Screening for Occult Malignancy in Patients with Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism

NCT ID: NCT04304651

Last Updated: 2024-12-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1276 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-08

Study Completion Date

2030-09-08

Brief Summary

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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be the earliest sign of cancer. Identifying occult cancers at the time of VTE diagnosis may lead to significant improvement of patients' care. This is also an upmost issue for patients who want to know if an underlying cancer might have triggered the VTE.

An individual patient-level data meta-analysis (IPDMA) supports extensive screening strategies for occult cancer especially based on FDG PET/CT, and suggests that the best target population for cancer screening would be patients with unprovoked VTE older than 50 years of age (6.7% in patients aged 50 years or more vs. 1.0% in patients of less than 50 years (OR: 7.1, 95% CI: 3.1 to 16%).

Detailed Description

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The identification of subgroups of patients at high risk of cancer might enable more efficient screening strategies for early detection of cancer. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be the first manifestation of an occult cancer. All tumor sites may be involved. In an individual patient-level data meta-analysis (IPDMA), it was reported a 1-year prevalence of occult cancer of 5.2% (95%CI 4.1-6.5) among patients presenting with unprovoked VTE.

Two recent multicenter randomized controlled trials (e.g. SOME (Canada) and MVTEP (France) trials) failed to demonstrate that extensive cancer screening strategies diagnosed more cancers, more early stage tumors, or improved cancer-related mortality in comparison with a more limited screening strategy. However, the main limitation of these studies was the twice lower than expected overall incidence of occult cancer diagnosis in unselected patients with unprovoked VTE, which limited the statistical power. In the IPDMA, it was also reported that the 1-year period prevalence of occult cancer was 7-fold higher in patients aged ≥ 50 (6.8%; 95%CI 5.6-8.3) as compared with those \< 50 years (1.0%; 95%CI 0.5-2.3).

Moreover, in the MVTEP trial, the incidence of missed cancers over a 2-years follow-up period was significantly lower in patients randomized to a 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission/Computed Tomography (FDG-PET/CT) screening strategy. Thus, the most promising diagnostic modality for occult cancer screening seems to be FDG-PET/CT. FDG-PET/CT which allows a one-stop whole-body imaging, is routinely used for the diagnosis, staging and restaging of various cancers.

The MVTEP2 Trial seeks to determine if among higher risk patients (≥ 50 year-old) with a first unprovoked VTE, a cancer screening strategy including a FDG-PET/CT decreases the number of missed occult cancers detected over a 1-year follow-up period as compared with a limited screening alone.

Conditions

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Embolism and Thrombosis

Keywords

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venous thrombosis pulmonary embolism screening occult cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Limited cancer screening

Limited screening alone.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Limited cancer screening

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The limited cancer screening will include: 1) a complete medical history and physical examination; 2) complete blood count; 3) liver function tests (AST, ALT, ALP, bilirubin); and 4) chest X-ray.

In women, a breast examination, Pap smear/pelvic examination (if \< 70 years old and previously sexually active) and mammogram will be performed, if not conducted in last year.

In men, similarly, prostate examination and PSA testing will be performed, if not conducted in the last year.

All patients will undergo colon cancer screening as per local practice.

Limited cancer screening + FDG PET/CT

Limited screening + FDG PET/CT

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Limited cancer screening + FDG PET/CT

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The limited cancer screening (as described above) in combination with a FDG PET/CT.

Interventions

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Limited cancer screening

The limited cancer screening will include: 1) a complete medical history and physical examination; 2) complete blood count; 3) liver function tests (AST, ALT, ALP, bilirubin); and 4) chest X-ray.

In women, a breast examination, Pap smear/pelvic examination (if \< 70 years old and previously sexually active) and mammogram will be performed, if not conducted in last year.

In men, similarly, prostate examination and PSA testing will be performed, if not conducted in the last year.

All patients will undergo colon cancer screening as per local practice.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Limited cancer screening + FDG PET/CT

The limited cancer screening (as described above) in combination with a FDG PET/CT.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 50 years or older with a new diagnosis of first unprovoked proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE) will be eligible to participate into the study.

Unprovoked VTE is defined as the absence of any of the following predisposing factors:

1. active malignancy (known malignancy, progressive and/or treated during the last 5 years) except for adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma; Patients whose state of health suggests the presence of cancer at the time of diagnosis of VTE cannot be included in the protocol
2. recent (less than 3 months) paralysis, paresis or plaster immobilization of the lower extremities;
3. recently bedridden for period of 3 or more days, or major surgery, within the previous 12 weeks requiring general or regional anaesthesia;
4. previous unprovoked VTE;
5. known thrombophilia (hereditary or acquired)

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded from the study if they have any of the following criteria:

1. Refusal or inability to provide informed consent;
2. Hypersensitivity to 18F-FDG or any of the excipients according to the product monograph;
3. Unavailable to follow-up.
4. VTE while on anticoagulation (e.g apixaban, rivaroxaban, edoxaban, dabigatran, warfarin)
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ministry of Health, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Brest

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

London Health Sciences Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hopital Montfort

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University Health Network

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

McGill University Health Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CH des Pays de Morlaix

Morlaix, France, France

Site Status RECRUITING

CH Agen

Agen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Angers

Angers, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Brest University Hospital

Brest, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Dijon

Dijon, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Limoges

Limoges, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

Paris, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital Saint Musse - CH Toulon

Toulon, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Canada France

Central Contacts

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Pierre-Yves SALAUN

Role: CONTACT

Phone: (+33)298223327

Email: [email protected]

Aurélien DELLUC

Role: CONTACT

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Leslie Skeith

Role: primary

Ryan Zarychanski

Role: primary

Deborah Siegal

Role: primary

Alejandro Lazno-Langner

Role: primary

Gregoire Le Gal

Role: primary

Aurélien DELLUC

Role: primary

Marc CARRIER

Role: backup

Grégoire LE GAL

Role: backup

Jean-Phillippe Galanaud

Role: primary

Erik Yeo

Role: primary

Jameel Abdulrehman

Role: backup

Vicky Tagalakis

Role: primary

Susan Solymoss

Role: primary

David RENAUD, Dr

Role: primary

RORIZ Mélanie

Role: primary

Alexandre-Xavier BOISSON

Role: backup

Pierre-Marie ROY

Role: primary

Pierre-Yves SALAUN

Role: primary

Philippe ROBIN

Role: backup

Francis COUTURAUD

Role: backup

Pierre-Yves LE ROUX

Role: backup

Jeannot SCHMIDT

Role: primary

Nicolas FALVO

Role: primary

Philippe LACROIX

Role: primary

Olivier SANCHEZ

Role: primary

Laurent BERTOLETTI

Role: primary

Antoine ELIAS

Role: primary

References

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Robin P, Le Roux PY, Planquette B, Accassat S, Roy PM, Couturaud F, Ghazzar N, Prevot-Bitot N, Couturier O, Delluc A, Sanchez O, Tardy B, Le Gal G, Salaun PY; MVTEP study group. Limited screening with versus without (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT for occult malignancy in unprovoked venous thromboembolism: an open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Feb;17(2):193-199. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00480-5. Epub 2015 Dec 8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26672686 (View on PubMed)

Carrier M, Lazo-Langner A, Shivakumar S, Tagalakis V, Zarychanski R, Solymoss S, Routhier N, Douketis J, Danovitch K, Lee AY, Le Gal G, Wells PS, Corsi DJ, Ramsay T, Coyle D, Chagnon I, Kassam Z, Tao H, Rodger MA; SOME Investigators. Screening for Occult Cancer in Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism. N Engl J Med. 2015 Aug 20;373(8):697-704. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1506623. Epub 2015 Jun 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26095467 (View on PubMed)

van Es N, Le Gal G, Otten HM, Robin P, Piccioli A, Lecumberri R, Jara-Palomares L, Religa P, Rieu V, Rondina M, Beckers MM, Prandoni P, Salaun PY, Di Nisio M, Bossuyt PM, Buller HR, Carrier M. Screening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Sep 19;167(6):410-417. doi: 10.7326/M17-0868. Epub 2017 Aug 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28828492 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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29BRC20.0021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id