Study of Acquired Resistance to Alkylator Chemotherapy in Endocrine Neoplasms
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Conditions studied: Neuroendocrine (NE) Tumors, Endocrine Cancer
In brief
It has been showed that alkylating chemotherapy, particularly the widely used agent temozolomide, may cause high tumor mutational burden (TMB) in certain tumors by causing inactivating mutations in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system. This can cause therapy resistance and tumor progression but may also predict response for immunotherapy. Hypermutation is very uncommon in neuroendocrine tumors. However, small studies indicate that around 30% of pancreatic tumors develop high TMB after alkylating chemotherapy. The aim of this study is therefore to study the occurrence and frequency of DNA hypermutation after alkylating chemotherapy in endocrine neoplasms and to investigate non-invasive methods that may capture the development of hypermutation (imaging, ctDNA etc.). This is a prospective multicenter study. 94 patients from Swedish endocrine cancer centers in Uppsala, Stockholm, Göteborg and Lund will be included and divided into two groups. Group A will include patients that are about to start treatment with alkylating chemotherapy. Blood samples for liquid biopsy will be collected at baseline and at follow-up and if the tumor progresses, tissue biopsy will be obtained from two different lesions and analyzed with GMS560. Group B will include patients experiencing tumor progression after having received alkylating chemotherapy at any point in their disease course before. At inclusion, both liquid and tissue biopsy will be obtained and analyzed as described above.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07121998
- Run by
- Uppsala University
- People needed
- 94
- Starts
- 2025-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2030-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-08-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Informed consent
- Age ≥18 years
- Histopathology confirmed endocrine neoplasm
- Treatment with alkylating chemotherapy: Arm A; about to start alkylating chemotherapy, or Arm B; at disease progression or recurrence with previous alkylating chemotherapy treatment.
You may not qualify if…
- If planned tissue biopsy: risk factors for biopsy-related complications accordingly to local investigator, including coagulation disorder
- Long term treatment with anticoagulant that cannot be temporarily paused without unacceptable risk
- Pregnancy
Where it is running
- Akademiska Sjukhuset — Uppsala, Sweden (enrolling)
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