Genetic roadmaps for advanced cancer: study tests whether expert navigation boosts targeted therapy use
NCT ID NCT06896162
First seen Jul 14, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether having a specialist review genetic test results and guide treatment decisions can increase the use of targeted therapies for people with advanced solid tumors, including breast, lung, colorectal, and bladder cancers. Participants will have their tumor or blood genetically sequenced, and an expert will provide recommendations for matching therapies or clinical trials. The goal is to see if this personalized approach leads to more patients receiving genome-informed treatment and potentially improves survival over two years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Expert review of genetic test results and precision oncology navigation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more people with advanced cancer receive treatments tailored to their tumor's genetic profile, potentially improving survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-arm study comparing against historical data, so results may not prove the intervention is better than standard care. The benefit depends on available targeted therapies, which may not exist for all genetic changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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.
- 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.
In order to participate in this study a subject must meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below. Inclusion Criteria * Written informed consent was obtained to participate in the study and HIPAA authorization for release of personal health information. * Subjects are willing and able to comply with study procedures based on the judgment of the investigator. * Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent. * ECOG or Karnofsky Performance Status of 0-2. * Documented Stage IV solid tumor malignancy: NSCLC, CRC, Breast or Bladder Cancer * The treating provider deems Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) testing appropriate and plans to consider results in either first- or second-line therapy in the metastatic setting * A genomic tumor test has not been ordered or has been ordered but not resulted. Exclusion Criteria: • Subjects with an active concurrent malignancy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina
RECRUITINGChapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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