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PET/CT Scan as a Tool to Rationalize the Treatment of Patients With Advanced ColoRectal Cancer Undergoing First-line Medical Treatment

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer Stage IV
Interventions
Procedure: PET/CT
Drug: first-line chemotherapy
Registration Number
NCT02618850
Lead Sponsor
National Cancer Institute, Naples
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether an early metabolic response, measured by PET/CT scan after the first cycle of chemotherapy, is able to predict which patients with advanced CRC have a better prognosis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
260
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis histologically confirmed colorectal carcinoma
  • stage IV disease
  • patients eligible for standard first-line treatment medical therapy (chemotherapy, and when indicated in association with EGFR inhibitor and/or antiangiogenic) for advanced disease, at diagnosis or after primary surgery.
  • At least one target or non-target lesion according to RECIST revised version 1.1.
  • Age > or = 18 years .
  • ECOG PS 0-2.
  • Life expectancy > 3 months.
  • Signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Uncontrolled diabetes (glucose > 200 mg/dl
  • Any other malignancies within 5 years (except for adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal or squamous cell skin cancer or surgically resected prostate cancer with normal PSA).
  • Pregnant or lactating females.
  • Previous medical therapy for metastatic disease (prior surgery, radiation therapy are permitted, as well as adjuvant medical therapy completed at least 6 months prior to study entry).
  • Any poorly controlled illness (including active infections, significant hepatic, renal, metabolic or cardiac disease, myocardial infarction within previous 12 months) that may, according to physician's judgement, interfere with the patient's ability to undergo chemotherapy and/or the examinations within the study protocol
  • Inability to provide informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Advanced CRC patients undergoing first-line chemotherapyPET/CTsingle cohort
Advanced CRC patients undergoing first-line chemotherapyfirst-line chemotherapysingle cohort
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change from baseline in highest value SUVmax (maximum standardized uptake values in PET/CT scan)2 weeks

To validate as prognostic factor, in terms of overall survival,early metabolic response, defined as a reduction of more than 50% of the highest value of SUVmax recorded at PET/CT scan after one cycle of chemotherapy, compared to the highest value of SUVmax recorded baseline examination

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in SUVmaxsum, TLGmax and TLGmaxsumone year

to describe and validate early metabolic response as a prognostic factor (in terms of progression free survival), using the sum of the SUVmax (SUVmaxsum) , the highest value of TLG (TLGmax), the sum of TLG ( TLGmaxsum).

correlation among SUVmax, SUVmaxsum, TLGmax, TLGsum with progression-free survival after first-line pharmacologic therapyone year

prognostic role of early metabolic response (defined according the above reported 4 parameters) in terms of progression free survival after a first line pharmacologic therapy

correlation among SUVmax, SUVmaxsum, TLGmax, TLGsum with objective response3 months

To describe the association between early metabolic response (defined according the above reported 4 parameters) and objective response according RECIST criteria, measured after 3 cycles of chemotherapy

prognostic value of metabolic response (SUVmax, SUVmaxsum, TLGmax, TLGsum) and recist responseone year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

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Napoli, Italy

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