Observational studyBMC cancer2023
The TRIPLEX study: use of patient-derived tumor organoids as an innovative tool for precision medicine in triple-negative breast cancer.
Observational study in BMC cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Methods and applications of patient-derived organoid models for immune microenvironment and immunotherapy research in multiple cancer types.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2026Review
- Comparative analysis of zebrafish, organoid, and organ-on-chip models in breast cancer research.Biotechnology notes (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Overcoming immunotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer: a critical review of mast cell plasticity, metabolic reprogramming, and organoid models.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Review
- The PENDOR study: establishment of a panel of patient-derived tumor organoids from endometrial cancer to assess efficacy of PARP inhibitors.BMC cancer · 2025Observational
- Immune monitoring of neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Targeting of mutant-p53 and MYC as a novel strategy to inhibit oncogenic SPAG5 activity in triple negative breast cancer.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
- Advanced Hydrogels in Breast Cancer Therapy.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Organoid-based personalized medicine: from tumor outcome prediction to autologous transplantation.Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) · 2024Review
- The Transformative Role of 3D Culture Models in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research.Cancers · 2024Review
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26 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTriple negative breast cancers (TNBC) account for approximately 15% of all breast cancers and are associated with a shorter median survival mainly due to locally advanced tumor and high risk of metastasis. The current neoadjuvant treatment for TNBC consists of a regimen of immune checkpoint blocker and chemotherapy (chemo-ICB). Despite the frequent use of this combination for TNBC treatment, moderate results are observed and its clinical benefit in TNBC remains difficult to predict. Patient-derived tumor organoids (PDTO) are 3D in vitro cellular structures obtained from patient's tumor samples. More and more evidence suggest that these models could predict the response of the tumor from which they are derived. PDTO may thus be used as a tool to predict chemo-ICB efficacy in TNBC patients.
methodThe TRIPLEX study is a single-center observational study conducted to investigate the feasibility of generating PDTO from TNBC and to evaluate their ability to predict clinical response. PDTO will be obtained after the dissociation of biopsies and embedding into extra cellular matrix. PDTO will be cultured in a medium supplemented with growth factors and signal pathway inhibitors. Molecular and histological analyses will be performed on established PDTO lines to validate their phenotypic proximity with the original tumor. Response of PDTO to chemo-ICB will be assessed using co-cultures with autologous immune cells collected from patient blood samples. PDTO response will finally be compared with the response of the patient to evaluate the predictive potential of the model. DISCUSSION: This study will allow to assess the feasibility of using PDTO as predictive tools for the evaluation of the response of TNBC patients to treatments. In the event that PDTO could faithfully predict patient response in clinically relevant time frames, a prospective clinical trial could be designed to use PDTO to guide clinical decision. This study will also permit the establishment of a living biobank of TNBC PDTO usable for future innovative strategies evaluation.
trial registrationThe clinical trial (version 1.2) has been validated by local research ethic committee on December 30
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