Circulating Tumour DNA Analysis Informing Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage III Colon Cancer: A Multicentre Phase II/III Randomised Controlled Study (DYNAMIC-III)
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ABSTRACT: Interventions: This design incorporates two separate clinical objectives; (i) non-inferiority and (ii) benefit.
This prospective multi-centre, phase II/III randomised study aims to enrol a total of 1000 stage III colon cancer patients. Patients will be randomised 1:1 to be treated according to post-op ctDNA results (Arm B: ctDNA-informed), or per standard of care (Arm A: SOC). Enrolment will be stratified by participating centre and clinical risk groups (low risk = T1-3N1; high risk = T4 and/or N2).
Patients should be screened up to 6 weeks after surgery and tumour samples will be made available in 5 working days from consent for mutation analysis. Patients will have a blood draw during week 5-6 post-op for ctDNA analysis (ctDNA-1: post-op day 32 to day 42). Clinicians are to nominate their standard of care adjuvant chemotherapy regimen (no chemotherapy, single agent fluoropyrimidine or combination fluropyrimidine plus oxaliplatin) at the time of enrolment prior to randomisation. Randomisation will occur after the post-op ctDNA blood draw and receipt of sufficient tumour tissue. Additional blood collection time-points will depend on the schedule of adjuvant chemotherapy. Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tumour tissue and the study bloods sample will undergo ctDNA analysis at Johns Hopkins University.
In the ctDNA-informed arm (Arm B), the post-op ctDNA result will be made available to the treating clinician approx 4-5 weeks after receipt of tumour tissue. Adjuvant chemotherapy will commence after the ctDNA result becomes available or, where the treating clinician wishes to commence adjuvant treatment before the result is available, an individual patient may commence on standard of care treatment no earlier than 6 weeks post-op, and then switch to the ctDNA informed
Primary Objective - To evaluate the impact of de-escalation/escalation treatment strategies as informed by post-op ctDNA analysis. The ctDNA positive and negative cohorts will be evaluated separately:
a.For ctDNA negative patients, the trial will evaluate that a de-escalation treatment strategy is non-inferior to standard of care treatment as measured by the rate of 3-year recurrence-free survival.
b.For the ctDNA positive patients, the trial will investigate if an escalation treatment strategy is superior to standard of care treatment as measured by the 24 month recurrence-free survival
[Patients from all arms will be followed up every 3 months for the first 2 years and then every 6 months for the next 3 years post surgery for recurrence. Recurrence-free survival at 3 years post randomisation is measured by the time interval between randomisation and date of first recurrence. Recurrence is defined as evidence of disease either locally or distantly. Clinical assessment, radiological work-up and histological confirmation of recurrent disease will prove the presence of recurrent disease .]
Study Design: Purpose: Treatment; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Open (masking not used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Safety/efficacy
DISEASE(S): Colorectal Cancer,Cancer-bowel-back Passage (rectum) Or Large Bowel (colon)
PROVIDER: 2466329 | ecrin-mdr-crc |
REPOSITORIES: ECRIN MDR
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