Clinical Research Directory

TailorDose Lung: Decentralized TDM of Taxanes and ALK Inhibitors Using Capillary Self-Sampling

This study will evaluate whether people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can collect small blood samples themselves using a finger-prick sampling kit. Participants will be receiving standard treatment with docetaxel, paclitaxel, alectinib, or lorlatinib. The blood samples will be used to measure the amount of cancer medicine in the blood. Most samples will be collected by participants at home and returned to a laboratory for analysis. The study will assess how easy the sampling method is to use, whether the collected samples are suitable for laboratory analysis, and how patients and healthcare professionals experience this way of collecting blood samples. The study will also explore whether measured drug levels are related to side effects, dose changes, treatment delays, or other clinical outcomes. The drug-level results collected in this study will be used for research purposes and will not be used to change participants' cancer treatment. About 80 participants will take part in the study and will be followed for approximately 3 months. The microsampling device is CE-marked and used within its approved use exclusively for research and feasibility evaluation. Study results do not influence ongoing clinical treatment decisions. This study is being conducted as part of Project-COMFORT, a European multi-country initiative aiming to evaluate the feasibility and implementation of PCmS across various populations and healthcare systems.

A Study of Biological, Genetic, and Constitutional Factors and Non-invasive Monitoring to Assess Personal Cancer Risks

The PRO-ACTIVE study aims to develop a clinical-translational program in the field of cancer prevention in all its phases (primary, secondary, and tertiary) to intervene before the clinical and radiological manifestation of the disease. It starts with risk prediction and leads to early diagnosis of the disease or recurrence in the subclinical phase. The PRO-ACTIVE study includes the following activities: * WP1: Integrated DNA-RNA approach for the identification of hereditary markers of predisposition to tumors * WP2: Global biological and molecular analysis of the host and tumor for the prevention and monitoring of recurrences * WP3: Analysis of the immunological status for the diagnosis of primary prevention and relapses in correlation to genetic and environmental factors * WP4: Study of the tumor microenvironment for recurrence prediction