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Lung CancerNCT06262386

Combined Relapse Prediction Model for Resectable Non-Small Cell Patients - a Prospective Clinical Feasibility Trial

A study testing Cisplatin based chemottherapy in people with Lung Cancer and Relapse/Recurrence, run by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

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Trial summary

For patients with lung cancer who have undergone tumor resection, early relapse significantly impacts survival. However, there are currently no reliable screening or imaging tools available to identify patients at risk of early relapse. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
Lung Cancer, Relapse/Recurrence
What is being tested?
Cisplatin based chemottherapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
358 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
1 Aug 2023to 31 Jul 2028
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 20 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients who presented with resectable disease ( Clinical stage 1a to 3a)
  • Patients who received tumor resection

Who cannot join

  • Pathologic stage greater than stage 3b or 4
  • Pathologic stage less than stage 1a1
  • Could not complete treatment course
  • Could not receive blood sampling for CTC (circulating tumor cell) or regular surveillance

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Chia-Tsun CH Hsieh contact

-886975366137

wisdom5000@gmail.com

Taiwan1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Ching-Yang Wu

    Taoyuan City, 333

    Ching-Yang Wu, +886975368204, wu.chingyang@gmail.com

    Jason CH Hsieh, +886975366137, wisdom5000@gmail.com

    Recruiting

Other trials in Taiwan

About this study

Official title: Utilizing Perioperative Variation Trends of Circulating Tumor Cells and Tumor Pathological Characteristics as a Combined Relapse Prediction Model for Resectable Non-Small Cell Patients - a Prospective Clinical Feasibility Trial

For patients with lung cancer who have undergone tumor resection, early relapse significantly impacts survival. However, there are currently no reliable screening or imaging tools available to identify patients at risk of early relapse. To address this clinical challenge, many studies have focused on understanding the clinicopathologic characteristics associated with an increased risk of early relapse. Despite these efforts, we can identify patients at risk but cannot pinpoint which individuals will actually experience early relapse. Studies on adjuvant therapy have shown improved survival in cases of more advanced disease but have not demonstrated a reduction in early relapse rates.

In our preliminary analysis of previous study data, we observed that patients with a smaller reduction in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) within the first three days after surgery, followed by an increase on the third-day post-operation, are more likely to experience early relapse during regular monitoring. This pattern may be indicative of minimal residual disease. By combining trends in circulating tumor cell variations with pathologic characteristics, we aim to select patients for adjuvant therapy who are at high risk of developing early relapse.

The objective of our study is to employ screening based on circulating tumor cell dynamics and pathologic features to identify patients likely to experience early relapse and to assess the effectiveness of adjuvant therapy in these cases.

Read the detailed description

For patients with resectable lung cancer, anatomic resection alongside mediastinal lymph node dissection is pivotal in removing all tumor tissue visible on imaging from the patient's body. Despite these efforts, early relapse remains a significant issue. Literature review shows that the early relapse rate varies between 8 to 10%, potentially due to undetectable occult metastasis by imaging modalities, suggesting the presence of minimal residual disease or tumor cells evading the primary site. Limitations in imaging, such as the slice thickness in computed tomography (CT) scans, which range from 0.375 to 0.5 centimeters, can render tumors smaller than the slice thickness invisible. Similarly, tumors smaller than 0.5 cm may not accumulate sufficient F18-Deoxyglucose to be detectable in positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Additionally, tumor cells may migrate to extrapulmonary sites via lymphatic drainage or circulation.

Survival studies have predominantly focused on the pathologic TNM stage, which aggregates different disease presentations with similar survival outcomes. However, the heterogeneity inherent in pathology may help in identifying patients prone to relapse. From a tumor biology perspective, tumor cells may detach from surrounding tissues, becoming more invasive and entering the bloodstream. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been recognized early in cancer stages and are correlated with treatment response, tumor genetic alterations, and survival. Research has combined CT tumor size and CTCs in a malignancy prediction model for suspicious pulmonary lesions, highlighting that CTCs can rebound in patients experiencing early relapse, indicating occult metastases or minimal residual disease.

Systemic adjuvant therapy is considered the best approach to minimize disease relapse in resectable lung cancer patients. Although many studies have sought to identify patients at risk of relapse to improve survival, the presence of intrapulmonary (N1) or mediastinal (N2) lymph node invasion significantly affects survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Even tumors smaller than 1 cm carry a risk of lymph node metastases, with respective risks for cT1a, cT1b, and cT1c tumors reported as 3.8%, 16.3%, and 19.6%. Therefore, patients with tumors larger than 1 cm are recommended adjuvant therapy due to the high risk of lymph node involvement. Adjuvant chemotherapy is advised for patients with stages 1b to 3a, showing a 5.4% survival benefit by the fifth postoperative year, although this benefit diminishes in subsequent years. This could be due to adjuvant therapy being administered based on the pathologic stage rather than the likelihood of relapse. Tumor heterogeneity might also influence the response to different therapeutic regimens. Molecular profiling of tumors has identified mutations predicting responses to targeted therapies and elucidated drug resistance mechanisms, offering more precise treatments and improving survival. Targeted and immune therapies have shown improved survival in specific tumor subgroups.

This study aims to utilize trends in CTC variations as a screening tool to identify patients at risk of relapse and prescribe adjuvant therapy to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and survival impact of CTCs.

Being tested
Cisplatin based chemottherapy
Keywords
Circulating tumor cell, resectable non-small cell lung cancer, Early relapse
Medical subject headings
Lung Neoplasms, Recurrence, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating

What participants receive

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

  • Cisplatin based chemottherapyDrug

    adjuvant therapy for high risk patient

Study groups in NCT06262386
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Patient at risk for disease relapse after surgeryExperimental1. we utilized a relapse prediction model that combined perioperative variation trends of circulating tumor cells and pathologic characteristics that were collated with relapse 1. circulating tumor cell variation trend: difference between the CTC count on post-operation day 3 and day 1; difference between the CTC count on post-operation day 3 and post-operation 2. pathologic staging 0-1a/ 1b-4 2. patient with high relapse for relapse * Adjuvant was recommended as NCCN guidelines recommended
Receives: Drug: Cisplatin based chemottherapy

What is being measured

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

  1. Accuracy of proposed relapse prediction model

    1. Utilized the enrolled patients to testify proposed relapse prediction model
    2. Calculated Positive prediction rate, Negative prediction rate, accuracy
    3. Goal: high positive prediction rate, lower negative prediction rate, high accuracy

    Measured: follow up in 3 month-interval

  2. early relapse rate

    1. adjuvant therapy based on proposed relapse prediction model
    • calculate the early relapse rate (relapse within 3 years)
    1. utilized historical cohort as historical control (cohort that utilized to establish proposed relapse prediction model
    • adjuvant therapy based on TNM stage
    • calculate the early relapse rate (relapse within 3 years)
    • follow up Chest CT/ CTC in 3-month interval

    Measured: follow up in 3 month-interval

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Overall surveival

    Goal: difference of overall survival among patients with relapse risk

    1. treatment based on proposed relapse prediction model
    2. calculate the overall survival
    3. utilized historical cohort as historical control ( cohort that utilized to establish proposed relapse prediction model
    • treatment based on TNM stage
    • calculate the overall survival rate

    Measured: follow up in 3 month-interval

Timeline

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

  1. First posted16 Feb 2024
  2. Study start1 Aug 2023
  3. Primary completion31 Jul 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Jul 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
358 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06262386
Sponsor's protocol ID
202202172B0
Status last verified
Aug 2023
First submitted
22 Sep 2023
Last updated
16 Feb 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Wu CY, Fu JY, Wu CF, Liu YH, Hsieh MJ, Wu YC, Yang CT, Tsai YH. Pathologic Stage of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients Presenting as Resectable Cases After Neoadjuvant Therapy Did Not Predict the Prognosis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Oct;94(40):1. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001700.

    PubMed 26448022
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  • Sun F, Xi J, Zhan C, Yang X, Wang L, Shi Y, Jiang W, Wang Q. Ground glass opacities: Imaging, pathology, and gene mutations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Aug;156(2):808-813. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.110. Epub 2018 Apr 13.

    PubMed 29753514
  • Funama Y, Awai K, Liu D, Oda S, Yanaga Y, Nakaura T, Kawanaka K, Shimamura M, Yamashita Y. Detection of nodules showing ground-glass opacity in the lungs at low-dose multidetector computed tomography: phantom and clinical study. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2009 Jan-Feb;33(1):49-53. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31815e6291.

    PubMed 19188784
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    PubMed 1597738
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    PubMed 10210213
  • Pieterman RM, van Putten JW, Meuzelaar JJ, Mooyaart EL, Vaalburg W, Koeter GH, Fidler V, Pruim J, Groen HJ. Preoperative staging of non-small-cell lung cancer with positron-emission tomography. N Engl J Med. 2000 Jul 27;343(4):254-61. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200007273430404.

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    PubMed 17110329
  • Fidler IJ. The pathogenesis of cancer metastasis: the 'seed and soil' hypothesis revisited. Nat Rev Cancer. 2003 Jun;3(6):453-8. doi: 10.1038/nrc1098.

    PubMed 12778135
  • Carbone DP, Salmon JS, Billheimer D, Chen H, Sandler A, Roder H, Roder J, Tsypin M, Herbst RS, Tsao AS, Tran HT, Dang TP. VeriStrat classifier for survival and time to progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with erlotinib and bevacizumab. Lung Cancer. 2010 Sep;69(3):337-40. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.11.019. Epub 2009 Dec 29.

    PubMed 20036440
  • Maheswaran S, Sequist LV, Nagrath S, Ulkus L, Brannigan B, Collura CV, Inserra E, Diederichs S, Iafrate AJ, Bell DW, Digumarthy S, Muzikansky A, Irimia D, Settleman J, Tompkins RG, Lynch TJ, Toner M, Haber DA. Detection of mutations in EGFR in circulating lung-cancer cells. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 24;359(4):366-77. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0800668. Epub 2008 Jul 2.

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  • O'Flaherty JD, Gray S, Richard D, Fennell D, O'Leary JJ, Blackhall FH, O'Byrne KJ. Circulating tumour cells, their role in metastasis and their clinical utility in lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2012 Apr;76(1):19-25. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.10.018. Epub 2011 Dec 29.

    PubMed 22209049
  • Nieva J, Wendel M, Luttgen MS, Marrinucci D, Bazhenova L, Kolatkar A, Santala R, Whittenberger B, Burke J, Torrey M, Bethel K, Kuhn P. High-definition imaging of circulating tumor cells and associated cellular events in non-small cell lung cancer patients: a longitudinal analysis. Phys Biol. 2012 Feb;9(1):016004. doi: 10.1088/1478-3975/9/1/016004. Epub 2012 Feb 3.

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  • Wu CY, Lee CL, Wu CF, Fu JY, Yang CT, Wen CT, Liu YH, Liu HP, Hsieh JC. Circulating Tumor Cells as a Tool of Minimal Residual Disease Can Predict Lung Cancer Recurrence: A longitudinal, Prospective Trial. Diagnostics (Basel). 2020 Mar 6;10(3):144. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10030144.

    PubMed 32155787

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Cisplatin based chemottherapy in people with Lung Cancer and Relapse/Recurrence, run by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

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 2 inclusion and 4 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Feb 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Ching-Yang Wu (+886975368204, wu.chingyang@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Accuracy of proposed relapse prediction model (time frame: follow up in 3 month-interval). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT06262386, which also lists 35 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 16 Feb 2024.

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