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Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for Predict and Assess Rectal Cancer Response After Neo-adjuvant Chemoradiation - RECT

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Rectal Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: Dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (D-CEUS) with Sonovue® administration
Registration Number
NCT03068403
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Brief Summary

In recent years the concept of organ sparing treatment in rectal cancer was introduced for selected good responders after neo-adjuvant treatment. In these patients replacement of the standard of care total mesorectal excision (TME) by transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) or omission of surgery after chemoradiation (CRT) was proposed. Before organ sparing treatments could be applied in clinical practice a reliable patient selection procedure has to be available as only good treatment responders after neo-adjuvant therapy are candidates for such adapted therapy. Different imaging modalities have been studied for their ability to distinguish good treatment responders from others. Examples of such imaging modalities with some promising results regarding response assessment are fludeoxyglucosepositron emission tomography (FDG-PET), T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (T2w-MRI), dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion weighted MR imaging (DW-MRI). Besides these modalities dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (D-CEUS) is a new modality used for tissue characterization and therapy response assessment in several tumor locations, like liver tumors and breast cancer. D-CEUS reflect tissue vascular perfusion. For rectal cancer, the value of D-CEUS for pathological response prediction and assessment has never been assessed. Therefore, in this study we assessed D-CEUS to predict and assess pathological response in rectal cancer after neo-adjuvant CRT.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2
Inclusion Criteria
  • Histologically confirmed rectal carcinoma
  • Stade ≥T2 and tumor size ≥3cm
  • No detectable metastases
  • Patient ≥ 18 years
  • Patient information and written informed consent form signed
  • Patient who can receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy
  • Negative pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential
  • Patient covered by a Social Security system
Exclusion Criteria
  • Indication for immediate surgery
  • Primary tumor not measured at the MRI before inclusion
  • Previous pelvic radiotherapy
  • Contraindication to SONOVUE or MRI

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Chemotherapy and RadiochemotherapyDynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (D-CEUS) with Sonovue® administration-
RadiochemotherapyDynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (D-CEUS) with Sonovue® administration-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Area under the echo-power curve (AUC)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rise time (RT)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
mrTNM stagingAt inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
Peak enhancement (PE)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
Wash-in area under the curve (WiAUC)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
Mean transit time (mTT)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
Time to peak (TTP)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
Whash-in rate (WiR)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
Wash out rate (WoR)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits
MRI assessed Tumor Response Grade (mrTRG)At inclusion, 3 months and 6 months visits

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Bordeaux

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Bordeaux, France

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