Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-25 @ 5:04 AM
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2025-12-25 @ 5:04 AM
NCT ID:
NCT05401318
Brief Summary:
In this study, the investigators will establish a reliable method and logistic pipeline for personalized drug testing ex vivo using fresh tumor samples from colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. With this, the investigators aim to develop a novel predictive biomarker of immunotherapy response, by testing combinations of chemotherapies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Critically, this affects a large subgroup of patients currently not considered to benefit from such treatment. To support the hypothesis, the project will make use of cutting-edge, cell-based functional diagnostics. Individual patients' cancer cells will be screened against a panel of chemotherapies and targeted therapies including CAR T cells, to assess the optimal combination of therapies to induce immunotherapy efficacy in otherwise unresponsive CRC.
Detailed Description:
Primary hypothesis: Drug screening of patient-derived organoids is a feasible method to identify effective and ineffective therapies for personalized colorectal cancer treatment.
Secondary hypothesis: Pre-treatment with cytotoxic agents can induce cellular immunotherapy efficacy against solid tumors in a colorectal cancer patient-derived organoid model.
Primary objective: To provide methodology and competencies for a clinical trial on drug screening on patient-derived organoids as an approach in personalized cancer treatment.
Secondary objective: To explore induction of cellular immunotherapy efficacy in colorectal cancer patient-derived organoids by chemotherapy or targeted agents.
Study:
NCT05401318
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT05401318