Tumor Cell and DNA Detection in the Blood, Urine and Bone Marrow of Patients With Solid Cancers

Recruiting

• Conditions: Non-small Cell Lung Cancer; Colorectal Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Hepatocellular Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer
• Interventions: Procedure: Study sample collection

• Registration Number: NCT02838836
• Lead Sponsor: University of Missouri-Columbia

Brief Summary

Patients with resectable solid primary cancers and even limited number of metastases are potentially curable. However, most patients develop recurrences despite surgery. Circulating and disseminated tumor cell (CTC/DTC) and circulating cell-free (cf) DNA isolation from the blood, urine and bone marrow will increase understanding of cancer spread and advance knowledge to develop individualized therapies.

Detailed Description

Background:

Patients with resectable solid primary cancers and even limited number of metastases are potentially curable. However, most patients develop recurrences despite surgery. Circulating and disseminated tumor cell (CTC/DTC) and circulating cell-free (cf) DNA isolation from the blood, urine and bone marrow will increase understanding of cancer spread and advance knowledge to develop individualized therapies.

Hypothesis and Rationale:

CTCs/DTCs and cfDNA isolated from the blood, urine and bone marrow during cancer surgeries undergo pheno- and/or genotype changes. CTCs/DTCs have potential for dissemination and tumor growth in vivo. Investigating the biology of liquid biomarkers in the blood, urine and bone marrow will significantly increase understanding of cancer biology.

Specific Aims:

CTCs/DTCs and cfDNA isolated from cancer patients will be characterized for genetic alterations and expression of key signaling/proliferation biomarkers and grow in vivo in nude mice.

Study Design:

100 patients undergoing solid cancer surgeries will be recruited for perioperative CTC/DTC/cfDNA isolation from the blood, urine and bone marrow with innovative techniques. In addition, 20 patients undergoing similar surgeries for benign disease will also be included as controls. CTCs/DTCs, cfDNA and cancer tissue pheno- and/or genotype analysis will be performed with different innovative techniques. Furthermore, CTCs/DTCs will be enriched, cultured and characterized. Tumor growth potential will be studied in nude mice.

Relevance:

This translational cancer trial addresses fundamental aspects of cancer disease being the cause of death in 1 out of 4 persons in the US. Innovative CTCs/DTCs characterization can shed light on the tumor biology, and identify therapy targets. Results of this study can be fundamentally important to understanding cancer spread and development of personalized therapies.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07-01
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-16
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-20
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-27
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-30
• Primary Completion: 2026-12-01
• Study Completion: 2026-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 620

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects older than 18 years.
• Subjects of all genders and ethnicities.
• Subjects with the diagnosis of a solid cancer (n=100) of all stages will be included (lung, esophageal, stomach, bile duct/pancreas, colorectal, melanoma, sarcoma).
• Ten patients with no present suspicion and no previous history of any cancer (except basal cell cancer of the skin) that undergo surgeries for other benign indications will serve as controls (n=20).
• In patients undergoing surgery for cancer the histopathology should preferably be pathologically proven by a previous or novel biopsy. Yet, patients with a high cancer suspicion by radiology and clinical picture that undergo cancer surgery will not be excluded. No additional biopsies, testing or interventions will be performed for the purpose of this study if the medical treatment will not require it.
• Subjects must be capable of giving informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women.
• Subjects with the concurrent diagnosis of an active secondary (synchronous) malignancy besides basal cell carcinoma of the skin will be excluded, if there is evidence of disease burden or if the patient is currently being treated with chemotherapy.
• Subjects with a hemoglobin of <8g/dl in the morning of the procedure will be excluded.
• In subjects who require intraoperative transfusions of >4 units of red packed blood cells (RPBCs), no further blood will be drawn for CTC/DTC/cfDNA analysis during surgery or on postoperative day 1.
• In patients with coagulation disorders that could lead to significant bleeding (such as hemophilia, significant thrombocytopenia) requiring prophylactic administration of coagulative products, no bone marrow aspiration will be performed.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study sample collection	Study sample collection	Blood draws, urine and tissue asservation, and bone marrow aspiration will be done during surgery

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CTC/DTC numbers measured in blood, urine and bone marrow samples will be correlated with patient outcome	5 years	CTC/DTC numbers in the blood, urine and bone marrow will be determined and correlated with survival data (presence of recurrence, death) by univariate analysis (log rank test), multivariate analysis (Cox regression) and t test/ANOVA

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ctDNA characteristics will be correlated with survival data	5 years	A panel of ctDNA mutations detected in the blood will be gathered in a score and correlated with survival data (presence of recurrence, death) by univariate analysis (log rank test), multivariate analysis (Cox regression)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, University of Missouri; 🇺🇸 Columbia, Missouri, United States