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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03283527
Other study ID # RARESTEM/Organoid
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date December 1, 2017
Est. completion date December 31, 2023

Study information

Verified date September 2023
Source University Medical Center Groningen
Contact Kristel Muijs, Dr.
Phone +31652724462
Email c.t.muijs@umcg.nl
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Rationale: Current standard treatment of localized esophageal cancer (EC) with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by esophagectomy with curative intent results in 30% complete, 40-60% partial and 20% no-response at pathologic examination. Clinical response of nCRT is usually evaluated with PET-CT. However, response measurements are currently still insufficient in optimizing EC treatment. Proper pre-surgical response prediction may allow individualized treatment with esophagus-preservation in complete responders or switching to an alternative treatment in non-responders. Interestingly, in many tumors, a subset of cells has been found to possess cancer stem cell (CSC) properties with associated signaling as drivers of tumor (re-)growth and therapy resistance. Response of CSC-derived tissue resembling in vitro cultured tumor organoids may reflect patient's tumors sensitivity to therapy. Objective: To create a patient derived organoid model for EC patients to predict the pathologic tumor response to nCRT in clinical practice. This will allow a more personalized approach in future treatment of locally advanced EC. Study design: Fresh esophageal tumor material will be collected during diagnostic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in participating patients. These biopsies will be used to select cancer stem cells, which will be cultured to derive organoids (esophageal cancer patient derived organoids; EC-PDO). When the EC-PDO contain sufficient cells, these cells will be treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy in order to obtain dose-response curves. The response of these EC-PDOs will be compared to the actual tumor response to nCRT treatment in these EC patients, which will be assessed at the definitive pathologic examination of the resection specimen after esophagectomy with curative intent. Study population: All patients with curatively treatable and resectable esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma) can be included in this trial. Main study parameters/endpoints: The main endpoint is response prediction to chemoradiotherapy by EC-PDO; the steepness of the dose response survival curve in the organoids in relation to the pathologic response after resection in the clinical situation. Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: The patients will be asked to undergo 3 to 6 additional biopsies during endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for the TNM staging of the tumor. The risk of these additional biopsies is not greater than the biopsies for the diagnosis of EC. The patient will not benefit from participation in this trial. For the future approach we can get more insight into the mechanism of (chemo)radiation response or resistance to nCRT, which might lead to a better patient selection and more individualized esophageal cancer treatment in the future. This improvement in selection and treatment can result in less over or under-treatment of these EC patients.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date December 31, 2023
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Histologically proven adeno- or squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus - Age = 18 years - Candidates for curative treatment; clinical stage T1N+/T2-4aN0-3M0 - Scheduled for endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) procedure for staging and/or treatment purposes - Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: - Patients who are medically unfit for a curative treatment - Signs of distant metastases (M1) - Patients who are mentally disabled or incapable to give informed consent

Study Design


Locations

Country Name City State
Netherlands Martini Ziekenhuis Groningen
Netherlands University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) Groningen
Netherlands Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden Leeuwarden

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Medical Center Groningen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Response prediction by EC-PDO The main endpoint is response prediction by EC-PDO; the steepness of the dose response survival curve in relation to the pathologic response after resection. january 2020
Secondary EC-PDO growth rate in-vivo December 2018- febr 2019
Secondary Stem cell characterization measured by the amount of CD24-/CD44+ March 2018
Secondary Radio/Chemo-sensitivity/resistance; the effective dose 50% (ED50%) of CSCs enriched subpopulation will be compared with the ED50% esophageal cancer cell lines. december 2019/january 2020
Secondary Clinical response: based on PET-CT (standard): complete, partial or no response December 2019/January 2020
Secondary Disease free survival (DFS) in months in patients December 2020/January 2021
Secondary Overall survival (OS) in months December 2020/January 2021
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