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NRG-GI005: Phase II/III Study of Circulating tumOr DNA as a Predictive BiomaRker in Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Stage IIA Colon Cancer (COBRA)
Overall Recruitment Status: Active, currently enrolling
 
Official Title
NRG-GI005: Phase II/III Study of Circulating tumOr DNA as a Predictive BiomaRker in Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Stage IIA Colon Cancer (COBRA)
 
Region Sponsors
Mid-Atlantic
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NRG Oncology
 
Acronym KP IRB No.
COBRA 1896517
 
Study Type Phase
Clinical Trial Phase III
 
Study Population Description
Patients with stage IIA colon cancer.
 
Purpose
This phase II/III trial studies how well circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) testing in the blood works in predicting treatment for patients with stage IIA colon cancer after surgery. ctDNA are circulating tumor cells that are shed by tumors into the blood. Finding ctDNA in the blood means that there is very likely some small amounts of cancer that remain after surgery. However, this cancer, if detected, cannot be found on other tests usually used to find cancer, as it is too small. Testing for ctDNA levels may help identify patients with colon cancer after surgery who do benefit, and those who do not benefit, from receiving chemotherapy.
 
Detailed Description
 
Gender Age Limit
Male & Female
 
Inclusion Criteria
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
  • Histologically/pathologically confirmed stage IIA adenocarcinoma of the colon (T3, N0, M0) with at least 12 lymph nodes examined at the time of surgical resection.
  • Appropriate for active surveillance (i.e., no adjuvant chemotherapy) at the discretion of and as documented by the evaluating oncologist based on current practice patterns.
  • The distal extent of the tumor must be >= 12 cm from the anal verge on pre-surgical endoscopy (i.e., excluding rectal adenocarcinomas warranting treatment with chemoradiation). If the patient did not undergo a pre-surgical endoscopy, then the distal extent of the tumor must be >= 12 cm from the anal verge as determined by surgical examination or pre-operative imaging.
  • The patient must have had an en bloc complete gross resection of tumor (curative resection) as definitive surgical cancer treatment within 14 to 60 days of study randomization. Patients who have had a two-stage surgical procedure to first provide a decompressive colostomy and then, in a later procedure, to have the definitive surgical resection, are eligible.
 
Exclusion Criteria
  • Colon cancer histology other than adenocarcinoma (i.e., neuroendocrine carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma, squamous cell carcinoma, etc.).
  • Pathologic, clinical, or radiologic evidence of overt metastatic disease. This includes isolated, distant, or non-contiguous intra-abdominal metastases, even if resected (including the presence of satellite nodules constituting N1c disease in the absence of lymph node involvement).
  • Tumor-related bowel perforation.
  • History of prior invasive colon malignancy, regardless of disease-free interval.
  • History of organ transplantation.

 
Keywords and/or Specific Medical Conditions
  • Oncology (Adult)
 
KP Clinical Facility
  • Burke Medical Center
  • Capitol Hill Medical Center
  • Gaithersburg Medical Center
  • Largo Medical Center
  • Tyson's Corner Medical Center
  • Woodlawn Medical Center
 
Clinical Area
  • Oncology (Adult)


Principal Investigator:
Leon Hwang, MD
Contact Information:


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