The Side-Out Foundation, which pairs volleyball enthusiasts with breast cancer researchers, is sponsoring a new clinical trial for up to 25 patients with advanced breast cancer.
TGen Drug Development (TD2) will manage this pilot study for the Side-Out Foundation at two locations: TGen Clinical Research Services (TCRS) at Scottsdale Healthcare in Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Fairfax Northern Virginia Hematology Oncology in Fairfax, Va.
The clinical trial, which began Feb. 15, 2010, follows the Bisgrove Study presented in April 2009 to the American Association for Cancer Research that showed that cancer patients could benefit from treatment based on molecular profiling of their cancer. While the Bisgrove Trial was a broader-based solid tumor cancer study, it showed the potential clinical benefit of a personalized-therapy selection strategy, based on the molecular profiling results.