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FORECAST-II Feasibility of using Organoid Response to inform treatments for patients with Colorectal cancer staring first-line therapy

Not Applicable
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Cancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon)
Registration Number
ACTRN12624000684527
Lead Sponsor
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria

1 Be able to provide informed, voluntary, written consent.
2 Have a diagnosis of CRC that is either locally advanced and unresectable, or metastatic.
3 Have ECOG performance status of 0-2.
4 Have adequate major organ function.
5 Be fit to receive systemic treatment.
6 Be planning to receive systemic treatment.
7 Have chemotherapy-naïve disease in the advanced setting. Prior chemotherapy in the
neo/adjuvant setting is permitted for those with relapsed disease.
8 Have a life expectancy of > 3 months.
9 Be accessible for follow up and data collection.
10 Be willing and able to undergo initial tumour biopsy and provide serial blood samples.
11 Be willing to provide archival tumour tissue or fresh tumour tissue for genetic testing

Exclusion Criteria

1 Cannot undergo biopsy of tumour tissue either due to patient factors (such as being unable to withhold anticoagulation) or tumour factors (location, size inappropriate to biopsy).

2 Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant’s participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the participant to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.

3 Has a known psychiatric or substance abuse disorder that would interfere with the participant’s ability to cooperate with the requirements of the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To explore the feasibility of chemosensitivity testing of tumour organoids to guide clinical decision making for locally advanced and unresectable or metastatic CRC patients in the first- and second-line treatment setting.[Feasibility will be measured by how many patients successfully have an organoid established from their tumour tissue and drug tested, Aim is 70% of participants. This will be at first restaging, Between 12-16 weeks from time enrolment..]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Optimal selection of metastatic sites or primary tumour tissue.[fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) Approximately 12 weeks post biopsy, before commencement of Cycle 1 of first line treatment.]
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