Umbrella vs Basket Trial

I have heard these two trails for the first time at JCMS2017 from Dr. Somponart (SISP). Besides, I have heard my colleague talked about her principal investigator want to examine whether cholangiocarcinoma has the mutations that are drugable to the current drug market, especially in Thailand, where not many choices of the affordable targeted therapy are available.

I think it is quite useful, at least, for me to have a very short note on it.
Article: Novel Precision Medicine Trial Designs Umbrellas and Baskets
Ref: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5299

Precision concept:
Finding the specific mutations and get the precise drug to treat
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Before the precision medicine era:
*one size fits all -- specific mutation driving cancer

Trend is changing since new technology + minor population want to be completely free from cancer
*initiate two new differential trail designs
*Umbrella trial - focus on one type of cancers but different genetic mutations (based on its originated)
*Basket trial - focus on one genetic mutation but different cancer types, design based on mutations, give drugs according to the type of mutations
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The picture shows the overview of two clinical trials- the first one focuses on the originated organ but containing diverse kinds of mutations and the second one focuses the same mutations regardless of originated organs.

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