Wide-Area Transepithelial Sampling in Endoscopic Eradication Therapy for Barrett's Esophagus
NCT ID: NCT05056051
Last Updated: 2024-04-24
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
200 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-10-01
2025-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Despite high success rates in achieving CE-IM, recent studies show that the recurrence of IM following CE-IM occurs with annual incidence of 8-10% and a 2-3% dysplasia rate per patient year of follow-up. The current paradigm of endoscopic surveillance following CE-IM focuses on random biopsies, which has raised concerns about sampling error and missed recurrence of IM and dysplasia leading to increased risk of interval development of EAC. New technologies, such as Wide-Area Trans-Epithelial Sampling (WATS-3D; CDx Diagnostics, Suffern, NY) have been studied to improve detection of dysplasia in BE. WATS-3D involves abrasive brush sampling of the esophagus that is then processed by a validated computer imaging system and subsequently reviewed by pathologist. Prior studies have shown increased dysplasia detection in routine BE surveillance with WATS-3D over standard biopsies, however there are no published data as to the additive value of WATS-3D for detection of recurrence of disease after endoscopic therapy.
Problem Statement:
Despite high success rates of successful eradication of BE with EET, recurrence rates are still high. Current Seattle Protocol biopsies for Post-EET surveillance is time-consuming, difficult to reproduce, and often misses IM recurrence putting patients at increased risk of developing EAC.
Hypothesis and Specific Aims:
The investigators hypothesize that the addition of WATS-3D to standard four-quadrant biopsies driven by HD-WLE and Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) will increase the rate of detection of recurrence of IM and dysplasia in patients who have undergone EET. To that end, increased recurrent IM detection will allow for proper choice of repeat EET and decreased progression to EAC. The specific aims:
1. To assess the additive diagnostic yield of WATS-3D sampling beyond that of standard biopsies for detection of IM or dysplasia (recurrence) in patients who have undergone EET for BE-related neoplasia.
2. To assess the difference in additive diagnostic yield of WATS-3D sampling beyond that of standard biopsies between CE-IM as defined by a single exam without IM vs. \>1 exam
3. To assess the impact of order of tissue acquisition techniques on detection of recurrent IM or dysplasia (via randomization)
The proposed study will be a prospective multi-center design over 24 months. The participating centers will include Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Colorado and University of California, Los Angeles.
* A total of 200 patients will be in enrolled in this prospective study. All patients who have completed EET with at least one endoscopy with biopsies demonstrating no evidence of IM will be eligible for enrollment in the study. Enrollment will occur in the setting of outpatient clinic visit or in the endoscopy lab. The PI or study coordinator will meet with the patient and discuss the study, its objectives, and expectations and informed consent will be obtained.
* Enrolled subjects will have completed EET as per clinical standard of care within the framework of the following study design. Standard EET will be defined as resection of visible lesions and ablative therapy (either radio frequency ablation or cryo-therapy). Once complete eradication of intestinal metaplasia (CE-IM) is achieved as defined as no recurrence of BE endoscopically or on forceps biopsies for at least a single EGD, patients will then undergo post-EET surveillance.
* While adhering to standard post-EET surveillance endoscopy intervals, on a prospective basis, the investigators will add WATS-3D to the surveillance protocol. Each patient will be randomized to one of two groups. The first group will undergo biopsies with standard forceps first, followed by tissue sampling with WATS-3D. The second group will undergo tissue sampling with WATS-3D first, followed by biopsies with standard forceps. The forceps biopsies will then be examined by expert pathologists at each respective institution, while the WATS-3D samples will be evaluated at a central laboratory. Each surveillance endoscopy will follow current standard inspection with HD-WLE and NBI. Forceps biopsies will be obtained from: a) the gastric cardia, b) the new squamocolumnar junction, and c) targeted/neosquamous sampling of the original BE segment. WATS-3D brushing will be performed of the: a) squamocolumnar junction to include and visible islands and b) the neosquamous zone representative of the original BE segment. WATS-3D brushings will be taken in 5 cm esophageal segments of the neo-squamous mucosa.
* All physicians will participate in a training session (virtual) which will discuss the use of WATS-3D and ensure all sampling is standardized.
* Once a patient is randomized, all subsequent surveillance endoscopies will follow the same tissue sampling order. For instance, if a patient is assigned to the group that will undergo tissue sampling with WATS-3D first, followed by biopsies with standard forceps second, all surveillance endoscopies will follow sampling in this order. Patients will continue in the study for 2 consecutive endoscopies using this sampling protocol. All patients will be followed longitudinally for the duration of their endoscopy surveillance.
* The investigators will then compare the detection of IM and dysplastic cells obtained via Seattle Protocol biopsies to WATS-3D obtained samples.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
DIAGNOSTIC
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Post-EET Surveillance Group: WATS-3D samples followed by Forceps biopsies
Sampling will occur with WATS-3D followed by forceps biopsies. For each patient, resection samples will be identified by the endoscopy method used to locate the sample as either HD-WLE/NBI or WATS-3D. For each method of detection, the highest grade of histology for each patient will be assigned based on the identified samples. Dysplasia detected on random biopsies will be attributed HD-WLE/NBI given it is part of the standard of care.
WATS-3D tissue sampling prior to forceps biopsies
WATS-3D is a brush-based tissue sampling technique. Abrasive brush sampling of large areas of the esophagus pick up cells to obtain trans-epithelial specimens. This technique samples much larger tissue areas than standard forceps biopsies. Analysis is then done by proprietary neural-network based computer scanning and molecular diagnostics to identify abnormal cells.
Post-EET Surveillance Group: Forceps biopsies followed by WATS-3D samples
Sampling will occur with forceps biopsies followed by WATS-3D. For each patient, resection samples will be identified by the endoscopy method used to locate the sample as either HD-WLE/NBI or WATS-3D. For each method of detection, the highest grade of histology for each patient will be assigned based on the identified samples. Dysplasia detected on random biopsies will be attributed HD-WLE/NBI given it is part of the standard of care.
WATS-3D tissue sampling following forceps biopsies
WATS-3D is a brush-based tissue sampling technique. Abrasive brush sampling of large areas of the esophagus pick up cells to obtain trans-epithelial specimens. This technique samples much larger tissue areas than standard forceps biopsies. Analysis is then done by proprietary neural-network based computer scanning and molecular diagnostics to identify abnormal cells. This will be done after forceps biopsies in this arm.
Interventions
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WATS-3D tissue sampling prior to forceps biopsies
WATS-3D is a brush-based tissue sampling technique. Abrasive brush sampling of large areas of the esophagus pick up cells to obtain trans-epithelial specimens. This technique samples much larger tissue areas than standard forceps biopsies. Analysis is then done by proprietary neural-network based computer scanning and molecular diagnostics to identify abnormal cells.
WATS-3D tissue sampling following forceps biopsies
WATS-3D is a brush-based tissue sampling technique. Abrasive brush sampling of large areas of the esophagus pick up cells to obtain trans-epithelial specimens. This technique samples much larger tissue areas than standard forceps biopsies. Analysis is then done by proprietary neural-network based computer scanning and molecular diagnostics to identify abnormal cells. This will be done after forceps biopsies in this arm.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Patients who have achieved CE-IM on at least one surveillance endoscopy following EET
* All subjects must have given signed, informed consent prior to registration in the study
Exclusion Criteria
* All patients deemed to have refractory BE despite EET
* Patients who are pregnant, vulnerable populations such as prisoners, life expectancy \< 1 year based on concurrent comorbidities, coagulopathy with INR \> 1.5 that cannot be reversed, thrombocytopenia with platelets \< 125,000 that cannot be corrected with blood products, unable to safely undergo elective endoscopy due to current comorbidities, and inability to pass standard endoscope will not be included in the study
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Washington University School of Medicine
OTHER
University of Colorado, Denver
OTHER
University of California, Los Angeles
OTHER
Northwestern University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Srinadh Komanduri
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Feinberg School of Medicine
Locations
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University of California, LA
Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Washington University in St. Louis, Barnes Jewish Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Countries
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References
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STU00200319-2
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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