Immunoscore in Rectal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT02017509

Last Updated: 2018-08-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

3 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-24

Study Completion Date

2018-07-17

Brief Summary

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This is an observational study of tumor samples and MRI imaging in patients with colorectal cancers. A tumor sample, MRI scans, and treatment outcome data will be used for research purposes to see if it is possible to predict patients' response to treatment.

Detailed Description

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The quality of the immune environment in colorectal cancer biopsy samples correlates with disease-free survival and overall survival more so than current staging conventions. This study will use a scoring system called 'immunoscore' to characterize the immune enviroment. Researchers hypothesize that the immunoscore will correlate with outcomes of colorectal patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation.

Conditions

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Cancer of the Rectum Neoplasms, Rectal Rectal Cancer Rectal Tumors Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Rectal Cancer Patients

Patients with a diagnosis adenocarcinoma of the rectum will provide a tumor sample from their diagnostic biopsy and surgical procedure for research purposes, including RNA gene expression analysis. In addition to a standard MRI, patients will have an Intravoxel Incoherent Motion MRI (IVIM) and a Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) for research purposes.

Diagnostic Biopsy and Surgical Procedure

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

A tumor sample from the diagnostic biopsy and surgical procedure will be used for research.

Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI (IVIM)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

At the end of a standard MRI, we will perform IVIM, which is a diffusion-weighted imaging sequence that simultaneously characterizes the microscopic diffusivity of water and the macroscopic transport of water via bulk flow. IVIM may more accurately reflect the properties of the tumor microenvironment including vascular permeability, interstitial fluid pressure, and response to neoadjuvant therapy.

Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Following a standard MRI scan, Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) will be done. DCE-MRI is an indicator-dilution experiment in which the delivery and transcapillary transfer of a contrast agent, typically one of a number of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA), is used to assess a number of parameters characterizing tissue physiology. In locally advanced rectal cancer patients, use of DCE-MRI for determining pathologic response has produced equivocal results but more promising data has been published recently in the cervical cancer literature.

RNA gene expression analysis

Intervention Type GENETIC

RNA will be collected from biopsy and surgical tissue for gene expression analysis.

Interventions

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Diagnostic Biopsy and Surgical Procedure

A tumor sample from the diagnostic biopsy and surgical procedure will be used for research.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI (IVIM)

At the end of a standard MRI, we will perform IVIM, which is a diffusion-weighted imaging sequence that simultaneously characterizes the microscopic diffusivity of water and the macroscopic transport of water via bulk flow. IVIM may more accurately reflect the properties of the tumor microenvironment including vascular permeability, interstitial fluid pressure, and response to neoadjuvant therapy.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI)

Following a standard MRI scan, Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) will be done. DCE-MRI is an indicator-dilution experiment in which the delivery and transcapillary transfer of a contrast agent, typically one of a number of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA), is used to assess a number of parameters characterizing tissue physiology. In locally advanced rectal cancer patients, use of DCE-MRI for determining pathologic response has produced equivocal results but more promising data has been published recently in the cervical cancer literature.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

RNA gene expression analysis

RNA will be collected from biopsy and surgical tissue for gene expression analysis.

Intervention Type GENETIC

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with a diagnosis of a rectal mass suspicious for or known to be an adenocarcinoma of the rectum.
* Age \> 18
* Ability to give informed consent and comply with the protocol. Patients with a history of psychiatric illness must be judged able to understand fully the investigational nature of the study and the risks associated with the therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

* History of other malignancy in the past 2 years except carcinoma in situ of the cervix or bladder, or non-melanomatous skin cancer
* Other medical or psychiatric conditions that in the opinion of the Principal Investigator would preclude safe participation in protocol.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Oregon Health and Science University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Providence Health & Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marka Crittenden, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Earle A. Chiles Research Institute at Providence Health & Services

Locations

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Providence Health & Services

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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13-107A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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