Table 2 Literature overview of molecular target guided inclusion in clinical trials in the last five years (from 2016).

From: Personalised selection of experimental treatment in patients with advanced solid cancer is feasible using whole-genome sequencing

Trial

Year published

Design

No° pts included

Type of MDT

Median TAT

% pts with succesful MDT results

% pts with a actionable target

% pts who received matched therapy

Our trial

2021

Rare refractory tumour types, matched early-phase clinical trials

N = 31

WGS

15 days

94% (29/31)

84% (26/31)

35% (11/31)

PERMED [29]

2021

Refractory tumour types, matched clinical trials/off-label drugs

N = 550

NGS/aCGH

58 days [1–645]

80 (441/550)

71% (393/550)

17% (94/550)

ICT [30]

2021

Refractory tumour types, matched off-label drugs based on ctDNA

N = 24

WGS/NGS

12 days [IQR 9–14]

71% (17/24)

42% (10/24)

30% (8/24)

EXOMA [31]

2020

Refractory tumour types, off-label drugs

N = 506

WES

52 days

90% (456/506)

75% (342/456)

23% (79/342)

NCI MATCH [32]

2020

Refractory tumour types, matched FDA approved/investigational drugs

N = 6391

NGS

16 days

93% (5540/5954)

38% (2083/5540)

18% (985/5540)

WINTHER [33]

2019

Refractory tumour types, matched clinical trials/on and off-label drugs

N = 303

NGS/RNA

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

35% (107/303)

I-PREDICT [20]

2019

Refractory tumour types, matched combination therapies; FDA approved/investigational drugs

N = 149

NGS/IHC

Not reported

Not reported

Not reported

49% (73/149)

TARGET [34]

2019

Refractory tumour types, matched phase I clinical trials based on ctDNA

N = 100

NGS ctDNA assay

33 days [20–80]

99% (99/100)

41% (41/100)

11% (11/100)

PROFILER [35]

2019

Refractory tumour types, prospective MTB guided molecular-based treatment recommendations

N = 2579

NGS/aCGH

86 (IQR 63–120) days

77% (1980/2579)

40% (1032/2579)

6% (163/2579)

IMPACT [21]

2019

Refractory tumour types, matched off-label/investigational drugs

N = 3737

PCR/Sanger

Not reported

93% (3487/3737)

51% (1905/3737)

19% (711/3737)

CoPPo [19]

2019

Refractory tumour types, matched early-phase clinical trials/off-label drugs

N = 591

WES/RNAseq

34 days

92% (460/500)

70% (352/500)

20% (101/500)

Rouven et al. [36]

2018

Refractory tumour types, Retrospective MTB guided inclusion in matched clinical trials or off-label drugs

N = 198

Variable (NGS/WGS/ RNAseq/IHC)

28 days

Not reported

53% (104/198)

32% (33/104)

MOSCATO-01 [37]

2017

Refractory tumour types, matched clinical trials/off-label drugs

N = 1035

aCGH/NGS/ RNAseq

21 days [IQR 14–27]

89% (843/948)

43% (411/948)

(21%) 199/948

Cousin et al. [38]

2017

Refractory tumour types, matched phase I clinical trials

N = 568

NGS

9 weeks

95% (540/568)

51% (292/568)

15% (86/568)

  1. aCGH genome-wide microarray-based comparative genomic hybridisation, IQR interquartile range, MDT molecular diagnostic test, NGS next-generation sequencing, TAT turnaround time, WES whole-exome sequencing, WGS whole-genome sequencing.