Evaluation of the NantHealth GPS Cancer Test in Patients With Advanced Cancers

NCT ID: NCT03073473

Last Updated: 2018-07-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-02-28

Study Completion Date

2018-06-13

Brief Summary

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Among patients with advanced (metastatic) cancers, detailed characterizations of the tumor utilizing genomic and proteonomic techniques may help guide treatment. It, however, remains unclear if these new diagnostic technologies truly influence clinical and economic outcomes. This study will evaluate if patients treated according to the results of the NantHealth GPS Cancer test achieve optimal outcomes compared to patients whose treatment are discordant with GPS Cancer recommendations.

Detailed Description

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Personalized Medicine approaches to cancer management require detailed diagnostic evaluations. Broad genomic profiling,using whole genome (DNA) and whole transcriptome(RNA) sequencing platforms,holds the promise of identifying tumor related mutations that are amenable to targeted therapies, with the potential for improved clinical outcomes and lower toxicities compared to traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy. Proteomic approaches may add additional insights into treatment selection by identifying protein biomarkers known to induce drug resistance or indicate drug sensitivity for chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. The full value of these approaches has not been realized in routine clinical cancer care.

GPS Cancerâ„¢ is a comprehensive test available through NantHealth. GPS Cancer which integrates whole genome (DNA) sequencing, whole transcriptome (RNA) sequencing, and quantitative proteomics through mass spectrometry, provides oncologists with a comprehensive molecular profile of a patient's cancer to inform personalized treatment strategies. GPS Cancer testing is conducted in CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratories.

Hypothesis:

1\. The addition of proteomics to next generation sequencing (NGS) via the NantHealthGPS Cancer test and the incorporation of whole genome sequencing will identify treatment algorithms with increased likelihood of successful clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancers.

Study Design(summary):

1. The patient population will consist of 160 total individuals with tumor tissue available for NantHealth GPS Cancer testing: (1) pancreatic cancer patients ineligible for curative surgery, (2) metastatic breast cancer, (3) advanced stage (non-resectable/metastatic/incurable) lung cancer, (4) metastatic non-resectable malignant melanoma, (4) metastatic colon cancer not amenable to curative therapy, and (5) metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer.
2. The treating oncologists will declare any planned treatment strategies before the testing results are obtained.These plans will be compared retrospectively with the actual treatment plans delivered to the patient to determine the "change rate".
3. The executive steering committee will review the NantHealthGPS Cancer reports and compare the results against the actual delivered therapy. Patients will be segregated into cohorts of "GPS treatment concordant" and "GPS treatment discordant".
4. A cohort of patients with similar diseases(matched via the COTA Nodal Address system) will be drawn at a ratio of 3 to 1 from the COTA database.
5. The time on chosen therapy (time to treatment failure) will be calculated for the cohort of patients with "GPS treatment concordant", "GPS treatment discordant", and "matched controls". The times will be compared using standard statistical analyses.
6. The total cost of care for the three treatment cohorts will also be compared.
7. Subjects must possess medical insurance coverage from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey in order to participate. A maximum of 160 patient samples will be tested.

Conditions

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Pancreatic Cancer Metastatic Breast Cancer Metastatic Lung Cancer Metastatic Colon Cancer Metastatic Melanoma Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Concordant with GPS Cancer Test

Patients with advanced cancer who undergo GPS Cancer testing whose therapy matches the recommendations from the NantHealth GPS Cancer Test.

NantHealth GPS Cancer Test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Quantitative targeted proteonomics detected by mass spectrometry with whole genome (DNA) and whole transcriptome (RNA) sequencing.

Discordant with GPS Cancer Test

Patients with advanced cancer who undergo GPS Cancer testing whose therapy does not match the recommendations from the NantHealth GPS Cancer Test.

NantHealth GPS Cancer Test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Quantitative targeted proteonomics detected by mass spectrometry with whole genome (DNA) and whole transcriptome (RNA) sequencing.

CNA controls without testing

Retrospective patients in the COTA database matched by similar characteristics (CNA matched).

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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NantHealth GPS Cancer Test

Quantitative targeted proteonomics detected by mass spectrometry with whole genome (DNA) and whole transcriptome (RNA) sequencing.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Pancreatic cancer patients ineligible for curative surgery at time of entry will be eligible for enrollment.
* Metastatic breast cancer at any time in their treatment history will be eligible for enrollment.
* Advanced stage (non-resectable/metastatic/incurable) lung cancer patients will be eligible for enrollment.
* Metastatic colon cancer patients not amenable to curative therapy will be eligible for enrollment.
* Metastatic non-resectable malignant melanoma patients will be eligible for enrollment.

NantHealth GPS Cancer in Advanced Cancers

* Metastatic hormone refractory prostate cancer patients will be eligible for enrollment. Patients must have tumor tissue available prior to the initiation of the current line of treatment available for GPS Cancer testing.
* Metastatic bladder cancer
* Non-resectable metastatic Renal carcinoma
* Non-resectable metastatic Head and Neck cancer
* Metastatic Ovarian cancer
* Metastatic Cervical cancer
* Metastatic Sarcoma
* Patients must sign informed consent for this study.
* Patients must have private medical insurance coverage through Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. This is limited to insured commercial members, including HMO, and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, members of self-insured customers or Medicare or Medicaid programs.

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnancy.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Blue Cross Blue Shield

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

NantHealth Inc.

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cota Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Deena Atieh Graham, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hackensack Meridian Health System

Locations

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RCCA - Central Jersey Division

East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Freehold Division

Freehold, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Hackensack Meridian Health System

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Hackettstown Division

Hackettstown, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Howell Division

Howell Township, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Little Silver Division

Little Silver, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Marmora Division

Marmora, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Mount Holly Division

Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Pompton Plains Division

Pompton Plains, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

RCCA - Sparta Division

Sparta, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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20170327

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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