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Improving Outcome of Selected Patients With Non-resectable Hepatic Metastases From Colo-rectal Cancer With Liver Transplantation

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Liver Metastases
Colorectal Cancer Metastatic
Liver Neoplasm
Neoplasms
Interventions
Procedure: Liver transplant
Drug: Chemotherapy
Registration Number
NCT03803436
Lead Sponsor
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
Brief Summary

The COLT trial is an investigator-driven, multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, controlled, prospective, parallel trial, aimed at assessing the efficacy (in terms of overall survival: OS) of liver transplantation (LT) in liver-only CRC metastases, compared with a matched cohort of patients bearing the same tumor characteristics, collected during the same time period and included in a phase III Italian RCT on triplet chemotherapy+antiEGFR

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
22
Inclusion Criteria
  • Histologically confirmed non-mucinous colon adenocarcinoma.
  • Primary tumor as pT1-3, pN0 or pN1 (metastases in < 4 regional lymph nodes), confirmed R0 resection.
  • RAS and BRAF wild-type & MSS molecular status as per local testing.
  • Liver metastases not eligible for curative liver resection
  • Objective response according to RECIST 1.1 to first-line treatment, with sustained response for at least 4 months, OR disease control (CR+PR+SD) during second-line treatment for at least 4 months.
  • A maximum of two prior chemotherapy treatment lines.
  • Performance status, ECOG 0.
  • Satisfactory blood tests Hb >10g/dl, neutrophils >1.0 (after any G-CSF), TRC >75, Bilirubin<2 x upper normal level, AST, ALT<5 x upper normal level, creatinine <1.25 x upper normal level.
  • CEA<50 ng/ml
Exclusion Criteria
  • Hereditary CRC syndromes including FAP and Lynch syndrome.
  • Prior extra hepatic metastatic disease or primary tumor local relapse.
  • Extra-peritoneal cancers (rectum).
  • Other malignancies in the previous 5 years
  • Active intra-venous or alcohol abusers
  • HIV infection

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Study armLiver transplantLiver transplant
Parallel armChemotherapyChemotherapy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall Survival5 years

Time from enrolement to either death or censoring

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complications rate90 days after liver transplant

Complications according to Dindo Clavien Classification

Progression Free Survival5 years

Time from enrolement to either progression or censoring

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

SOD Clinica di Chirurgia Epatobiliare, Pancreatica e dei Trapianti e SC di Oncologia Medica, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona

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Ancona, Italy

ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII

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Bergamo, Italy

Chirurgia EBP e dei Trapianti di Fegato e SC di Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

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Genova, Italy

Ospedale Maggiore di Milano Policlinico

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Milano, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda

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Milano, Italy

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto NAzionale Tumori di Milano

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Milan, Italy

Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (ISMETT)

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Palermo, Italy

GONO Group (Gruppo Oncologico Nord Ovest) TRIPLETE Trial Coordination

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Pisa, Italy

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli IRCCS

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Roma, Italy

Ospedale Universitario Molinette S. Giovanni Battista di Torino

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Torino, Italy

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SOD Clinica di Chirurgia Epatobiliare, Pancreatica e dei Trapianti e SC di Oncologia Medica, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona
🇮🇹Ancona, Italy
Marco Vivarelli, MD
Principal Investigator

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