Italy launches massive genetic database to match cancer patients with better treatments
NCT ID NCT05918666
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This observational study aims to create a national registry of genetic mutations found in advanced solid tumors. By collecting data from over 2,000 Italian patients, researchers hope to improve access to innovative therapies. The study does not test a new treatment but gathers information to guide future precision medicine efforts.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this registry could help match more patients with advanced solid tumors to targeted therapies based on their genetic mutations.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It collects data but does not test any new drug, so it may not directly improve outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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2,098 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2018
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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.
Who is studied
patients with solid tumors in advanced stage of disease
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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.
General Inclusion Criteria for all patients: * Age \>18 years old * Life expectancy 6 months * ECOG performance status 2 * Diagnosis of malignant solid tumor, in advanced stage * Informed consent to data registration and for privacy purposes Additional inclusion criteria for patients that have already carried out a genetic characterisation extended by high throughput methods: ● Availability of the result of the broad spectrum analysis of genetic alterations carried out with high throughput methods on biological samples Additional inclusion criteria for patients that perform the molecular-genetic screening using Foundation Medicine services or in selected italian laboratories: * one of the following criteria: * Patients diagnosed with NSCLC not squamous, not pretreated; * Patients with biliary tract, pancreatic, esophagus, stomach, thymus, CNS, nasopharynx, salivary glands, endometrium and urothelium cancers; * Patients with any disease (including NSCLC) who are progressing disease after treatment with molecular target drugs. For these patients is the availability of a post- treatment biological sample is necessary; * Patients with cancer of unknown primary (CUP); * Young patients (\<40 years) or patients who have exhausted standard lines of therapy, with any advanced/metastatic tumor which, in the opinion of the investigator, may benefit from a genetic-molecular characterization at broad spectrum aimed at a treatment with molecular target therapies. * availability of biological material for testing. * informed consent for testing. Additional exclusion criteria for patients that perform the molecular-genetic screening using Foundation Medicine services or in selected italian laboratories: ● patients who have already received NGS or other high throughput in the same stage of disease.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Day Hospital - Oncologia Medica - Università Campus Biomedico di Roma
Roma, Italy
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Dipartimento ad attività integrata di Oncologia - Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine Friuli Centrale
Udine, Italy
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Dipartimento di Oncologia - A.O.U. San Luigi Gonzaga
Torino, Italy
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Divisione di Oncologia Medica e dei Tumori Immunocorrelati - Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Aviano, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Milan, Italy
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Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale
Naples, Italy
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Niguarda Cancer Center - Ospedale Niguarda e Università degli Studi di Milano
Milan, Italy
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Oncologia - AOU Policlinico "G. Martino"
Messina, Italy
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Oncologia - Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria
Negrar, Italy
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Oncologia Medica - A.O.U. Policlinico Paolo Giaccone
Palermo, Italy
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Oncologia Medica - A.O.U. Seconda Università degli studi di Napoli
Naples, Italy
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Oncologia Medica e Brest Unt - Presidio di Brindisi Di Summa-Perrino
Brindisi, Italy
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Oncologia Toracica - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
Milan, Italy
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S.C. Oncologia - Fondazione Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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S.C. Oncologia - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
Pavia, Italy
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S.C. Oncologia - IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
Reggio Emilia, Italy
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S.C. Oncologia - Ospedale Humanitas Gradenigo
Torino, Italy
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S.C. Oncologia Medica - A.O. S.M. della Misericordia
Perugia, Italy
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S.C. di Oncologia Medica - A.O.U. Careggi
Florence, Italy
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S.O.D. Clinica Oncologica - A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti Ancona
Ancona, Italy
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Sviluppo di nuovi Farmaci per Terapie Innovative - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
Milan, Italy
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U.O. Oncologia Medica - A.O. Papardo
Messina, Italy
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U.O. Oncologia Medica - A.O. S.G. Moscati
Avellino, Italy
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U.O. Oncologia Medica - Humanitas Gavazzeni
Bergamo, Italy
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U.O. Oncologia Medica - Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori S.r.l. IRCCS
Meldola, Italy
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U.O. Oncologia Medica - Ospedale Santa Chiara
Trento, Italy
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U.O. Oncologia Medica 2 - Istituto Oncologico Veneto
Padova, Italy
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U.O. Oncologia Medica 2 - Stabilimenteo S. Chiara - A.O.U. Pisana
Pisa, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia - A.O. San Camillo -Forlanini
Roma, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia - A.O. Sant'Andrea
Roma, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia - A.O.U. OO.RR. San Giovanni di Dio Ruggi d'Aragona
Salerno, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia - AORN - Ospedali dei Colli
Naples, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia - ASST Bergamo ovest
Treviglio, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia - Asl Napoli 1 Centro - Ospedale del Mare
Naples, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia Medica - A.O.U. Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele
Catania, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia Medica - Ospedale Garibaldi Nesima
Catania, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia Medica - Ospedale San Donato
Arezzo, Italy
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U.O.C. Oncologia Medica e Sperimentale - Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II IRCCS
Bari, Italy
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U.O.C. di Oncologia medica - A.O.U. Integrata Verona
Verona, Italy
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U.O.S. Tumori polmonari IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino IST - Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Genova, Italy
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U.O.S.D. Pneumologia Oncologica - San Camillo Forlanini
Roma, Italy
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UOC Oncologia Medica - ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana - P.O. Treviso
Treviso, Italy
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Unità di Struttura Complessa Oncologia Medica - ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII
Bergamo, Italy
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