Renal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Trial
Official title:
Vessels Encapsulating Tumor Clusters (VETC), Prognostic and Predictive Value in Renal Cell Carcinoma and Adrenal Gland Carcinoma
NCT number | NCT04666220 |
Other study ID # | Predictive VETC |
Secondary ID | |
Status | Recruiting |
Phase | |
First received | |
Last updated | |
Start date | January 2, 2021 |
Est. completion date | May 2021 |
Metastasis is the main cause of death in cancer patients and often epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is advocated as the basic mechanism. Recently Fang and colleagues described an EMT-independent process of metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): endothelium covers small cluster of tumor cells allowing tumor dissemination. This process of angiogenesis, named VETC (vessels that encapsulate tumor clusters) in HCC literature, has been described under different names in other cancer types. Furthermore, the investigators confirmed the negative impact of VETC on patients' prognosis on a large multicenter cohort of HCCs. Moreover, Fang et al demonstrated that patients affected by VETC-positive HCC benefit more from sorafenib therapy. Interestingly, this type of angiogenesis was also found in renal cell carcinoma, adrenal gland pheochromocytoma, thyroid follicular carcinoma and alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) and associated to prognosis. Moreover, the distinction between benign and malignant neoplasms of the adrenal gland is a complex matter, being the established criteria still lacking a strong reproducibility. Several tyrosine kinase inhibitors are available for different cancer types; among them, HCC, RCC, ASPS, and TC may benefit from the so-called antiangiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitors (aTKI) (such as sunitinib, sorafenib, pazopanib). A general (histotype-independent) validation of the prognostic role of VETC is missing. Moreover, inhibitors of tyrosine-kinase vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR-TKI), represent an effective treatment for different cancer types, but predictive markers are still needed. In addition, novel systemic immunotherapy agents are being approved in many cancer types, as alternative to angiogenesis inhibitors. A broader frame including metastatic mechanisms, tumor microenvironment (TME, i.e. angiogenesis and immune infiltrate) and treatment response could answer to several needs currently unmet. Bayesian networks and causal models can be employed to effectively draw conclusions from retrospective data. The aim of the present study is to investigate in patients with RCC and adrenal carcinoma (AC) the VETC-expression on tumor tissue, correlating the results with clinical data, patients characteristics, and outcome.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 180 |
Est. completion date | May 2021 |
Est. primary completion date | February 2021 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | N/A and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: 1. Histological diagnosis of Renal Cell Carcinoma; 2. Histological diagnosis of Carcinoma of the adrenal gland; 3. Availability of histological material; 4. For the evaluation of the prognostic role: no systemic treatment with TKI administered before surgery. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unavailable histological material; 2. For RCC: histological diagnosis different from Clear Cell histotype. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Italy | Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital | Rozzano | MI |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Humanitas Clinical and Research Center |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | VETC in RCC and AC. | To identify the expression of VETC in Renal Cell Carcinoma and Adrenal Carcinoma. | 2-3 months | |
Secondary | Predictive VETC (OS) | Treatment specific Overall Survival | 2-3 months | |
Secondary | Predictive VETC (PFS) | Treatment specific Progression Free Survival | 2-3 months | |
Secondary | Predictive VETC (control) | Treatment specific Disease Control Rate | 2-3 months |
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