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Hepatic (hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)) and pancreatic (pancreatic adenocarcinoma (ADKP); pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (TNEP)) primary tumors are the most common malignant tumors of the hepato-bilio-pancreatic system and represent a major public health issue. At present, the management of these tumors is based on recommendations based on the existence of rudimentary prognostic and theranostics markers that do not sufficiently accurately reflect the heterogeneity of tumor biology. It therefore seems essential to identify new and more relevant markers in order to optimize the care of these patients in daily practice. Metabolic reprogramming is now recognized as an essential feature of cancer cells, allowing them to fuel and maintain their proliferation and tumor growth. Such metabolic reprogramming requires modification of several energy pathways, the most commonly recognized being the transition from energy metabolism based on oxidative phosphorylation to energy metabolism based on glycolysis, even under aerobic conditions (Warburg effect). In this context, the investigators hypothesized that the consumption of nutrients by the tumor cell differs significantly from that of the normal cell in order to support its increased energy needs, and that this important and specific metabolic reprogramming would be correlated with the histo-prognostic and theranostics factors of these tumors. Preliminary analyses on surgical resection parts conducted by the various partners in 2019 made it possible to characterize the metabolic signatures of a series of HCC and ADKP resected using the Metafora biosystems technology platform. These signatures reflect a metabolic program characteristic of these tumors, which reveal strong specificities. Similarly, a candidate signature correlating with the presence of vascular microscopic invasion has been identified in HCC, and the level of activation of glycolysis and glutaminolysis by certain ADKP cells also appears as a trait of interest vis-à-vis the aggressiveness of this cancer. Thus, the current project will aim to confirm the feasibility of identifying specific prognostic and theranostics metabolic signatures early, on biopsy samples and / or circulating blood cells.


Clinical Trial Description

Primary liver tumours (hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)) and pancreatic tumours (pancreatic adenocarcinoma (ADKP); pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs)) are the most frequent malignant tumours of the hepatobiliopancreatic system and represent a major public health issue. One of the main lines of research for these tumors consists in the early identification of prognostic and theranostic factors to adapt the management of patients as closely as possible to the specificities of their pathology. This identification is currently sorely lacking in daily clinical practice. Thus, unlike what is done for other types of neoplastic pathologies such as breast cancer, the management of primary liver and pancreatic tumors is still often based on recommendations based on the existence of rudimentary prognostic and theranostic markers that do not reflect sufficiently faithfully the heterogeneity of tumor biology. It is therefore essential to identify new, more relevant markers in order to optimize the management of these patients in daily practice. Metabolic reprogramming is now recognized as an essential characteristic of cancer cells, allowing them to fuel and maintain their proliferation and tumor growth. Such metabolic reprogramming requires modification of several energy pathways, the most commonly recognized being the shift from energy metabolism based on oxidative phosphorylation to energy metabolism based on glycolysis, even under aerobic conditions (Warburg effect). Other metabolic pathways such as increased glutaminolysis have recently been identified. In this context, we hypothesized that the consumption of nutrients by the tumor cell differs significantly from that of the normal cell in order to support its increased energy needs, and that this important and specific metabolic reprogramming would be correlated with the histo-prognostic and theranostic factors of these tumors. Within ADKPs, 2 molecular subtypes have been described: a very aggressive, "basal-like" subtype with increased glycolytic metabolism and metastatic properties and a "classical" subtype, better differentiated with better prognosis. The identification of these subtypes is currently only possible by RNA-seq, a technology not practiced routinely. Similarly, metabolism appears to define a subgroup of aggressive NETs. Indeed, NETs with high glucose uptake, visible on 18FDG PET-CT scan, have a worse prognosis. This type of examination also showed that there was spatial metabolic heterogeneity (primary tumor vs. metastasis) and temporal metabolic heterogeneity in these tumors and that the latter was correlated with prognosis. Preliminary analyses conducted by the various partners in 2019 made it possible to characterize the metabolic signatures of a series of resected HCC and ADKP using Metafora biosystems' technological platform. These signatures reflect a metabolic program characteristic of these tumors, which reveal strong specificities. Similarly, a candidate signature correlating with the presence of microscopic vascular invasion has been identified in HCC, and the level of activation of glycolysis and glutaminolysis by some ADKP cells also appears as a trait of interest vis-à-vis the aggressiveness of this cancer. As these results were obtained on surgical resection parts, the current project will therefore aim to confirm the feasibility of identifying specific prognostic and theranostic metabolic signatures early, on biopsy sampling or circulating blood cells. This multicenter study includes 300 patients (100 patients for each tumor type) and aims to identify a prognostic metabolic signature from tumor tissue samples of HCC, ADKP and pancreatic NETs. ;


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NCT number NCT05794048
Study type Interventional
Source Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Contact Valérie Paradis, MD, PhD
Phone 01 40 87 54 63
Email valerie.paradis@aphp.fr
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 8, 2022
Completion date September 8, 2026

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