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SBRT of Metastases Following Neo-adjuvant Treatment for Colorectal Cancer With Synchronous Liver Metastases

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Liver Metastasis Colon Cancer
Interventions
Radiation: stereotactic body radiation treatment (SBRT)
Registration Number
NCT05775146
Lead Sponsor
AHS Cancer Control Alberta
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of SBRT for the management of synchronous oligo metastatic liver metastases from colorectal cancers.

Detailed Description

This will be a phase II feasibility trial to evaluate ablative radiation for the management of colorectal cancer with potentially resectable/ablatabale synchronous oligo-metastases.

In this study, following completion of the neo-adjuvant component of treatment, patients will be re-staged (as is the current standard of care) and can then proceed for SBRT to the liver lesion. Patients who may have responded very well to the systemic treatment with no-residual disease on re-staging imaging, will use pre-treatment imaging for target delineation. The advantage of SBRT is in the minimally invasive approach to treatment that may be associated with lower morbidity, better quality of life and post treatment morbidity, as well as being significantly less expensive.

The planned course of the neo-adjuvant component of treatment for this study will reflect the NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) guidelines and will treat rectal cancer patients with a short course of radiation followed by 6-9 cycles of a combination chemotherapy regimen.

For the colon cancer group of patients, all patients will receive 6-9 cycles (2-3 months) of neo-adjuvant systemic chemotherapy as per current standard of care.

Patients with non-progressive disease at that point, will have SBRT for the metastatic lesion followed by surgery for the primary rectal cancer.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
24
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) 0-2
  • Able to provide written informed consent
  • 1-5 Liver lesions with max size of ≤5cm for a single lesion and restricted to one lobe of liver; deemed at Multi-Disciplinary Tumor Board (MDT) to be potentially amenable for SBRT with curative intent
  • Liver lesion identified within 3 months of diagnosis of primary and deemed at Multi-Disciplinary Tumor Board (MDT) to be potentially amenable for SBRT with curative intent
  • Plan for resection of primary with curative intent
  • Patients with liver metastases and potentially resectable/ablatable lung mets can be included.
  • Colon cancer patients who have undergone upfront resection of primary colonic lesion can be included
  • Able and willing to comply with the terms of the protocol including health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaires
  • Women of child bearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum (or urine) pregnancy test at the time of screening. WOCBP is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone surgical sterilization (hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy or bilateral salpingectomy) and is not postmenopausal. Menopause is defined as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over age 45 years in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. In addition, females under the age of 55 years must have a serum follicle stimulating hormone, (FSH) level > 40 mIU/mL to confirm menopause.
  • Females must not be breastfeeding
  • Male patients should agree to not donate sperm during the study
Exclusion Criteria
  • Extra-hepatic metastases (except potentially resectable lung mets)
  • Not a suitable candidate for liver resection surgery
  • Not a suitable candidate for SBRT
  • Past history of cancer within 5 years (except basal cell carcinoma)
  • Patients who have undergone previous surgery or ablation for liver lesions
  • Planned simultaneous resection of primary and liver metastases
  • Pregnancy
  • Patients with Child-Pugh C and documented cirrhosis

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
SBRT to the metastatic liver +/- lung lesionsstereotactic body radiation treatment (SBRT)All rectal cancer patients included in the trial will receive short course radiation to the pelvis (with 25 Gy in 5 fractions) followed by chemotherapy with either 6 cycles of 3 weekly CAPOX chemotherapy or 9 cycles of 2 weekly FOLFOX. All colon cancer patients will receive 6 cycles of 3 weekly CAPOX or 9 cycles of 2 weekly FOLFOX. Patients will proceed for SBRT to the metastatic liver +/_ lung lesions and resection of the colorectal primary. Treatment planning is to be done using CT simulation or conventional simulation (Fluorocscopy) as per institutional practice. Simple beam arrangements, such as parallel opposed beams, are favored wherever possible.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression free survival (PFS)From date of diagnosis upto 24 months in follow up

Defined as Time from diagnosis to disease progression at any site or death

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Quality of Life (QOL)EORTCBaseline QOL will be assessed upto 24 months follow up

To study the Quality of Life as measured by QLQ (quality of life questionnaire)- EORTC CR29 Questionnaire

Overall Suvival(OS)Expected to be within 3 months post treatment

Defined as the time from diagnosis to death due to any cause .

Toxicity AssessmentToxicity assessment will be done upto 24 months in follow up

Treatment related toxicity will be assessed using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5

Quality of Life (QOL)C309v3Baseline QOL will be assessed upto 24 months follow up

To study the Quality of Life as measured by QLQ (quality of life questionnaire)-C309v3)

Cancer Specific Survival (CSS)Upto 24 months

Defined as the time from diagnosis to death due to the cancer

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cross Cancer Institute

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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