs

(Alpelisib, transtuzumab-emtansine and others not specified)

 > 12 weeks

• At least 1 tumour lesion (primary or metastatic) amenable to fresh biopsy

• At least 1 measurable tumour lesions based on RECIST 1.1 criteria

• Has documented progressive disease from last line of therapy

• Has received at least 1 line of palliative systemic therapy

• Male Breast Cancer

• Pregnancy

• Secondary Primary Malignancy

• Contraindication to anti-cancer therapy in drug screening panel

• Treatment within last 30 days with any other drug

Concurrent administration of other tumour therapies

 

Respiratory System

 

Lung Cancer

6

NCT05136014

Enrolling by Invitation

All

Lung Cancer

Lung Adenocarcinoma

EGFR Activating Mutation

KRAS Mutation-Related Tumors

Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Surgical Resection

Osimertinib

 > 30 days

With non small cell lung cancer of any stage undergoing surgical resection at the Nancy University Hospital

• Hepatitis

• HIV

•Pregnancy

 

Urinary System

 

Bladder Cancer

7

NCT05024734

Not yet recruiting

Early

(non muscle invasive)

intermediate risk non muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (pTa low grade)

Tumour Biopsy

Epirubicin

Mitomycin

Gemcitabine

Docetaxel

 > 24 months

• Histologically confirmed intermediate risk non muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (pTa low grade)

Patients Representative fresh tumor specimen for PDO generation and drug screen

• Known previous high grade and/or high risk non muscle-invasive bladder cancer

• Previous Intravesical biological/immuno (BCG) therapy

• Severe infection within 4 weeks prior to cycle 1, day 1

• Contraindication for frequent catheterization

Voiding dysfunction

 

Different Cancers

 

Head and Neck, Colorectal, Breast, Ovarian Cancer

8

NCT04279509

Recruiting

All

Histological or cytological diagnosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), colorectal, breast or epithelial ovarian cancer

Tumour Core Biopsy, Blood Sampling

5-fluorouracil, carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, docetaxel, doxorubicin, gemcitabine, irinotecan, oxaliplatin, paclitaxel and vinorelbine. etoposide, ifosfamide, methotrexate, pemetrexed and topotecan

 > 12 weeks

At least 1 tumour lesion (primary or metastatic) amenable to fresh biopsy

Pace of cancer progression requiring commencement of anti-cancer therapy within 4 to 6 weeks

At least 1 measurable tumour lesions based on RECIST 1.1 criteria

Severely Impaired Organ Function

Able to wait at least 4 to 6 weeks before initiating the next line of anti-cancer therapy

 

Has received at least 2 lines of palliative systemic therapy

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