The ImPreSS Trial: Pharmacogenomic Decision Making at Time of Surgery

NCT ID: NCT03729180

Last Updated: 2025-12-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1900 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-22

Study Completion Date

2027-08-22

Brief Summary

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The study is enrolling adults who are scheduled for either inpatient or outpatient elective surgical procedures at The University of Chicago.

At pre-operative visits, patients will be consented and a blood sample will be obtained for preemptive genotyping across a panel of actionable germline variants predicting drug response or toxicity risk.

Genotyping results will be delivered to participating providers as patient-specific drug-gene clinical decision support summaries using a secured Web portal, the Genomic Prescribing System (GPS).

Participating anesthesiologists and critical care and pain management physicians and associated providers from the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago will be invited to receive results for their participating patients.

There will be an initial 6- month "run-in" period of the study comprised of approximately 100 enrolled adults in which all patients will have pharmacogenomic results made available to providers. The run-in period will allow for process refinement and GPS delivery to be examined and optimized prior to the randomized phase

After the initial run-in period, patients will be randomized to one of two arms - in the pharmacogenomic arm, providers will have access to GPS and pharmacogenomic information, whereas in the control arm, providers will not have access to GPS and patient-specific pharmacogenomic information (current standard of care).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Surgery

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Pain Cohort

Patients with a post-operative pain consult will be included in a pain sub-analysis to assess pain scores, pain therapy administration, and rate of opioid-induced adverse events.

Group Type OTHER

Routine Elective Surgery- In patient or out patient elective surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participants will be undergoing routine planned surgeries.

Blood test for genetic testing

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Blood test to determine differences in genes which may affect how certain medications affect the participant. All patients will consent to collection of a blood sample for preemptive genotyping across a panel of actionable germline variants predicting drug response or toxicity risk.

Drug-genetic Profile

Intervention Type OTHER

Profile describing drugs that may be high-risk, those that should be used with caution, or drugs that are favorable to use based on the participants genes.

Pharmacogenomic (PGx) Arm [Randomization Arm 1]

All patients will undergo preemptive genotyping prior to their surgical procedure, and all patients will have pharmacogenomic results made available to providers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Routine Elective Surgery- In patient or out patient elective surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participants will be undergoing routine planned surgeries.

Blood test for genetic testing

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Blood test to determine differences in genes which may affect how certain medications affect the participant. All patients will consent to collection of a blood sample for preemptive genotyping across a panel of actionable germline variants predicting drug response or toxicity risk.

Drug-genetic Profile

Intervention Type OTHER

Profile describing drugs that may be high-risk, those that should be used with caution, or drugs that are favorable to use based on the participants genes.

Control Arm [Randomization Arm 2]

All patients will undergo preemptive genotyping prior to their surgical procedure. Pharmacogenomic test results will not be made available to providers (standard of care). Genotyping results will be released to study providers (and patients) at the 6-month unblinding timepoint for patients in the control group.

Group Type OTHER

Routine Elective Surgery- In patient or out patient elective surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participants will be undergoing routine planned surgeries.

Blood test for genetic testing

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Blood test to determine differences in genes which may affect how certain medications affect the participant. All patients will consent to collection of a blood sample for preemptive genotyping across a panel of actionable germline variants predicting drug response or toxicity risk.

Interventions

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Routine Elective Surgery- In patient or out patient elective surgery

Participants will be undergoing routine planned surgeries.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Blood test for genetic testing

Blood test to determine differences in genes which may affect how certain medications affect the participant. All patients will consent to collection of a blood sample for preemptive genotyping across a panel of actionable germline variants predicting drug response or toxicity risk.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Drug-genetic Profile

Profile describing drugs that may be high-risk, those that should be used with caution, or drugs that are favorable to use based on the participants genes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients who have planned elective surgical procedures at the University of Chicago
* Must be aged 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who have undergone, or are being actively considered for, liver or kidney transplantation
* Patients with known active or prior leukemia.
* Inability to understand and give informed consent to participate.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Peter O'Donnell

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Chicago

Locations

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University Of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Cancer Clinical Trials Office

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 1-855-702-8222

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Emily Schierer

Role: primary

References

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Truong TM, Apfelbaum JL, Danahey K, Schierer E, Ludwig J, George D, House L, Karrison T, Shahul S, Anitescu M, Choksi A, Hartman S, Knoebel RW, van Wijk XMR, Yeo KJ, Meltzer DO, Ratain MJ, O'Donnell PH. Pilot Findings of Pharmacogenomics in Perioperative Care: Initial Results From the First Phase of the ImPreSS Trial. Anesth Analg. 2022 Nov 1;135(5):929-940. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005951. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35213469 (View on PubMed)

Truong TM, Apfelbaum JL, Schierer E, Danahey K, Borden BA, Karrison T, Shahul S, Anitescu M, Gerlach R, Knoebel RW, Meltzer DO, Ratain MJ, O'Donnell PH. Anesthesia providers as stakeholders to adoption of pharmacogenomic information in perioperative care. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2022 Apr 1;32(3):79-86. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0000000000000455.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34570085 (View on PubMed)

Truong TM, Apfelbaum J, Shahul S, Anitescu M, Danahey K, Knoebel RW, Liebovitz D, Karrison T, van Wijk XMR, Yeo KJ, Meltzer D, Ratain MJ, O'Donnell PH. The ImPreSS Trial: Implementation of Point-of-Care Pharmacogenomic Decision Support in Perioperative Care. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Dec;106(6):1179-1183. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1567. Epub 2019 Aug 21. No abstract available.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31433489 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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IRB17-1422

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id