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| Children's Cancer Institute (CCI) | UNKNOWN |
| Minderoo Foundation | UNKNOWN |
| Medical Research Future Fund | OTHER |
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To improve outcomes for childhood cancer patients through the implementation of precision medicine.
Through the pilot TARGET and national PRISM trials the feasibility and benefits of using comprehensive molecular profiling and preclinical drug testing in real time for high-risk (HR) patients has been demonstrated. However, the role of precision medicine, especially in facilitating diagnosis and risk stratification in non-HR childhood cancers has not been studied. Integrative tumor-germline whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis has the potential to advance our understanding of cancer predisposition. In this study, the ZERO platform will be extended to all children with cancer in Australia and New Zealand, evaluating the benefits of precision medicine in different childhood cancer types and risk groups.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| High-risk cancers | One of the following two criteria must be met:
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| Rare tumors | At least one of the following three criteria must be met:
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| Primary central nervous system (CNS) tumours | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have a primary CNS tumor, including low and high-grade tumors |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Whole Genome Sequencing | Genetic | Each tumor sample will be sequenced and analyzed in parallel with its matched normal (germline DNA from the same patient) to enable the identification of somatic aberrations. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Utility of recommended personalized therapy for HR childhood cancer patients. | Disease control rate (stable disease + partial response + complete response) in HR patients who have received recommended personalized therapy which are molecularly and/or preclinically directed | 5 years |
| Utility of recommended personalized therapy for non-HR childhood cancer patients. | The proportion of non-HR patients for whom the disease specific, clinically relevant, virtual molecular panel provides additional or equivalent results for diagnosis and risk stratification when compared with routine diagnostic tests. | 5 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Utility of pre-defined virtual molecular panel for non-HR childhood cancer patients. | The proportion of non-HR patients for whom a pre-defined virtual molecular panel; leads to a streamline molecular report issued within 4 weeks from receipt of samples, changes or refines the initial histopathological diagnosis, changes or refines risk stratification at diagnosis, changes or refines treatment at diagnosis and/or facilitates enrolment in clinical trials requiring prior molecular studies. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
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Patients <18 years of age with a diagnosis of tumor or cancer Patients aged 19 - 25 years with a diagnosis of a pediatric tumor or cancer
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| National Study Coordinator | Contact | +61 2 9382 3102 | SCHN-ZERO2@health.nsw.gov.au |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| David Ziegler | SCHN | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Women's and Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Adelaide | Australia |
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Tumour, blood, bone marrow, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), urine, skin biopsy, cytogenetic culture, extracted DNA and peripheral blood stem cells.
| Neuroblastoma | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have neuroblastoma 4A: HR neuroblastoma at diagnosis 4B: Non-HR neuroblastoma |
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| Acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome and other leukemias not classified as ALL | Patient is confirmed by flow cytometry to have acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other leukemias (Note: Verbal confirmation of flow cytometry result is adequate for enrolment) |
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| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) | Patient is confirmed to have acute lymphoblastic leukemia by flow cytometry (Note: Verbal confirmation of flow cytometry result is adequate for enrolment) |
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| Lymphomas | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have a lymphoma |
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| Sarcomas | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have a sarcoma Includes gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST), malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST), desmoplastic small round cell tumour (DSRCT) |
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| Renal tumors | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have a renal tumor Includes clear cell sarcoma of kidney |
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| Hepatic and biliary tree tumors | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have a liver or biliary tree tumor |
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| Thyroid and endocrine tumors | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have a thyroid or endocrine cancer |
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| Other tumors | Patient is suspected or confirmed to have a tumor which does not fit into any of the above |
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| Germline only | One of the following two criteria must be met:
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| RNA seq | Genetic | Results will be used for bioinformatics analysis for fusion transcripts and gene expression. |
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| DNA Methylation | Genetic | Genome-wide assessment of DNA methylation will be conducted on all samples where possible. |
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| Targeted Panel Sequencing | Genetic | Targeted panel sequencing may be performed:
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| High Throughput Sequencing (in vitro) | Genetic | High throughput drug screening will be attempted for tumors from Cohort 1 (high-risk cancers with survival <30%) and selected tumor types. |
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| Patient Derived Xenograft (PDX)(in vivo) | Genetic | In vivo drug testing in patient derived xenograft (PDX) will be attempted for tumors from Cohort 1 (high-risk cancers) and selected tumor types. |
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| Liquid Biopsy | Other | Liquid biopsy will be investigated as a non-invasive method for diagnosis of tumors that are difficult to biopsy directly, understanding tumor heterogeneity, monitoring of treatment response, and detection of minimal residual disease (MRD)/relapse in leukemia, solid and CNS tumors. |
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| Utility of comprehensive precision medicine for patients with rare tumors in childhood. | Proportion of rare cancer cohort patients for which comprehensive precision medicine improves diagnosis, identifies at least one therapeutic target or facilitates improvement in therapy within a clinically relevant timeframe. | 5 years |
| Utility of Molecular Tumour Board (MTB) recommendation tier system for HR childhood cancer patients. | Evaluation of the correlation of MTB recommendation tier to treatment outcome, clinician rated value of MTB recommendation tier in facilitating therapeutic decision and drug access and proportion of HR patients for which the MTB recommendation improves diagnosis, risk stratification or facilitates improvement in therapy within a clinically relevant timeframe. | 5 years |
| Utility of preclinical testing in HR childhood cancer patients. | Evaluation of proportion of tumors where in vitro sensitivity testing can be successfully performed compared with PRISM trial, turnaround time for preclinical in vitro and in vivo drug testing, proportion of tumors where in vitro drug sensitivity identifies additional molecular drivers and proportion of patients for whom preclinical testing: i. Facilitates therapeutic decision ii. Identifies additional therapeutic options in patients for whom genomic profiling did not identify molecular targets iii. Predicts clinical outcome | 5 years |
| Clinical utility of germline WGS in patients with childhood cancers. | Evaluation of;
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| Treatment outcome in HR childhood cancer patients who have received recommended personalised therapy which are molecularly and/or preclinically directed. | Evaluation of;
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| Queensland Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Brisbane | Australia |
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| Royal Hobart Hospital | Recruiting | Hobart | Australia |
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| Monash Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Melbourne | Australia |
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| Royal Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Melbourne | Australia |
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| John Hunter Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Newcastle | Australia |
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| Perth Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Perth | Australia |
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| Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick | Recruiting | Sydney | Australia |
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| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | Recruiting | Sydney | Australia |
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| Starship Children's Hospital | Recruiting | Auckland | Grafton | 1023 | New Zealand |
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| Christchurch Hospital | Not yet recruiting | Christchurch | 8011 | New Zealand |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D012008 | Recurrence |
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| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000073336 | Whole Genome Sequencing |
| D001483 | Base Sequence |
| D019175 | DNA Methylation |
| D059014 | High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing |
| D066298 | In Vitro Techniques |
| D000073890 | Liquid Biopsy |
| ID | Term |
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| D017422 | Sequence Analysis, DNA |
| D017421 | Sequence Analysis |
| D005821 | Genetic Techniques |
| D008919 | Investigative Techniques |
| D015394 | Molecular Structure |
| D001669 | Biochemical Phenomena |
| D055598 | Chemical Phenomena |
| D040342 | Genetic Structures |
| D055614 | Genetic Phenomena |
| D008745 | Methylation |
| D000478 | Alkylation |
| D008660 | Metabolism |
| D001706 | Biopsy |
| D003581 | Cytodiagnosis |
| D003584 | Cytological Techniques |
| D019411 | Clinical Laboratory Techniques |
| D019937 | Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures |
| D003933 | Diagnosis |
| D013048 | Specimen Handling |
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