Genetic testing vs standard chemo: which works better for mysterious cancers?

NCT ID NCT03498521

Summary

This study tested whether personalized cancer treatment based on genetic testing works better than standard chemotherapy for cancers where doctors can't find the original source. It involved 529 patients whose cancer had responded to initial chemotherapy. Researchers compared how long patients stayed cancer-free with each approach and monitored side effects.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • ?zmir Medical Point

    Kar?iyaka, 35575, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • AVIX Investigación Clínica S.C

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64710, Mexico

  • Aarhus Universitetshospital

    Aarhus N, 8200, Denmark

  • Aichi Cancer Center

    Aichi, 464-8681, Japan

  • Akdeniz University Medical Faculty

    Antalya, 07070, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Akershus universitetssykehus HF

    Lørenskog, 1478, Norway

  • Ankara Oncology Hospital

    Ankara, 06200, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Ankara University Medical Faculty

    Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Anticancer Hospital Ag Savas

    Athens, 115 22, Greece

  • Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova

    Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, 42100, Italy

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Asst Papa Giovanni XXIII

    Bergamo, Lombardy, 24128, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Niguarda (Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda)

    Milan, Lombardy, 20162, Italy

  • Baskent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Practice and Research Hospital

    Adana, 01250, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Blacktown Hospital

    Blacktown, New South Wales, NSW 2148, Australia

  • Bradford Hill Centro de Investigaciones Clinicas

    Recoleta, 8420383, Chile

  • Budapesti Uzsoki Utcai Kórház

    Budapest, 1145, Hungary

  • Bács-Kiskun Vármegyei Oktatókórház

    Kecskemét, 6000, Hungary

  • CHRU Besançon

    Besançon, 25030, France

  • CHU Lyon - Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

    Pierre-Benite (Lyon), 69495, France

  • CHU Strasbourg Hpital Hautepierre

    Strasbourg, 67098, France

  • CRLCC-Francois Baclesse

    Caen, 14076, France

  • Centre Antoine Lacassagne

    Nice, 06189, France

  • Centre Eugene Marquis

    Rennes, 35042, France

  • Centre Jean Perrin Centre Regional de Lutte Contre Le Cancer D auvergne

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France

  • Centre Leon Berard

    Lyon, 69008, France

  • Centrul de Oncologie Sfantul Nectarie

    Craiova, 200347, Romania

  • Chaim Sheba medical center, Oncology division

    Ramat Gan, 5262000, Israel

  • Charité-Universitätsm. Berlin

    Berlin, 13353, Germany

  • Christie Hospital NHS Trust

    Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom

  • Clinica del Country

    Bogotá, 11001, Colombia

  • Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb

    Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

  • Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra

    Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain

  • Complexo Hospitalario de Vigo. Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro

    Vigo, Pontevedra, 36312, Spain

  • Erasmus MC

    Rotterdam, 3015 GD, Netherlands

  • Faculty of Med. Siriraj Hosp.

    Bangkok, 10700, Thailand

  • Fakultni Poliklinika Vseobecne Fakultni Niemocnice

    Prague, 128 08, Czechia

  • Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc

    Olomouc, 779 00, Czechia

  • Freeman Hospital

    Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom

  • GenesisCare North Shore

    St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia

  • Hacettepe Uni Medical Faculty Hospital

    S?hhiye, Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Hammersmith Hospital

    London, W12 0HS, United Kingdom

  • Health Pharma Professional Research

    CD Mexico, Mexico CITY (federal District), 03810, Mexico

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    Helsinki, 00250, Finland

  • Hopital Foch

    Suresnes, 92151, France

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria

    Málaga, 29010, Spain

  • Hospital Clínic i Provincial

    Barcelona, 08036, Spain

  • Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 91350-200, Brazil

  • Hospital Ramon y Cajal

    Madrid, 28034, Spain

  • Hospital Sant Joan Despi- Moises Broggi

    Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, 08970, Spain

  • Hospital Sao Rafael - HSR

    Salvador, Estado de Bahia, 41253-190, Brazil

  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe

    Valencia, 46026, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet

    Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

    Seville, 41009, Spain

  • Hospital de Cancer de Barretos

    Barretos, São Paulo, 14784-400, Brazil

  • IASO General Hospital of Athens

    Athens, 155 62, Greece

  • IPO do Porto

    Porto, 4200-072, Portugal

  • IRCCS Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV)

    Padua, Veneto, 35128, Italy

  • Ico - Paul Papin

    Angers, 49000, France

  • Icon Cancer Foundation

    South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia

  • Inst. Nacional de Cancerologia

    Bogotá, Colombia

  • Institut Bergonie

    Bordeaux, 33076, France

  • Institut Catala d Oncologia Hospital Duran i Reynals

    Barcelona, 08908, Spain

  • Institut Curie

    Paris, 75231, France

  • Institut Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • Institut Paoli-Calmettes

    Marseille, 13273, France

  • Institut régional du Cancer Montpellier

    Montpellier, 34298, France

  • Instituto Nacional de Cancer - INCa

    Rio de Janeiro, 20560-120, Brazil

  • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas

    Lima, 15038, Peru

  • Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo - ICESP

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil

  • Institutul Oncologic Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta Cluj Napoca

    Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania

  • Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iasi

    Iași, 700483, Romania

  • Istanbul University Cerrahpa?a-Cerrahpa?a Medical Faculty

    Istanbul, 34098, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale

    Napoli, Campania, 80131, Italy

  • James Lind Centro de Investigación Del Cáncer

    Temuco, 4800827, Chile

  • Klinikum Mannheim III. Medizinische Klinik

    Mannheim, 68167, Germany

  • Klinikum der LMU München, Campus Großhadern, Krebszentrum München

    München, 81377, Germany

  • Lkh Salzburg - Univ. Klinikum Salzburg

    Salzburg, 5020, Austria

  • Lkh-Univ. Klinikum Graz

    Graz, 8036, Austria

  • MBAL Serdika EOOD

    Sofia, 1632, Bulgaria

  • MHAT Nadezhda

    Sofia, 1330, Bulgaria

  • Masarykuv onkologicky ustav

    Brno, 656 53, Czechia

  • Medizinische Universität Wien

    Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • National Cancer Center Hospital East

    Chiba, 277-8577, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center

    Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan

  • North Estonia Medical Centre, Oncology and hematology Clinic

    Tallinn, 13419, Estonia

  • Oncocenter Timisoara

    Timi?oara, 300166, Romania

  • Oncomedica S.A.

    Montería, 230002, Colombia

  • Oncosalud Sac

    Lima, 41, Peru

  • Onkologisches Zentrum - Onkologie Dachau

    Dachau, 85221, Germany

  • Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet

    Budapest, 1122, Hungary

  • Oslo universitetssykehus HF, Ullevål, Kreftsenteret

    Oslo, 0450, Norway

  • Policlinico Univ. - A.O. Mater Domini

    Catanzaro, Calabria, 88100, Italy

  • RED-Oncology GmbH

    Oldenburg / Holstein, 23758, Germany

  • Rabin MC

    Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel

  • Ramathibodi Hospital;Medicine/Oncology

    Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

  • Riga East Clinical University Hospital Latvian Oncology Centre

    Riga, LV-1079, Latvia

  • Royal United Hospital

    Bath, BA1 3NG, United Kingdom

  • SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH;Klinik für Innere Medizin III

    Heilbronn, 74078, Germany

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

  • Southampton General Hospital

    Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom

  • St Vincent'S Uni Hospital

    Dublin, D04 T6F4, Ireland

  • Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie, Oddzia? Kliniczny Kliniki Onkologii

    Krakow, 30-688, Poland

  • Sørlandet Sykehus Kristiansand

    Kristiansand, 4604, Norway

  • Tampere University Hospital

    Tampere, 33520, Finland

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Ctr

    Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • Theagenio Anticancer Hospital

    Thessaloniki, 540 07, Greece

  • Torbay Hospital

    Torquay, TQ27AA, United Kingdom

  • Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Medikal Onkoloji Bilim Dali, Balkan Yerleskesi

    Edirne, 22030, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • U. O. Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara

    Pisa, Basilicate, 56100, Italy

  • Uni Hospital of Ioannina

    Ioannina, 455 00, Greece

  • Univ General Hosp Heraklion

    Heraklion, 711 10, Greece

  • Universitaetsspital Basel

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

    Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands

  • UniversitätsSpital Zürich

    Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

  • Universitätsklinikum Augsburg

    Augsburg, 86156, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, UCT

    Frankfurt, 60590, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Jena, Klinik für Innere Medizin II

    Jena, 07740, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Münster, Medizinische Klinik A, Translationale Onkologie

    Münster, 48149, Germany

  • Velindre Cancer Centre

    Cardiff, CF14 2TL, United Kingdom

  • Waterford Regional Hospital

    Waterford, X91 ER8E, Ireland

  • Western General Hospital

    Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, United Kingdom

  • Ziekenhuis VieCuri Medisch Centrum

    Venlo, 5912 BL, Netherlands

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