Abstract IA010: On the right TRACK: Operationalizing a national, patient-driven, decentralized trial offering comprehensive genomic profiling and a molecular tumor board for rare cancers
TL;DR
The TRACK trial provides a scalable decentralized model for equitable access to precision medicine for patients with rare cancers while simultaneously generating data to drive a better understanding of rare cancers that otherwise may have limited treatment options.
Abstract
Collectively, rare cancers account for approximately 20–25% of all malignancies, and the challenges faced by patients and researchers are consistent across all rare cancer tumor types. Notably, patients encounter challenges in access to clinical trials, access to biomarker testing, and access to expert interpretation of biomarker testing results and subsequent treatment selection. The TargetCancer Foundation TCF-001 TRACK trial is a fully remote, decentralized, patient-driven clinical trial (NCT04504604) that is enrolling patients with any rare cancer (solid tumor or lymphoma, defined as incidence of 6/100,000), and is designed to address these challenges while generating key research data in rare cancers. Enrollment in TRACK is patient initiated, and allows for fully remote consenting and enrollment (via online E-Consent), with no requirement for patients to travel or change their treating physician. Patients receive tissue and blood comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) at no cost, and a Virtual Molecular Tumor Board, comprised of multidisciplinary members affiliated with a broad national network of institutions from eight states, provides interpretation of CGP reports, along with detailed recommendations for molecularly based treatments. The decentralized model has proven successful in easing participation for patients and ensuring geographic reach, with 230 evaluable patients enrolled across 43 US states and Washington DC, and representing over 60 tumor types, with the highest representation of patients with cholangiocarcinoma, other GI cancers, sarcomas, and brain tumors. However, this model presents significant challenges from an operational perspective, given that each participating patient potentially represents a different treating institution, and outcomes data relies on extraction from requested medical records. Despite these challenges, the TRACK trial provides a scalable decentralized model for equitable access to precision medicine for patients with rare cancers while simultaneously generating data to drive a better understanding of rare cancers that otherwise may have limited treatment options. Jim Palma, Shumei Kato, Mina Nikanjam, Bicky Thapa, Aditya Shreenivas, Jason Sicklick, Pradip De, Catherine Skefos, Cambree Fillis, Jillian Moran, Hetal Vig, Daniella Olonilua, Mary Oster, Erik Williams, Marcela Johnson, Christian Squatrito, Russell Madison, Richard Huang, Vivek Subbiah, Razelle Kurzrock. On the right TRACK: Operationalizing a national, patient-driven, decentralized trial offering comprehensive genomic profiling and a molecular tumor board for rare cancers [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Breaking Barriers in the Fight against Rare Cancers; 2026 Jul 18-20; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2026;86(14_Suppl):Abstract nr IA010.