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| Name | Class |
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| Rambam Health Care Campus | OTHER |
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Characterization of Cancer Tissue Using 3D Biosynthetic Materials. Using liver biopsy from stage 4 cancer patients, the investigators will evaluate and characterize the metastatic cells.
The investigators' biomaterial lab has developed an in vitro diagnostic system in which a cancer tumor is placed inside a 3D hydrogel. This material has similar properties to the human tissue and can visualize cell migration and proliferation. In this system, the investigators have already characterised human metastatic cells obtained from nude mice tumors. The diagnostic assay is able to evaluate the reduction in cell growth associated with anti-cancer drug therapy. The next step is to test the in vitro diagnostic system using human tissue samples from human patients, and to validate the system as a simple and effective a priori diagnostic tool for characterizing patient tumours.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Analyzing biopsy samples | Procedure | Analyzing biopsy samples that is preformed as part of the patient treatment. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| cell growth | biopsy will be placed inside 3D gel, and growth will be measured over 1 week time. | 1 week |
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every man or women 18 years old or older, with a liver tumor.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| tarek Saadi, Dr. | Contact | 97247772947 | t_saadi@rambam.health.gov.il | |
| shlomit harpaz, Msc | Contact | 972544565257 | shlomith@tx.technion.ac.il |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Dror seliktar, Prof | Technion, Israel Institute of Technology | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Rambam | Recruiting | Haifa | Israel |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D004194 | Disease |
| ID | Term |
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| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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we will collect a liver biopsy and blood