ACTR-47. PHASE-III TRIAL OF STANDARD CHEMOTHERAPY VS. CHEMOTHERAPY GUIDED BY CANCER STEM CELL TEST IN RECURRENT GLIOBLASTOMA (NCT03632135)

ABSTRACT: Abstract Stupp treatment protocol for patients with glioblastoma (GBM) has improved the median overall survival to 14.6 months. However, no investigations have defined effective strategies against recurrence and the prognosis of recurrent GBM patients remains poor. Personalized medicine with assay-guided treatment targeting chemotherapy resistant cancer stem cells (CSCs) alongside the bulk tumor cells is a new paradigm in cancer treatment that may result in improved patient’s outcome. We are using ChemoID, a CLIA and CAP certified CSC cytotoxicity assay for predicting response to chemotherapeutic agents. Our prospective analysis of 61 GBM patients demonstrated that ChemoID-guided treatment significantly improved tumor response. For every 5% increase in cell kill of CSCs by assay-guided che

SUBMITTER: Ranjan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6847312 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature