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Genetic rearrangements in the Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) gene result in the creation of a variety of oncogenic fusion proteins that drive malignancy in a subset of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) patients. Treatment with the ALK small tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) crizotinib has produced remarkable results for ALK-positive patients, however the current diagnostic tests used in the clinic are not sufficiently detailed and require a tumor biopsy.

The aim of this study is to use a new diagnostic test to detect ALK rearrangements using next generation sequencing, which will improve the diagnosis and treatment of ALK-positive NSCLC patients. Furthermore, this test will be performed on blood samples, making it minimally invasive for the patients. It is our believe that circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in blood can be employed as an easy accessible and comprehensive source of information to diagnose ALK-positive disease, but also as a means of monitoring patient response during treatment. Quantitation of the the amount of ALK rearrangement will give information about which patients benefit from treatment and when treatment is no longer effective. The project will be a multicenter study where blood samples will be collected every 6 weeks from patients treated at four major hospitals in Denmark.

This study will benefit future patients with lung cancer, as it will improve both the monitoring and evaluation of their treatment. Monitoring patients during treatment will provide more knowledge of disease progression and the effect of ALK-TKI treatment, contributing to a greater selection of patients, who will respond to treatment. This will potentially allow effective treatment to continue longer than with conventional methods


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NCT number NCT02718651
Study type Observational
Source University of Aarhus
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date March 2016
Completion date December 2018

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