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Personalized Medicine in Early Stage Colorectal Cancer: Organ Preservation and Immune Benefit

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: Immunoscore Colon Test
Registration Number
NCT06251726
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - H么pitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

The overall aim of this study is to determine whether the Immunoscore associated with histopathological features of endoscopically resected stage T1 colorectal tumors is predictive of locoregional lymph node invasion, in order to better select patients eligible for an organ preservation strategy.

Detailed Description

The frequency of stage T1 superficial colorectal cancer (CRC) is around 15% and its incidence increases. In France, T1 superficial CCR is mostly treated with endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), offering potentially curative, organ-preserving treatment. The presence of pejorative histological criteria (eg. poor differentiation, budding, lymphovascular invasion), detected in about 50% of the tumors, leads to a secondary colectomy or rectal resection with postoperative complications and significant digestive, urological, and sexual functional sequelae. Strikingly, secondary surgical resection is performed in excess in 70 to 80% of the cases, given that no tumor is evidence in the colon and draining lymph nodes. Organ preservation (no secondary surgery) could be offered to a larger number of patients if biomarkers could complete the histological evaluation to better predict metastatic extension to lymph nodes.

Our team showed that the type, density, and location of immune cells in CRC strongly correlated with patients' survival at all disease stages. Our team created an "Immunoscore" (IS) assay, based on CD3+ and cytotoxic CD8+ T-cell densities determined by digital pathology in the tumor and its invasive margin. The robustness and prognostic performance of IS was validated in CRC . Sub-analysis of T1 tumors was not possible (only 31 cases) and tumor specimens did not result from endoscopic resection.

The objective of the study is to determine whether the Immunoscore associated with histopathological features of endoscopically resected stage T1 colorectal tumors is predictive of locoregional lymph node invasion, in order to better select patients eligible for an organ preservation strategy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
310
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult patients (>18 years old)
  • patient with Stage T1 colorectal tumor
  • treated by endoscopic resection between 2014 and 2019 in one of the participating sites
  • sample of the resected tumor available for central analysis
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Other Synchronous cancer
  • Synchronous CRC
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Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Cohort of patients with stage T1 CRC treated by primary endoscopic resection.Immunoscore Colon TestSecondary surgery is performed in patients with pejorative histopathologic feature(s) of the tumor.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lymph node invasion ratetime of histological examination of the surgical specimen

Impact of Immunoscore stratification on lymph node invasion rate in patients with secondary surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Microenvironnement Immunologic parametersUp to 3 years

Assessment of Immunological features measured by RNA sequencing on tumor samples.

Lymph node invasion ratetime of histological examination of the surgical specimen

Impact of Immunoscore stratification combined to Histological risk factors on lymph node invasion rate

Molecular profile of the tumorUp to 3 years

Assessment of molecular profile of the tumor by transcriptomic profile measured by RNAseq. CMS classification will be determined

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AP-HP - h么pital europ茅en Georges-Pompidou

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Paris, France

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