Tissue Analysis After Thermal Ablation for Colon Cancer Liver Metastases Leading to Immediate Retreatment
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04143516 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : October 29, 2019
Last Update Posted : February 17, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases | Diagnostic Test: [18-F]- FDG - PET Procedure: Thermal ablation (TA) Diagnostic Test: PET/CT Scan | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | This is a single institution prospective study. |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Clinical Trial Optimizing Thermal Ablation for Colon Cancer Liver Metastases: Rapid Tissue Analysis Allowing for Immediate Retreatment; Metabolic Imaging Biomarker Validation; and Predictive Genetic Signatures |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 25, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 2024 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Patients with Colon Cancer Liver Metastases
The standard of care thermal ablation procedure, post-ablation biopsies and pre- and post-ablation PET scans. If the PET scan is positive (shows areas of cancer in the treated metastases), study participants will undergo additional needle biopsies of the positive areas on the scan. If the biopsies show areas of cancer cells that are still alive, the participants will be immediately retreated with a second ablation procedure.
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Diagnostic Test: [18-F]- FDG - PET
Patients will undergo a limited non-contrast CT and first injection PET to localize the lesion Procedure: Thermal ablation (TA) Standard ablation with the intent to create a radius of ablation at least 10 mm larger than the largest lesion diameter in order to achieve a minimum of 5 mm ablation margin around the tumor. Any radiographically-identified and biopsy-confirmed residual tumor will be treated on site with immediate ablation. This repeat ablation is not standard of care but will be performed as described for the initial ablation (in the same procedure session) and follow up will be resumed. Diagnostic Test: PET/CT Scan Eligible patients will undergo PET/CT -guided thermal ablation as per standard IR guidelines. All patients will undergo PET/CT again, within approximately 6 weeks (+/- 2 weeks) of thermal ablation to evaluate for CN in the target tumor(s) or any sign of residual tissue enhancement, representing viable residual tumor and incomplete treatment. |
- Tumor response [ Time Frame: 2 years ]will be measured according to RECIST and PERCIST 1.0. The first CT and PET scan taken after ablation will be considered the new baseline for subsequent comparisons and measurements.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of colorectal cancer liver metastases (CLM)
- Confined liver disease or limited extrahepatic disease stable/controlled for at least 4 months (extrahepatic disease amenable to treatment is allowed)
- Lesions of ≤3 cm in maximum diameter
- At least one FDG-avid lesion to be treated***
- Any patient with CLM treated with Microwave ablation (as per clinical IR Guidelines)*
- INR < 1.5*
- Platelet count ≥ 50,000
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18
- Less than 5 mm distance to a structure (GI or biliary tract), that cannot be protected from ablation injury with technical modifications such as hydro or air dissection
- INR > 1.5 that cannot be corrected with fresh frozen plasma **
- Platelet count of <50,000 that cannot be corrected with transfusion
- More than 3 tumors in the liver
- More than 5 tumors of extrahepatic disease (including mediastinal nodes and pulmonary nodules, abdominal or other lymph nodes, and bone metastasis)
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Presence of any peritoneal Carcinomatosis
- Institutional IR guidelines:
https://one.mskcc.org/sites/pub/radiology/lptestapp/Split%20Dose%20PET%20Ablation%20Liver%20tumors.pdf
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For patients on Coumadin, general clinical guidelines for IR ablation will be followed.
- For patients with no FDG-PET avid tumors aim 2 of the protocol will not be assessed

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04143516
Contact: Constantinos Sofocleous, MD, PhD | 212-639-3379 | sofoclec@mskcc.org | |
Contact: Efsevia Vakiani, MD | 646-888-3060 |
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 | |
Contact: Constantinos Sofocleous, MD 212-639-3379 | |
Contact: Efsevia Vakiani, MD 646-888-3060 | |
Principal Investigator: Constantinos Sofocleous, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Constantinos Sofocleous, MD, PhD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04143516 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
19-332 |
First Posted: | October 29, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 17, 2022 |
Last Verified: | February 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org. |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Optimizing Thermal Ablation Rapid Tissue Analysis Metabolic Imaging Biomarker Validation Predictive Genetic Signatures 19-332 |
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