Clinical trials

Through this study funded by the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund, First Ascent will demonstrate state-wide feasibility of providing xDRIVE Functional Precision Medicine + Artificial Intelligence platform by assessing patient clinical benefit and health economics impacts. As this is a feasibility study, results will be returned to the physician and the physician may use the data to inform the next line of treatment. The investigator will run a prospective single-arm feasibility study providing the xDRIVE FPM AI platform to n = 210+ cancer patients throughout the state of Florida, especially those from underserved populations (pediatric patients and patients in Black, Brown, Hispanic, and rural communities).

The study aims to evaluate the clinical utility of the xDRIVE functional precision medicine + artificial intelligence (AI) platform in predicting treatment response for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The primary objective is to assess xDRIVE's accuracy in forecasting clinical benefit from standard-of-care (SOC) therapies, with a target of ≥80% accuracy in 25 participants. Achieving this threshold would provide sufficient statistical power to reject the null hypothesis of ≤50% accuracy. The secondary goal is to determine the feasibility of utilizing xDRIVE for timely treatment recommendations. Success will be defined by the ability to provide recommendations within four weeks for at least 64% of patients, ensuring clinical applicability. Additionally, the study includes an exploratory objective to examine oncologists' perspectives on integrating xDRIVE into clinical decision-making. This will be achieved through a post-hoc survey assessing physician experiences with the precision oncology platform.