Evaluation and Comparison of the Growth Rate of Pancreatic Cancer Patient-derived Organoids

Evaluation and Comparison of the Growth Rate of Pancreatic Cancer Patient-derived Organoids Generated From Matched Fine Needle Aspirations (FNA) and Fine Needle Biopsies (FNB)

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer. Despite advances in the understanding of the mechanisms underlying PDAC pathogenesis, the impact on patient benefit is lagging. As a result, new model systems are being developed and used to fill this gap with the hope of translation into improved diagnostics and therapeutics.

Organoids represent a powerful tool for research with the capacity to be applied to many key aspects of pancreatic tissue pathology.

3D organoids can be generated from endoscopic fine-needle aspiration or fine needle biopsy samples. In this study, we will evaluate and compare the growth rate of pancreatic cancer patient-derived organoids generated from matched fine needle Aspirations (FNA) and fine needle biopsies (FNB).

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Pancreas Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: FNA, FNB

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Munich, Germany, 81675
    • Recruiting
    • 2nd Medical Department, Klinikum rechts der Isar
    • Contact: Christoph Schlag, MD; Phone Number: +49 89 4140 9357; Email: christoph.schlag@mri.tum.de
    • Sub-Investigator: Johannes R Wiessner, MD
    • Principal Investigator: Maximilian Reichert, MD
    • Principal Investigator: Christoph Schlag, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with indication for EUS-guided FNA or FNB of a suspected pancreatic malignancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• < 18 years
• patients unable to give consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: FNA, FNB	Procedure: FNA, FNB; Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration, Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Growth rate	Organoid growth will be determined using bi-weekly measurements by phase-contrast microscopy calculating the total organoid area as well as individual organoid size. In addition, growth rates will be determined using the cell glow assay (Promega) over a time-course of 4 days. Furthermore, the mean passaging time will be calculated after 5 passages.	4 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Technical University of Munich

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): December 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): August 1, 2021
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): August 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 17, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 17, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): June 19, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 19, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 17, 2019
• Last Verified: June 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Endocrine System Diseases; Digestive System Neoplasms; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Pancreatic Diseases; Pancreatic Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pancreatic cancer organoids

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No