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Liver Transplantation for Non-resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Translational Research

Primary Purpose

Colorectal Cancer, Liver Metastases, Genetic Change

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Spain
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Liver transplantation
Sponsored by
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Colorectal Cancer focused on measuring Liver Transplantation, Non-resectable colorectal liver metastases, Tumoral biomarkers, Translational research

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Willing and able to provide written informed consent.
  2. Male or female, aged 18-70 years old inclusive at study entry.
  3. ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) 0 or 1.
  4. Histologically-proven primary colorectal tumor.
  5. Bilateral, limited at liver and non-resectable CRLM by consensus in Multidisciplinary Committee.
  6. Resection of primary colorectal tumor according oncological principles and adequate TNM stage.
  7. Time from primary colorectal tumor resection to transplant ≥ 12 months.
  8. Primary colorectal tumor stage ≤ T3N1. If time between primary tumor resection is ≥ 2 years, stage T4N0 or T4N2 is accepted.
  9. No signs of extrahepatic metastatic disease according to PET/CT scan, CT and pelvic MRI.
  10. The patient has undergone systemic chemotherapy for a minimum of 3 months at the time of screening and maximum of 2 lines of fluoropyrimidine based chemotherapy combined or not with irinotecan or oxaliplatin associated or no not with targeted therapy based in molecular biomarkers.
  11. Demonstrated stability or partial regression of CRLM following RECIST criteria v 1.1., at minimum 3 months since the last treatment received and immediately prior to screening.
  12. CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) values ≤ 80 µg/L immediately prior to screening.
  13. Adequate blood test regarding:

    • Creatinine ≤1.25 x upper normal level or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥60 mL/min/1.73m2 using following the Chronic Kidney disease epidemiology collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula.
    • Platelets ≥80 × 109/L
    • Neutrophiles ≥ 2.5 × 109/L
  14. Patients with hepatic failure after resection will be considered if it occurs as a consequence of an inadequate preoperative estimation of the functional volume that would have contraindicated the surgery. They should meet the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Largest Lesion >5.5cm immediately prior to screening
  2. Patients with Lynch Syndrome
  3. BRAF mutation and/or primary tumor of microsatellite instability (MSI)
  4. Recurrence of primary tumor confirmed by colonoscopy or pelvic MRI within the last 12 months prior to screening.
  5. Previous or concurrent cancer in the last 5 years. Any cancer curatively treated 5 years prior to entry or treated basal cell carcinoma is permitted.
  6. Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patient´s participation in the study or evaluation of the study results.
  7. Cardiac or pulmonary disease uncontrolled as contraindication for any surgical procedure.
  8. Active infection.
  9. Pregnant or breast-feeding patients
  10. Any reason why in the opinion of the investigator, the patient should not participate.

Sites / Locations

  • Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Vall d´HebronRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Experimental

Arm Label

Transplantation

Arm Description

Liver transplantation for the treatment of unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Five years overall survival
Percentage of subject who reach the endpoint of overall survival from the inclusion in waiting list until death or last follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

One and three years overall survival
Percentage of subjects who reach the endpoint of overall survival from the inclusion in waiting list until death or last follow-up
One, three and five years recurrence free survival
Percentage or patients who did not progress from transplantation until death or last follow-up analysed using Kaplan-Meier and the log-rank test.
Number of patients that drop-out of the study prior to receive intervention
Percentage of patients that drop-out of the study prior to liver transplantation
Patterns of cancer recurrence after liver transplantation
Defined as porcentage of patients with hepatic recurrence, extrahepatic recurrence or both
Changes in quality of life assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30)
These questions allowed categorizing patients into whether they exhibited a clinically important symptom/functional impairment for each scale from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much). It would be assessed pretransplantation and every 6 months after transplantation.

Full Information

First Posted
May 20, 2022
Last Updated
September 28, 2023
Sponsor
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05398380
Brief Title
Liver Transplantation for Non-resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Translational Research
Official Title
Clinical Impact of Molecular Biomarkers in Liver Transplantation for Non-resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Translational Research
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
September 2023
Overall Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Study Start Date
January 1, 2022 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2026 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2026 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Hospital Vall d'Hebron

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
The patients with non-resectable colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) have always being considered a particular subgroup of CRLM in which the therapeutic approach, is focused on strategies that allow a potential surgery like neoadjuvant systemic treatments. But, the underlying biology that causes this particular profile of spread in a proportion of patients that always recur and progress in the liver has not been properly characterized from a biological point of view. Unfortunately, these patients finally develop liver metastasis not amenable for local treatments and become refractory to systemic treatments even without developing extrahepatic liver metastases. As a result, liver transplantation (LT) is a potential for patients without extrahepatic involvement and nonresectable CRLM. There are several studies that aims to evaluate if LT increases overall survival compared to best alternative care. To our knowledge, none of these studies incorporate objectives focused on the underlying tumor biology of this particular population and the development of focused strategies including a dynamic disease monitoring and targeted treatments for this particular population.The METLIVER trial will permit to expand the genetic studies to the whole complexity of metastatic lesions and a more precise evaluation of their genetic heterogeneity. Moreover, it will help to precise the type of genetic analyses on liquid biopsies that can be designed for patients that will unfortunately relapse mostly with lung metastases after LT. Our proposal will maximize the opportunity to produce an unprecedented knowledge on CRLM evolution and will provide new opportunities for relapsed patients.
Detailed Description
A prospective multicenter Spanish clinical phase II trial is proposed. The study population will consist of male and female with non-resectable CRLM, who are 18 to 70 years old, inclusive, at the time of providing informed consent. Patients will be identified, treated and followed by the clinical investigators within the different centers included in the present study. Those patients deemed unresectable CRLM by consensus in multidisciplinary meeting will be pre-screened for eligibility to be included in the study. After receiving the corresponding chemotherapy and if the patient meets the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will sign the informed consent and will be evaluated for liver transplantation according to institutional protocols at the transplant unit. Patients eligible for liver transplantation will continue chemotherapy until the time of an organ is available. However, patients receiving treatment with bevacizumab or aflibercept will discontinue this treatment at time of inclusion in waiting list. If there are no further contraindications at the time of transplantation, laparotomy including tumor staging will be performed and if there is no sign of extrahepatic disease, liver transplantation will continue according to institutional protocols. Participants will be followed for 5 years and monitored for safety, survival and disease recurrence. Regarding the translational research: The metastatic liver removed on day of transplant will be analysed using high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) which will allow deep phenotyping of cells for detection of rare and common cell populations and determination of developmental trajectories of distinct cell lineages. RAS allele fraction will be monitored by BEAMing and it will be performed before chemotherapy treatment, before LT, post-transplantation, and every 3 months until the patient relapses if relapses.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Colorectal Cancer, Liver Metastases, Genetic Change
Keywords
Liver Transplantation, Non-resectable colorectal liver metastases, Tumoral biomarkers, Translational research

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
35 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Transplantation
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Liver transplantation for the treatment of unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Liver transplantation
Intervention Description
Liver transplantation
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Five years overall survival
Description
Percentage of subject who reach the endpoint of overall survival from the inclusion in waiting list until death or last follow-up
Time Frame
5 years
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
One and three years overall survival
Description
Percentage of subjects who reach the endpoint of overall survival from the inclusion in waiting list until death or last follow-up
Time Frame
1 and 3 years
Title
One, three and five years recurrence free survival
Description
Percentage or patients who did not progress from transplantation until death or last follow-up analysed using Kaplan-Meier and the log-rank test.
Time Frame
1, 3 and 5 years
Title
Number of patients that drop-out of the study prior to receive intervention
Description
Percentage of patients that drop-out of the study prior to liver transplantation
Time Frame
Prior to liver transplantation
Title
Patterns of cancer recurrence after liver transplantation
Description
Defined as porcentage of patients with hepatic recurrence, extrahepatic recurrence or both
Time Frame
5 years
Title
Changes in quality of life assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30)
Description
These questions allowed categorizing patients into whether they exhibited a clinically important symptom/functional impairment for each scale from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much). It would be assessed pretransplantation and every 6 months after transplantation.
Time Frame
5 years
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Percentage of the intratumoral genetic heterogeneity of the metastatic liver through an in-depth lineage study
Description
High-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) will allow deep phenotyping of cells, allowing detection of rare and common cell populations and determination of developmental trajectories of distinct cell lineages from the metastatic liver removed to the recurrence (hepatic or extrahepatic).
Time Frame
On day of transplantation
Title
Percentage of patients with circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)
Description
ctDNA monitorization will be performed pre-chemotherapy, pre-transplantation and every three months after transplantation
Time Frame
5 years

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
70 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Willing and able to provide written informed consent. Male or female, aged 18-70 years old inclusive at study entry. ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) 0 or 1. Histologically-proven primary colorectal tumor. Bilateral, limited at liver and non-resectable CRLM by consensus in Multidisciplinary Committee. Resection of primary colorectal tumor according oncological principles and adequate TNM stage. Time from primary colorectal tumor resection to transplant ≥ 12 months. Primary colorectal tumor stage ≤ T3N1. If time between primary tumor resection is ≥ 2 years, stage T4N0 or T4N2 is accepted. No signs of extrahepatic metastatic disease according to PET/CT scan, CT and pelvic MRI. The patient has undergone systemic chemotherapy for a minimum of 3 months at the time of screening and maximum of 2 lines of fluoropyrimidine based chemotherapy combined or not with irinotecan or oxaliplatin associated or no not with targeted therapy based in molecular biomarkers. Demonstrated stability or partial regression of CRLM following RECIST criteria v 1.1., at minimum 3 months since the last treatment received and immediately prior to screening. CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) values ≤ 80 µg/L immediately prior to screening. Adequate blood test regarding: Creatinine ≤1.25 x upper normal level or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥60 mL/min/1.73m2 using following the Chronic Kidney disease epidemiology collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula. Platelets ≥80 × 109/L Neutrophiles ≥ 2.5 × 109/L Patients with hepatic failure after resection will be considered if it occurs as a consequence of an inadequate preoperative estimation of the functional volume that would have contraindicated the surgery. They should meet the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria: Largest Lesion >5.5cm immediately prior to screening Patients with Lynch Syndrome BRAF mutation and/or primary tumor of microsatellite instability (MSI) Recurrence of primary tumor confirmed by colonoscopy or pelvic MRI within the last 12 months prior to screening. Previous or concurrent cancer in the last 5 years. Any cancer curatively treated 5 years prior to entry or treated basal cell carcinoma is permitted. Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the patient´s participation in the study or evaluation of the study results. Cardiac or pulmonary disease uncontrolled as contraindication for any surgical procedure. Active infection. Pregnant or breast-feeding patients Any reason why in the opinion of the investigator, the patient should not participate.
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
CRISTINA DOPAZO, MD/PhD
Phone
+34932746113
Email
cristina.dopazo@vallhebron.cat
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
CRISTINA DOPAZO
Phone
+34932746113
Email
cristina.dopazo@vallhebron.cat
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Ramón Charco
Organizational Affiliation
Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Elena Elez
Organizational Affiliation
Department of Oncology, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Cristina Dopazo
Organizational Affiliation
Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Ernest Hidalgo
Organizational Affiliation
Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Itxarone Bilbao
Organizational Affiliation
Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Concepción Gómez-Gavara
Organizational Affiliation
Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Mireia Caralt
Organizational Affiliation
Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Javier Ros
Organizational Affiliation
Department of Oncology, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Francesc Salva
Organizational Affiliation
Department of Oncology, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Isabel Campos-Varela
Organizational Affiliation
Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Lluis Castells
Organizational Affiliation
Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron
Official's Role
Study Chair
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Department of HPB Surgery and Transplants, Hospital Vall d´Hebron
City
Barcelona
ZIP/Postal Code
08035
Country
Spain
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Cristina Dopazo, PhD/MD
Phone
+34932746000
Ext
6113
Email
cristina.dopazo@vallhebron.cat

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
No
Citations:
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31070691
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Results Reference
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31322322
Citation
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Results Reference
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Bonney GK, Chew CA, Lodge P, Hubbard J, Halazun KJ, Trunecka P, Muiesan P, Mirza DF, Isaac J, Laing RW, Iyer SG, Chee CE, Yong WP, Muthiah MD, Panaro F, Sanabria J, Grothey A, Moodley K, Chau I, Chan ACY, Wang CC, Menon K, Sapisochin G, Hagness M, Dueland S, Line PD, Adam R. Liver transplantation for non-resectable colorectal liver metastases: the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association consensus guidelines. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Nov;6(11):933-946. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00219-3. Epub 2021 Sep 8. Erratum In: Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Nov;6(11):e7.
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