Referrals to a Phase I Clinic and Trial Enrollment in the Molecular Screening Era.
Tira Jing Ying TanMichael RheaumeLisa WangHelen ChowAnna SpreaficoAaron Richard HansenAlbiruni Abdul RazakLillian L SiuPhilippe L BedardPublished in: The oncologist (2019)
The landscape of oncology drug development is evolving alongside technological advancements. Recently, large academic medical centers have implemented clinical sequencing protocols to identify patients with actionable genomic alterations to enroll in therapeutic clinical trials. This study evaluates patient referral and enrollment patterns in a large academic phase I clinical trials program following the implementation of a molecular profiling program. Performance status and referral from a physician within the institution were associated with successful trial enrollment, whereas prior molecular profiling was not an independent predictor.