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Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer

Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Colorectal Carcinoma
Colon Adenocarcinoma
Rectal Adenocarcinoma
Interventions
Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
Other: Medical Chart Review
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Registration Number
NCT02863107
Lead Sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Brief Summary

This study investigates the genetic factors that may influence the risk of developing colorectal cancer at a young age. Finding genetic markers for colorectal may help identify patients who are at risk of colorectal cancer. Studying individuals and families at high risk of cancer may help identify cancer genes and other persons at risk.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To define the clinical phenotype of young-onset versus (vs.) later onset colorectal cancer (CRC), including clinicopathologic characteristics, tumor molecular markers, family history, and associated lifestyle/environmental factors.

II. To examine germline genetic alterations in patients with young-onset (diagnosed between age 18 and 50), CRC and those of their first-degree relatives, in comparison to those in patients with later-onset (diagnosed at age 51 or older) CRC.

III. To determine the frequency of the mutations and pattern of inheritance of the mutations identified above in this patient population.

IV. To correlate molecular findings to clinical endpoints of survival and disease recurrence and/or progression in patients with young-onset vs. later-onset CRC.

V. To compare the treatments received by patients with young-onset vs. later-onset CRC and their subsequent survivorship experiences.

OUTLINE:

PATIENTS: Patients complete questionnaires over 30-50 minutes about work, family history, medical history, health habits, and experience as a cancer survivor (quality of life, well-being, concerns, types of health care, and follow-up care received). Active patients, who have undergone treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center within the past year, complete additional questionnaires at enrollment, 6 months, 12 months after treatment completion, and then every years for up to 6 years. Also, active patients who are consented to the study more than 5 years from surgery, they may complete the survivorship questionnaire once. Patients medical records are also reviewed.

FAMILY MEMBERS: Participants complete questionnaires over 10-15 minutes. Participants also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples once.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
818
Inclusion Criteria
  • PATIENTS: MDACC patients who have adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum, diagnosed between ages 18 through 50 (young-onset), or diagnosed at age 51 through 80 (later-onset)
  • PATIENTS: Patient must have sufficient command of the English language and mental capacity to provide consent
  • FAMILY MEMBERS: Be a parent, sibling or child (first degree blood relative) of a registered MDACC patient meeting eligibility criteria above
  • FAMILY MEMBERS: Have sufficient command of the English language and mental capacity to provide consent
  • FAMILY MEMBERS: Family member must be at least 18 years of age at the time of study registration
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Observational (questionnaire, biospecimen collection)Medical Chart ReviewPATIENTS: Patients complete questionnaires over 30-50 minutes about work, family history, medical history, health habits, and experience as a cancer survivor (quality of life, well-being, concerns, types of health care, and follow-up care received). Patients also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples. Active patients, who have undergone treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center within the past year, complete additional questionnaires at enrollment, 6 months, 12 months after treatment completion, and then every years for up to 6 years. Also, active patients who are consented to the study more than 5 years from surgery, they may complete the survivorship questionnaire once. Patients medical records are also reviewed. FAMILY MEMBERS: Participants complete questionnaires over 10-15 minutes. Participants also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples once.
Observational (questionnaire, biospecimen collection)Biospecimen CollectionPATIENTS: Patients complete questionnaires over 30-50 minutes about work, family history, medical history, health habits, and experience as a cancer survivor (quality of life, well-being, concerns, types of health care, and follow-up care received). Patients also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples. Active patients, who have undergone treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center within the past year, complete additional questionnaires at enrollment, 6 months, 12 months after treatment completion, and then every years for up to 6 years. Also, active patients who are consented to the study more than 5 years from surgery, they may complete the survivorship questionnaire once. Patients medical records are also reviewed. FAMILY MEMBERS: Participants complete questionnaires over 10-15 minutes. Participants also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples once.
Observational (questionnaire, biospecimen collection)Quality-of-Life AssessmentPATIENTS: Patients complete questionnaires over 30-50 minutes about work, family history, medical history, health habits, and experience as a cancer survivor (quality of life, well-being, concerns, types of health care, and follow-up care received). Patients also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples. Active patients, who have undergone treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center within the past year, complete additional questionnaires at enrollment, 6 months, 12 months after treatment completion, and then every years for up to 6 years. Also, active patients who are consented to the study more than 5 years from surgery, they may complete the survivorship questionnaire once. Patients medical records are also reviewed. FAMILY MEMBERS: Participants complete questionnaires over 10-15 minutes. Participants also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples once.
Observational (questionnaire, biospecimen collection)Questionnaire AdministrationPATIENTS: Patients complete questionnaires over 30-50 minutes about work, family history, medical history, health habits, and experience as a cancer survivor (quality of life, well-being, concerns, types of health care, and follow-up care received). Patients also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples. Active patients, who have undergone treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center within the past year, complete additional questionnaires at enrollment, 6 months, 12 months after treatment completion, and then every years for up to 6 years. Also, active patients who are consented to the study more than 5 years from surgery, they may complete the survivorship questionnaire once. Patients medical records are also reviewed. FAMILY MEMBERS: Participants complete questionnaires over 10-15 minutes. Participants also undergo collection of blood or saliva samples once.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Treatments received including surgical, systemic, and/or radiation treatmentsUp to 5 years

Will be compared between the young and the older cohorts by using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Chi-squared or Fisher's exact tests for categorical variables as appropriate.

Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS) scoresUp to 5 years

Standard scoring menu for the QLACS will be followed to obtain domain and overall scores for the QLACS. Scores will be compared between the young and older cohorts using Wilcoxon rank sum test, and the p-values will be adjusted for multiple comparisons. Mixed effects models will be constructed to analyze changes over time. In secondary analyses, quality of life scores will be stratified by disease stage, site and status. Responder bias will be assessed by comparing responders vs. non-responders for patient-, disease-, and treatment-related factors.

Degree of pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in patients who received surgical, systemic, and/or radiation treatmentsUp to 5 years

Will be compared between the young and the older cohorts by using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Chi-squared or Fisher's exact tests for categorical variables as appropriate.

Overall responseUp to 5 years

Will be compared between the young and the older cohorts by using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Chi-squared or Fisher's exact tests for categorical variables as appropriate.

Adherence scoreUp to 5 years

For the survivorship care questionnaire, a summation "adherence score" will be calculated for each patient in terms of whether guideline recommended survivorship care was received by the patient. The "adherence scores" will be compared between the young vs. older cohorts using Wilcoxon rank sum test.

Identify polymorphism variants and/or new mutationsUp to 5 years

Will use bioinformatic analysis to analyze and understand the identified polymorphism variants and/or new mutations. Chi-squared test will be used to test for differences between the young-onset versus (vs.) later-onset cohorts for each polymorphism variant or mutation genotype, with odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals as estimates of relative risk. A tree-based statistical approach using classification and regression tree analysis segregating study versus reference cohorts will be used. Genotypes will be coded and analyzed for the additive, dominant, recessive, or codominant models.

Progression free survivalUp to 3 years

Will be calculated. Will use Kaplan-Meier analysis to characterize the shapes of the survival curves according to normal or variant genotypes and Cox proportional hazards modeling to evaluate the association of variant genotypes, allowing for covariates such as age and stage that may vary according to genotypes and need to be controlled for evaluate evidence for an independent effect of genotype on survival or time to relapse.

Overall survivalUp to 5 years

Will be calculated. Will use Kaplan-Meier analysis to characterize the shapes of the survival curves according to normal or variant genotypes and Cox proportional hazards modeling to evaluate the association of variant genotypes, allowing for covariates such as age and stage that may vary according to genotypes and need to be controlled for evaluate evidence for an independent effect of genotype on survival or time to relapse.

Clinical and epidemiologic data obtained from medical recordsUp to 5 years

Including age of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis, gender, race/ethnicity, insurance status, tumor-related variables including location of the CRC, clinical and pathologic stage of CRC, histologic features including histologic grade of differentiation, mucinous histology, signet ring, and adverse features such as lymphovasucalar invasion and perineural invasion, as well as information provided from patients regarding their family history and their dietary, environmental and lifestyle information will be described using descriptive statistics. All continuous variables were described as median and interquartile range, and categorical variables as number and percentage. Comparisons between the young and the older cohorts were performed by using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Chi-squared or Fisher's exact tests for categorical variables as appropriate.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

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Houston, Texas, United States

MD Anderson League City

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League City, Texas, United States

MD Anderson in The Woodlands

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Conroe, Texas, United States

MD Anderson in Sugar Land

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Sugar Land, Texas, United States

MD Anderson West Houston

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Houston, Texas, United States

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