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CancerDATECAN-1NCT03676010

Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer Trials (DATECAN-1)

An observational study of Cancer, run by Institut Bergonié at 3 sites in France.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

In randomised phase III cancer clinical trials, the most objectively defined and only validated time-to-event endpoint is overall survival (OS). The appearance of new types of treatments and the multiplication of lines of treatment have resulted in the use of surrogate endpoints for overall survival such as… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 100 years
Conditions the study is for
Cancer
What is being tested?
Sarcoma and GIST, Breast cancer and Pancreatic cancer
How many people
265 participants
Where
3 sitesFrance
Study dates
Sep 2009to Dec 2026
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 100 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: No patient will be included.

Who may be able to join

  • Sarcoma / GIST
  • Breast cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • adjuvant colon cancer
  • early non small cell lung cancer

Who cannot join

  • Individual patient data unavailable

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country.

France3 sites
  • Institut Bergonié

    Bordeaux, 33076

  • Centre Georges François Leclerc

    Dijon

  • Institut du Cancer de Montpellier

    Montpellier

Other trials in France

About this study

Official title: Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer Trials (DATECAN-1) : Formal Consensus Method for the Development of Guidelines for Standardized Time-to-event Endpoints' Definitions in Cancer Clinical Trials

In randomised phase III cancer clinical trials, the most objectively defined and only validated time-to-event endpoint is overall survival (OS). The appearance of new types of treatments and the multiplication of lines of treatment have resulted in the use of surrogate endpoints for overall survival such as progression-free survival (PFS), or time-to-treatment failure. Their development is strongly influenced by the necessity of reducing clinical trial duration, cost and number of patients. However, while these endpoints are frequently used, they are often poorly defined and definitions can differ between trials which may limit their use as primary endpoints. Moreover, this variability of definitions can impact on the trial's results by affecting estimation of treatments' effects. The aim of the Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer trials (DATECAN) project is to provide recommendations for standardised definitions of time-to-event endpoints in randomised cancer clinical trials.

We will use a formal consensus methodology based on experts' opinions which will be obtained in a systematic manner.

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Definitions will be independently developed for several cancer sites, including pancreatic, breast, head and neck and colon cancer, as well as sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs).

The DATECAN project should lead to the elaboration of recommendations that can then be used as guidelines by researchers participating in clinical trials. This process should lead to a standardisation of the definitions of commonly used time-to-event endpoints, enabling appropriate comparisons of future trials' results.

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There is no methodology to provide appropriate definitions for survival endpoints. As such, including or excluding an event in a survival endpoint definition is only based on opinion from experts. For this reason, we launched the DATECAN-1 project in 2009. Its objective is to elaborate standardized definitions for survival endpoints in randomized clinical trials, based on a rigorous and validated consensus methodology. Once this project will be finalized (2012), guidelines for the definitions of survival endpoints to be used in clinical trials will be available.

This collaborative work involves the network of the statisticians from Regional Comprehensive Cancer Centers (Bordeaux, Lille, Montpellier, Dijon, Paris, Toulouse), the network of the Cancer Data Centers (CTD) of the French National Cancer Institute (INCA; Montpellier, Bordeaux, Curie, Dijon-GERCOR) as well as the Headquarters from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). This project is supported by a 2009 grant from the French League Against Cancer .

The DATECAN-1 project relies on a validated formal consensus method (Fitch K. The Rand/UCLA appropriateness method user's manual. 2001). This consensus approach formalizes the degree of agreement among experts by identifying and selecting the points on which experts agree, disagree or are undecided. The guidelines are subsequently based on agreement points. It is a rigorous and explicit method since it involves international experts in clinical trials in the field of the targeted cancer localizations. This method involves two rounds of rating (questionnaires) and an in-person meeting to address points for which consensus has not been reached yet.

We published the methodology of the consensus process (Bellera et al. Eur J Cancer 2013).

Guidelines have now been published following the international consensus process, for pancreatic cancer, sarcoma and GIST, beast cancer and renal cell carcinoma (See "Citations filed" below). For other localization (head and neck, stomach, colon): guidelines are ongoing.

Conditions
Cancer
Being tested
Sarcoma and GIST, Breast cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Renal cell carcinoma, Colon cancer
Keywords
Cancer, Randomized controlled trial, Endpoint, Consensus
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Sarcoma and GISTOther

    No Intervention : Consensus of international experts to provide definition of survival endpoints to be used in randomized controlled trials to assess treatment efficacy.

  • Breast cancerOther

    No intervention : Consensus of international experts to provide definition of survival endpoints to be used in randomized controlled trials to assess treatment efficacy.

  • Pancreatic cancerOther

    No intervention : Consensus of international experts to provide definition of survival endpoints to be used in randomized controlled trials to assess treatment efficacy.

  • Renal cell carcinomaOther

    No intervention : Consensus of international experts to provide definition of survival endpoints to be used in randomized controlled trials to assess treatment efficacy.

  • Colon cancerOther

    No intervention : Consensus of international experts to provide definition of survival endpoints to be used in randomized controlled trials to assess treatment efficacy (adjuvant setting).

  • Solid tumours undergoing image-guided tumor ablationOther

    No intervention : Consensus of international experts to provide definition of survival endpoints to be used in randomized controlled trials to assess treatment efficacy.

  • (early) Non Small Cell Lung CancerOther

    No intervention : Consensus of international experts to provide definition of survival endpoints to be used in randomized controlled trials to assess treatment efficacy.

Study groups in NCT03676010
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Sarcoma and GISTExperts involved in the consensus process for providing recommandations for the definitions of time to event outcomes to be used in randomized trials for patients with Sarcoma and GIST
Receives: Other: Sarcoma and GIST
Breast cancerExperts involved in the consensus process for providing recommandations for the definitions of time to event outcomes to be used in randomized trials for patients with Breast cancer
Receives: Other: Breast cancer
Pancreatic cancerExperts involved in the consensus process for providing recommandations for the definitions of time to event outcomes to be used in randomized trials for patients with Pancreatic cancer
Receives: Other: Pancreatic cancer
Renal cell carcinomaExperts involved in the consensus process for providing recommandations for the definitions of time to event outcomes to be used in randomized trials for patients with Renal cell carcinoma
Receives: Other: Renal cell carcinoma
Colon Cancer (adjuvant setting)Experts involved in the consensus process for providing recommandations for the definitions of time to event outcomes to be used in randomized trials for patients with Colon Cancer (adjuvant setting)
Receives: Other: Colon cancer
Solid tumours undergoing image-guided tumor ablationExperts involved in the consensus process for providing recommandations for the definitions of time to event outcomes to be used in randomized trials for patients with Solid tumours undergoing image-guided tumor ablation
Receives: Other: Solid tumours undergoing image-guided tumor ablation
(early) Non Small Cell Lung CancerExperts involved in the consensus process for providing recommandations for the definitions of time to event outcomes to be used in randomized trials for patients with (early) Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Receives: Other: (early) Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Outcomes Defined Following the Consensus Process

    Number of time-to-event outcomes defined following the consensus process

    Measured: 1 year after the consitution of the panel of experts

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Sep 2018
  2. Study startSep 2009
  3. Primary completionJan 2015
  4. Study completionDec 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Enrolment
265 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03676010
Sponsor's protocol ID
IB2009-DATECAN-1
Acronym
DATECAN-1
Status last verified
Nov 2025
First submitted
17 Sep 2018
Last updated
10 Dec 2025
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Puijk RS, Ahmed M, Adam A, Arai Y, Arellano R, de Baere T, Bale R, Bellera C, Binkert CA, Brace CL, Breen DJ, Brountzos E, Callstrom MR, Carrafiello G, Chapiro J, de Cobelli F, Coupe VMH, Crocetti L, Denys A, Dupuy DE, Erinjeri JP, Filippiadis D, Gangi A, Gervais DA, Gillams AR, Greene T, Guiu B, Helmberger T, Iezzi R, Kang TW, Kelekis A, Kim HS, Kroncke T, Kwan S, Lee MW, Lee FT, Lee EW Jr, Liang P, Lissenberg-Witte BI, Lu DS, Madoff DC, Mauri G, Meloni MF, Morgan R, Nadolski G, Narayanan G, Newton I, Nikolic B, Orsi F, Pereira PL, Pua U, Rhim H, Ricke J, Rilling W, Salem R, Scheffer HJ, Sofocleous CT, Solbiati LA, Solomon SB, Soulen MC, Sze D, Uberoi R, Vogl TJ, Wang DS, Wood BJ, Goldberg SN, Meijerink MR. Consensus Guidelines for the Definition of Time-to-Event End Points in Image-guided Tumor Ablation: Results of the SIO and DATECAN Initiative. Radiology. 2021 Dec;301(3):533-540. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021203715. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

    PubMed 34581627
  • Bellera CA, Penel N, Ouali M, Bonvalot S, Casali PG, Nielsen OS, Delannes M, Litiere S, Bonnetain F, Dabakuyo TS, Benjamin RS, Blay JY, Bui BN, Collin F, Delaney TF, Duffaud F, Filleron T, Fiore M, Gelderblom H, George S, Grimer R, Grosclaude P, Gronchi A, Haas R, Hohenberger P, Issels R, Italiano A, Jooste V, Krarup-Hansen A, Le Pechoux C, Mussi C, Oberlin O, Patel S, Piperno-Neumann S, Raut C, Ray-Coquard I, Rutkowski P, Schuetze S, Sleijfer S, Stoeckle E, Van Glabbeke M, Woll P, Gourgou-Bourgade S, Mathoulin-Pelissier S. Guidelines for time-to-event end point definitions in sarcomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) trials: results of the DATECAN initiative (Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer trials)dagger. Ann Oncol. 2015 May;26(5):865-872. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu360. Epub 2014 Jul 28.

    PubMed 25070543
  • Bonnetain F, Bonsing B, Conroy T, Dousseau A, Glimelius B, Haustermans K, Lacaine F, Van Laethem JL, Aparicio T, Aust D, Bassi C, Berger V, Chamorey E, Chibaudel B, Dahan L, De Gramont A, Delpero JR, Dervenis C, Ducreux M, Gal J, Gerber E, Ghaneh P, Hammel P, Hendlisz A, Jooste V, Labianca R, Latouche A, Lutz M, Macarulla T, Malka D, Mauer M, Mitry E, Neoptolemos J, Pessaux P, Sauvanet A, Tabernero J, Taieb J, van Tienhoven G, Gourgou-Bourgade S, Bellera C, Mathoulin-Pelissier S, Collette L. Guidelines for time-to-event end-point definitions in trials for pancreatic cancer. Results of the DATECAN initiative (Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event End-points in CANcer trials). Eur J Cancer. 2014 Nov;50(17):2983-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.07.011. Epub 2014 Sep 22.

    PubMed 25256896
  • Bellera CA, Pulido M, Gourgou S, Collette L, Doussau A, Kramar A, Dabakuyo TS, Ouali M, Auperin A, Filleron T, Fortpied C, Le Tourneau C, Paoletti X, Mauer M, Mathoulin-Pelissier S, Bonnetain F. Protocol of the Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer trials (DATECAN) project: formal consensus method for the development of guidelines for standardised time-to-event endpoints' definitions in cancer clinical trials. Eur J Cancer. 2013 Mar;49(4):769-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.09.035. Epub 2012 Nov 2.

    PubMed 23122780
  • Gourgou-Bourgade S, Cameron D, Poortmans P, Asselain B, Azria D, Cardoso F, A'Hern R, Bliss J, Bogaerts J, Bonnefoi H, Brain E, Cardoso MJ, Chibaudel B, Coleman R, Cufer T, Dal Lago L, Dalenc F, De Azambuja E, Debled M, Delaloge S, Filleron T, Gligorov J, Gutowski M, Jacot W, Kirkove C, MacGrogan G, Michiels S, Negreiros I, Offersen BV, Penault Llorca F, Pruneri G, Roche H, Russell NS, Schmitt F, Servent V, Thurlimann B, Untch M, van der Hage JA, van Tienhoven G, Wildiers H, Yarnold J, Bonnetain F, Mathoulin-Pelissier S, Bellera C, Dabakuyo-Yonli TS. Guidelines for time-to-event end point definitions in breast cancer trials: results of the DATECAN initiative (Definition for the Assessment of Time-to-event Endpoints in CANcer trials). Ann Oncol. 2015 Dec;26(12):2505-6. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdv478. Epub 2015 Oct 13. No abstract available.

    PubMed 26467471
  • Kramar A, Negrier S, Sylvester R, Joniau S, Mulders P, Powles T, Bex A, Bonnetain F, Bossi A, Bracarda S, Bukowski R, Catto J, Choueiri TK, Crabb S, Eisen T, El Demery M, Fitzpatrick J, Flamand V, Goebell PJ, Gravis G, Houede N, Jacqmin D, Kaplan R, Malavaud B, Massard C, Melichar B, Mourey L, Nathan P, Pasquier D, Porta C, Pouessel D, Quinn D, Ravaud A, Rolland F, Schmidinger M, Tombal B, Tosi D, Vauleon E, Volpe A, Wolter P, Escudier B, Filleron T; DATECAN Renal Cancer group. Guidelines for the definition of time-to-event end points in renal cell cancer clinical trials: results of the DATECAN projectdagger. Ann Oncol. 2015 Dec;26(12):2392-8. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdv380. Epub 2015 Sep 14.

    PubMed 26371288
  • Cohen R, Vernerey D, Bellera C, Meurisse A, Henriques J, Paoletti X, Rousseau B, Alberts S, Aparicio T, Boukovinas I, Gill S, Goldberg RM, Grothey A, Hamaguchi T, Iveson T, Kerr R, Labianca R, Lonardi S, Meyerhardt J, Paul J, Punt CJA, Saltz L, Saunders MP, Schmoll HJ, Shah M, Sobrero A, Souglakos I, Taieb J, Takashima A, Wagner AD, Ychou M, Bonnetain F, Gourgou S, Yoshino T, Yothers G, de Gramont A, Shi Q, Andre T; ACCENT Group. Guidelines for time-to-event end-point definitions in adjuvant randomised trials for patients with localised colon cancer: Results of the DATECAN initiative. Eur J Cancer. 2020 May;130:63-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.02.009. Epub 2020 Mar 12.

    PubMed 32172199

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Cancer, run by Institut Bergonié at 3 sites in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 8 Feb 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Outcomes Defined Following the Consensus Process (time frame: 1 year after the consitution of the panel of experts). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03676010, which also lists 7 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Dec 2025.

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