This study focuses on patients who have been diagnosed with an advanced cancer that has not responded to or has stopped responding to at least one kind of treatment, or that has no standard therapy. The purpose of the study is to observe the effects of certain cancer drugs that target specific changes in a tumor’s DNA when used to treat tumors that have those DNA changes. The use of these types of drugs is called targeted therapy. Targeted therapy delivers a treatment that is aimed at a specific molecular feature of the cancer cell.
All drugs used in the TAPUR study are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are for the treatment of some type of cancer. However, because the study is matching the changes in DNA in the participant’s tumor to the specific drug that targets that variation, the drug will not be FDA-approved for treating the participant’s specific type of cancer.
What is the full name of this clinical trial?
TAPUR: Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization Registry Study