Predicting Response to Immunotherapy From Analysis of Live Tumor Biopsies (ELEPHAS-05)
This study will collect tumor specimens with correlated clinical and demographic data from patients who are undergoing a biopsy or similar procedure to obtain tumor tissue as a normal course of their medical management or diagnostic work-up for suspected or confirmed cancer.
Checked against the public recordLast updated Jun 29, 2026 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Not specified
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Elephas
- Interventions being studied
- Procedure: Biopsy
How this study is categorized
These labels come from structured fields and exact terms in the public record.
Who may be able to participate
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Able and willing to provide informed consent for participation 2. Age ≥18 years at time of consent. 3. Have a suspected or confirmed cancer diagnosis that is to be evaluated by means of a biopsy. 4. Subjects who are newly diagnosed or have suspected cancer must be treatment-naïve at the time of biopsy. All other subjects should have the biopsy performed before starting their next line of treatment. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Have a known auto-immune disease or prior condition (prior organ transplant, chronic kidney or liver disease) that renders them ineligible for immunotherapy (IO) treatment. 2. Severely immunocompromised person(s). Examples include patients on immunosuppressants, HIV positive patients on antiretrovirals, post transplantation patients. 3. Pregnant person(s).
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Mercy Hospital - FTSFort Smith, Arkansas
- Frederick Health HospitalFrederick, Maryland
- Mercy Hospital - SPGSpringfield, Missouri
- Mercy Hospital - SouthSt Louis, Missouri
- Mercy Hospital -STLSt Louis, Missouri
- Mercy Hospital - OKCOklahoma City, Oklahoma
- JPS Health NetworkForth Worth, Texas
- Baylor Scott and White BiorepositoryTemple, Texas
Source and freshness
Processed from ClinicalTrials.gov. Last public update: Jun 29, 2026. Always confirm current availability with the study team.