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Early Stage Triple-Negative Breast CarcinomaELEPHAS-04NCT06349642

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Response in Solid Tumors Using a Live Tumor Diagnostic Platform

An observational study of Early Stage Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma and Metastatic Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, run by Mayo Clinic at 3 sites in United States.

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Looking for participants now. Contact the study team or a site below to ask about taking part.

Sites and contacts
Official record
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Trial summary

This study is being done to collect tissue samples to test how accurately a tumor response platform, Elephas, can predict clinical response across multiple types of immunotherapies, chemoimmunotherapy and tumor types. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Biospecimen Collection and Tissue Collection
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
324 participants
Where
3 sitesUnited States
Study dates
24 Apr 2024to May 2027
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients at Mayo Clinic in Rochester who are suspected of or diagnosed with Stage III or IV/metastatic cancer or receiving neoadjuvant (pre-operative) checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) for a resectable early stage of solid malignancies

Who may be able to join

  • Subjects must meet one of the following criteria:
  • Subjects suspected of or diagnosed with the following Stage IV/metastatic or recurrent malignancies:
  • Lung: Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
  • Skin: Cutaneous Malignancy, excluding Uveal Melanoma
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Cervical Cancer
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  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Colon Cancer: Mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) CRC only
  • All solid tumors with high tumor mutation burden (TMB)
  • All solid tumors that are microsatellite instability high (MSI-H)
  • All mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) solid tumors
  • Liver Cancer
  • Any solid tumor with measurable disease that is eligible for pure ICI therapy or that the clinician plans to treat with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. NOTE: This can be in the setting of a trial, compassionate use, or the use of appropriate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) that, per clinician, render the patient eligible for ICI therapy, either frontline or a later line.
  • OR
  • Subjects suspected of or diagnosed with the following Stage III per provider discretion or IV/metastatic malignancies:
  • Kidney: Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC)
  • Bladder: Urothelial Carcinoma (UC)
  • Any solid tumor with measurable disease that is eligible for pure ICI therapy or that the clinician plans to treat with ICI therapy. NOTE: This can be in the setting of a trial, compassionate use, or the use of appropriate LDT tests that per clinician, render the patient eligible for ICI therapy, either frontline or a later line
  • OR
  • Patients who will be receiving neoadjuvant CPI for the following resectable early-stage malignancies:
  • Breast Cancer: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)
  • Lung: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
  • NOTE: Patients with suspected NSCLC who would be eligible for neoadjuvant checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) are eligible to enroll per provider discretion
  • Any solid tumor that is eligible for pure ICI therapy or that the clinician plans to treat with ICI therapy. NOTE: This can be in the setting of a trial, compassionate use, or the use of appropriate LDT tests that per clinician, render the patient eligible for ICI therapy, either frontline or a later line
  • LOCALLY ADVANCED/METASTATIC PATIENTS: Measurable disease as defined per protocol NOTE: Tumor lesions in a previously irradiated area are not considered measurable disease; Disease that is measurable by physical examination only is not eligible.
  • NEOADJUVANT PATIENTS: Subjects must be eligible based on investigator discretion to receive approved CPI therapy.
  • Subjects who are newly diagnosed or have suspected cancer must be treatment-naïve at the time of biopsy.
  • Subjects who are Stage I, II, or III and have progressed to metastatic cannot have received any anti-cancer treatment for at least 2 - 4 weeks (depending upon the washout period of prior anti-cancer treatment) prior to biopsy as per the agents used.
  • ECOG Performance Status (PS) 0, 1 or 2.
  • Negative pregnancy test done ≤7 days prior to enrollment, for persons of childbearing potential only
  • Female subjects must not be pregnant or breastfeeding and must use appropriate methods of contraception when applicable.
  • Subjects must be clinically able, at investigator discretion, and willing to undergo either:
  • additional biopsy passes during their standard of care biopsy, OR
  • a biopsy for research only, if applicable.
  • NOTE: These additional biopsies may either be collected from the primary tumor or a metastatic site amenable to biopsies per the clinician.
  • Subjects with a known secondary cancer diagnosis are eligible to participate if participation does not interfere with systemic anti-cancer standard of care treatment for suspected primary diagnosis.
  • Provide written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant women because this study involves a greater than minimal risk procedure (biopsy)
  • Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety for the biopsy
  • Immunocompromised patients and patients known to be HIV positive and currently receiving antiretroviral therapy
  • NOTE: Patients known to be HIV positive, but without clinical evidence of an immunocompromised state, are eligible for this trial
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to:
  • ongoing or active infection
  • psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • Subjects who are enrolled or plan to be enrolled in a blinded cancer therapeutic treatment trial

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Clinical Trials Referral Office contact

855-776-0015

mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu

United States3 sites, 3 recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic in Florida

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

    Clinical Trials Referral Office, 855-776-0015, mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu

    Dev Mukhopadhyay, PhD

    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic in Arizona

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85054

    Clinical Trials Referral Office, 855-776-0015, mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu

    Parminder Singh, MD

    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

    Clinical Trials Referral Office, 855-776-0015, mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu

    Matthew Block, MD, PhD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Observational Basket Trial to Collect Tissue to Develop and Train a Live Tumor Diagnostic Platform

This study is being done to collect tissue samples to test how accurately a tumor response platform, Elephas, can predict clinical response across multiple types of immunotherapies, chemoimmunotherapy and tumor types.

Being tested
Biospecimen Collection, Tissue Collection
Medical subject headings
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Clear-cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma, Colorectal Neoplasms, Endometrial Neoplasms, Esophageal Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Skin Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Biospecimen CollectionProcedure or surgery

    Also called Blood Draw, Specimen Collection

    Undergo optional research blood sample.

  • Tissue CollectionProcedure or surgery

    Tissue specimen collection will be completed with your scheduled standard of care biopsy if possible. If standard of care biopsy is already completed or the research biopsy wasn\'t collected at the time as your standard of care biopsy, then the research biopsy will be scheduled for a different day for research purposes only.

Study groups in NCT06349642
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ObservationalPatients undergo tissue biopsy and may optionally undergo blood sample collection and have their medical records reviewed on study. Patients receive standard treatment with checkpoint inhibitors during the study and undergo standard tumor assessments during screening and follow-up.
Receives: Procedure: Biospecimen Collection; Procedure: Tissue Collection

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Accuracy of the Elephas Score for predicting clinical response in neoadjuvant patients

    Assessed based on pathologic complete response (pCR) during checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) treatment. Clinical non-response will be defined as non-pathological complete response. Patients who cannot have pathologic complete response determined will be excluded from the primary analysis.

    Measured: Up to 3 years

  2. Accuracy of the Elephas Score for predicting clinical response in locally advanced/metastatic patients

    Assessed based on Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) score for best overall response [complete response (CR) or partial response (PR)] during checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) treatment. Clinical non-response will be defined as either stable disease (SD) or disease progression (PD). Patients who cannot have best response determined will be excluded from the primary analysis.

    Measured: Up to 3 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 Apr 2024
  2. Study start24 Apr 2024
  3. Primary completionMay 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMay 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
324 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06349642
Sponsor's protocol ID
MC230901
Other IDs
NCI-2024-02979, 23-008413
Acronym
ELEPHAS-04
Status last verified
Mar 2026
First submitted
1 Apr 2024
Last updated
12 Mar 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Braun D, Dana N, Hernan HR, Sahni S, Scribano CM, Johnson C, Vedder L, von Euw E, Zweng J, Wargowski E, Sunil A, Sharma D, Routh J, Rexroad K, Nasreen A, McDonnell P, Jergens V, Costa C, Zuniga R, Toia GV, Patel PM, McGregor S, Martin RCG 2nd, Majeed U, Mukhopadhyay D, Lou Y, Kokabi N, Jakub JW, Hays D, Godwin AK, Giffi V, Gelbard A, Friedl A, Duimstra EK, Dronca RS, Chen R, Chalfin H, Bhattacharya S, Broome B, Babiker HM, Chandra T, Caenepeel S, Hrycyniak LCF, Sood C, Ramos H, Patel P, Advani P, Gierman HJ, Taube J. Prediction of immunotherapy response using live tumor fragments from routine clinical biopsies. Cell Rep Med. 2026 Oct 15:103114. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.103114. Online ahead of print.

    PubMed 42880280
  • Ramasubramanian TS, Adstamongkonkul P, Scribano CM, Johnson C, Caenepeel S, Hrycyniak LCF, Vedder LC, Dana N, Baltes C, Browning V, Chen YI, Dietz T, Flietner E, Kaplewski N, Kellner A, Korrer M, Liu C, Marhefke N, McDonnell P, Nasreen A, Pope V, Prasad A, Richardson J, Schneider S, Schultz MM, Sood C, Sunil A, Euw EV, Wait E, Wargowski EE, Advani P, Broome B, Bruckbauer A, Godwin A, Kokabi N, Lou Y, Martin RCG 2nd, Robaina M, Toia G, Routh J, Friedl A, Eliceiri K, Szulczewski M, Johnson S, Oliner J, Galon J, Capitini C, Mukhopadhyay D, Taube J, Braun D, Gierman HJ. A live tumor fragment platform to assess immunotherapy response in core needle biopsies while addressing challenges of tumor heterogeneity. J Transl Med. 2026 Jan 3;24(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12967-025-07378-2.

    PubMed 41484629
  • Ramasubramanian TS, Adstamongkonkul P, Scribano CM, Johnson C, Caenepeel S, Hrycyniak LCF, Vedder L, Dana N, Baltes C, Browning T, Chen YI, Dietz T, Flietner E, Kaplewski N, Kellner A, Korrer M, Liu C, Marhefke N, McDonnell P, Nasreen A, Pope V, Prasad A, Richardson J, Schneider S, Schultz M, Sood C, Sunil A, von Euw E, Wait E, Wargowski E, Advani P, Broome B, Bruckbauer A, Godwin A, Kokabi N, Martin R, Robaina M, Toia G, Routh J, Friedl A, Eliceiri K, Szulczewski M, Johnson S, Oliner J, Galon J, Capitini C, Mukhopadhyay D, Taube J, Braun D, Gierman HJ. A live tumor fragment platform to assess immunotherapy response in core needle biopsies while addressing challenges of tumor heterogeneity. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jul 18:2025.07.18.663728. doi: 10.1101/2025.07.18.663728.

    PubMed 40791544

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Early Stage Triple-Negative Breast Carcinoma and Metastatic Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, run by Mayo Clinic at 3 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 37 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Clinical Trials Referral Office (855-776-0015, mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Accuracy of the Elephas Score for predicting clinical response in neoadjuvant patients (time frame: Up to 3 years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06349642, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Mar 2026.

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