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Be Part of Research - Trial Details - Exploratory Study of Early Biomarkers Allowing Dynamic Assessment of Response to Treatment in Cancers of the Head and Neck

Exploratory Study of Early Biomarkers Allowing Dynamic Assessment of Response to Treatment in Cancers of the Head and Neck

Recruiting

Open to: ALL

Age: 18.0 - N/A

Medical Conditions

Head and Neck Neoplasms


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DART is an exploratory molecular analysis study to assess potential early biomarkers of treatment response in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC)

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

Mar 2022 Apr 2026

Publications

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JCI Insight. 2018 Feb 22;3(4):e98811. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.98811. eCollection 2018 Feb 22."; "29467336"; "Riaz N, Havel JJ, Makarov V, Desrichard A, Urba WJ, Sims JS, Hodi FS, Martin-Algarra S, Mandal R, Sharfman WH, Bhatia S, Hwu WJ, Gajewski TF, Slingluff CL Jr, Chowell D, Kendall SM, Chang H, Shah R, Kuo F, Morris LGT, Sidhom JW, Schneck JP, Horak CE, Weinhold N, Chan TA. Tumor and Microenvironment Evolution during Immunotherapy with Nivolumab. Cell. 2017 Nov 2;171(4):934-949.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.028. Epub 2017 Oct 12."; "29033130"; "Havel JJ, Chowell D, Chan TA. The evolving landscape of biomarkers for checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy. Nat Rev Cancer. 2019 Mar;19(3):133-150. doi: 10.1038/s41568-019-0116-x."; "30755690"; "Chera BS, Kumar S, Beaty BT, Marron D, Jefferys S, Green R, Goldman EC, Amdur R, Sheets N, Dagan R, Hayes DN, Weiss J, Grilley-Olson JE, Zanation A, Hackman T, Blumberg JM, Patel S, Weissler M, Tan XM, Parker JS, Mendenhall W, Gupta GP. 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OBSERVATIONAL

Intervention Type : GENETIC
Intervention Description : Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) can be identified in patients with a wide variety of cancers and has been shown to allow early prediction of disease relapse after treatment with curative intent in HNSCC.

Intervention Arm Group : Patients receiving systemic therapies for cancers of the head and neck;



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This is in the inclusion criteria above


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • The Royal Marsden Hospital
    London


The study is sponsored by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust




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