A Phase III Randomized Trial of Integrated Genomics and Avatar Models for Personalized Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: the AVATAR Trial
Abstract. Purpose: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has limited treatment options. We compared the efficacy of comprehensive precision medicine against the conventional treatment in PDAC. Methods: Phase III trial of advanced PDAC where patients were randomized (1:2) to a conventional treatment treated at physician’s discretion (arm A), or to precision medicine (arm B). Subjects randomized to arm B underwent a tumor biopsy for whole exome sequencing (WES) and to generate avatar mouse models and patient derived organoids for phenotypic drug screening, with final treatment recommended by molecular tumor board. The primary objective was median overall survival (OS). Results: 137 patients were enrolled with 125 randomized, 44 to arm A and 81 to Arm B. WES was performed in 80.3% (65/81) patients of arm B, with potentially actionable mutations detected in 21.5% (14/65). Experimental models were generated in 16/81 patients (19.8%). Second-line treatment was administered to 39 patients in the e
