Molecular Analysis for Combination Therapy Choice (ComboMATCH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Summary
This ComboMATCH patient screening trial is the gateway to a coordinated set of clinical trials to study cancer treatment directed by genetic testing. Patients with solid tumors that have spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or have spread to other places in the body (advanced) and have progressed on at least one line of standard systemic therapy or have no standard treatment that has been shown to prolong overall survival may be candidates for these trials. Genetic tests look at the unique genetic material (genes) of patients' tumor cells. Patients with some genetic changes or abnormalities (mutations) may benefit from treatment that targets that particular genetic mutation. ComboMATCH is designed to match patients to a treatment that may work to control their tumor and may help doctors plan better treatment for patients with locally advanced or advanced solid tumors.
Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To register, allocate, and assign patients to ComboMATCH treatment trials. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the rate of positive outcomes in defined cohorts within treatment trials of treatment combinations including targeted therapies for molecularly defined populations, and also in the subset of treatment trials where the treatments are supported by in vivo models. II. To perform quality control of the patients registered in the form of pathological confirmation of disease and sub-type to confirm diagnosis and treatment arm allocation. SECONDARY CORRELATIVE OBJ…