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ArticleJournal of ovarian research2017

Prediction of clinical response to drugs in ovarian cancer using the chemotherapy resistance test (CTR-test).

Frank Christian Kischkel, Carina Meyer, Julia Eich, Mani Nassir, Monika Mentze, Ioana Braicu, Annette Kopp-Schneider, Jalid Sehouli

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Article in Journal of ovarian research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Frank Christian KischkelTherapySelect, Heidelberg, Germany. frank.kischkel@therapyselect.de.
Carina MeyerTherapySelect, Heidelberg, Germany.
Julia EichTherapySelect, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mani NassirCharité Berlin, Gynecology Department, Virchow Campus Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Monika MentzeCharité Berlin, Gynecology Department, Virchow Campus Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Ioana BraicuCharité Berlin, Gynecology Department, Virchow Campus Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Annette Kopp-SchneiderGerman Cancer Research Center, Division of Biostatistics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jalid SehouliCharité Berlin, Gynecology Department, Virchow Campus Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DETherapySelect (Germany) · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn order to validate if the test result of the Chemotherapy Resistance Test (CTR-Test) is able to predict the resistances or sensitivities of tumors in ovarian cancer patients to drugs, the CTR-Test result and the corresponding clinical response of individual patients were correlated retrospectively. Results were compared to previous recorded correlations.

methodsThe CTR-Test was performed on tumor samples from 52 ovarian cancer patients for specific chemotherapeutic drugs. Patients were treated with monotherapies or drug combinations. Resistances were classified as extreme (ER), medium (MR) or slight (SR) resistance in the CTR-Test. Combination treatment resistances were transformed by a scoring system into these classifications.

resultsAccurate sensitivity prediction was accomplished in 79% of the cases and accurate prediction of resistance in 100% of the cases in the total data set. The data set of single agent treatment and drug combination treatment were analyzed individually. Single agent treatment lead to an accurate sensitivity in 44% of the cases and the drug combination to 95% accuracy. The detection of resistances was in both cases to 100% correct. ROC curve analysis indicates that the CTR-Test result correlates with the clinical response, at least for the combination chemotherapy. Those values are similar or better than the values from a publication from 1990.

conclusionsChemotherapy resistance testing in vitro via the CTR-Test is able to accurately detect resistances in ovarian cancer patients. These numbers confirm and even exceed results published in 1990. Better sensitivity detection might be caused by a higher percentage of drug combinations tested in 2012 compared to 1990. Our study confirms the functionality of the CTR-Test to plan an efficient chemotherapeutic treatment for ovarian cancer patients.

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Antineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansOvarian NeoplasmsPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificityTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsCTR-testIndividualized cancer therapyOvarian cancerResistance classification systemSensitivity and resistance prediction

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