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The dream and reality of histology agnostic cancer clinical trials

Lacombea, Denis; Burocka, Susen; Bogaertsa, Jan; Schoeffskib, Patrick; Golfinopoulosa, Vassilis; Stupp, Roger (2014). The dream and reality of histology agnostic cancer clinical trials. Molecular Oncology, 8(6):1057-1063.

Abstract

Emerging technologies and progress in data processing allowed for new insights on gene expression, genomics and epigenomics, and mechanisms of cancer genesis and progression. The development of new therapeutic strategies should therefore be triggered by the understanding of the underlying biology through sophisticated clinical trials. Therefore, the methodology and the design of cancer clinical trials as well as the methods of their implementation are under profound changes. Targeting specific pathways has open the hope of a more focused and personalized medicine which has the potential to bring more efficient and tailored treatments to patients. It has been questioned therefore whether clinical trials traditionally designed for specific tumor types could not re-visited towards trials gathering patients based on molecular features rather than pure pathology criteria. The complexity of the cancer biology being the result of so many different interactive mechanisms whether driving or not the process of cancer cells is an additional level of complexity to approach more inclusive clinical trial access. Nevertheless, a number of innovative solutions to address biological challenges across histologies have been initiated and the question of whether histology agnostic trials could be conceived is a logical next question. This paper questions the advantages and the limits of clinical trials performed across tumor types bearing similar selected molecular features and looks further into the feasibility of such histology agnostic trials.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Oncology and Hematology
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Molecular Medicine
Life Sciences > Genetics
Health Sciences > Oncology
Life Sciences > Cancer Research
Uncontrolled Keywords:Molecular Medicine, Genetics, Cancer Research, General Medicine
Language:English
Date:17 June 2014
Deposited On:11 Feb 2015 09:32
Last Modified:13 Oct 2024 01:37
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1574-7891
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.06.002
PubMed ID:25349876

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