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.
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Checked against the public recordLast updated Jun 29, 2026 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
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Observational
Locations may change over time.
Study sponsor
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
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Who may be able to participate
The sponsor separates these requirements into two groups. You do not need to interpret them alone—use them to guide a conversation with the study team.
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.
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
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