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Lab test could personalize brain tumor treatment

NCT ID NCT06620380

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Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
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Completed
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Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

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Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
Not a trial. The treatment can normally be requested outside a study, but is unavailable right now.
Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study tests a lab technique called pharmacoscopy that quickly checks which drugs work best on a patient's own brain metastasis tissue. About 102 adults with brain metastases and few treatment options will have their tumor samples tested. The goal is to see if using this test to guide treatment improves survival compared to standard care.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Pharmacoscopy (a lab test to measure drug sensitivity on tumor samples)
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could help doctors choose more effective treatments for brain metastases, especially when standard options are limited.
What could go wrong
This is a Phase 2 trial with only 102 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The lab test may not always predict real-world drug response.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 2

Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.

Participants

About 102 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2025

Expected to finish

Jun 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must be 18 years or older on the day of signing the informed consent, female or male. * Patients must have a Karnofsky performance status of 60 or more * Patients must have limited systemic therapeutic options as per treating physician judgement. The number of previous lines of therapies is not limited. * Patients with a tumor with a targetable oncogenic driver mutation should have already been treated with a targeted agent and options must have been exhausted. * Patients must have a clinical indication for surgery for probable brain metastasis * Patients will be considered eligible for the study only if the diagnosis of brain metastasis has been histologically confirmed on the sample obtained during the surgery performed after signing the informed consent form for the trial. * Any type of primary cancer is allowed: breast cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, other cancers. Patients may have several primary cancers. * Patients must have adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic function documented at screening before surgery * Women of childbearing potential, including women who had their last menstruation in the last 2 years, must have a negative urinary or serum pregnancy test * Patients must have the ability to understand the requirements of the study, provide written informed consent and authorization of use and disclosure of protected health information, and agree to abide by the study restrictions and return for the required assessments. * Written informed consent for study participation must be signed and dated by the patient and the investigator prior to any study-related intervention. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with rapidly progressive systemic disease * Patients with inability to undergo brain MRI evaluation. * Patients with progressive parenchymal brain metastases with an indication for requiring whole brain radiotherapy after surgery. Focal brain radiotherapy after surgery is allowed. * Judgement by the investigator that the patient is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions and requirements. * Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study. * Female who are pregnant. * Female who are breastfeeding and who do not agree to discontinue nursing prior to the first treatment initiated during the study. * Sexually active males and females of childbearing potential who are not willing to use an effective contraceptive method during the study. Male participants who do not agree not to donate sperm.

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Conditions

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As listed by the trial registrant

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How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Cantonal Hospital St Gallen

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

  • University Hospital Basel

    RECRUITING

    Basel, Switzerland

  • University Hospital Zurich

    RECRUITING

    Zurich, Switzerland

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