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INTRODUCTION• high disease recurrence in pN0 colon
cancer patients.• epidemiology pN0
– stage I: 16%– stage II: 38%
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INTRODUCTION• high disease recurrence in pN0 colon
cancer patients.• epidemiology pN0 ~ 10.000 new CC pts
– stage I: 16% ~ 5.400 stage I-II– stage II: 38% in the Netherlands
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INTRODUCTION• high disease recurrence in pN0 colon
cancer patients.
• 5-yr disease recurrence 5yr OS
stage I 10% 90%stage II 15-30% 75%
~ 1620 pts yearly in the Netherlands
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INTRODUCTION• high disease recurrence in pN0 colon
cancer patients.• yearly estimates USA
148.000 new cases58.000 stage I/II30% recurrence and death
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INTRODUCTION• high disease recurrence in pN0 colon
cancer patients.
• need for 1.) improvement and 2.) study
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Medisch Contact 2010
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Steenbergen, EJSO 2009
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Van der Zaag, EJSO 2009
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Van der Zaag, EJSO 2009
INTRODUCTION• high disease recurrence ?• high-risk pN0 group
– <10LNN, T4, perforation, obstruction, angioinvasion
– micrometastases (MM)
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MICROMETASTASES• a marker of tumor biology?
• relevant in pN0 colon cancer?
• treatment options?
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MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
– retrospective study cohort 2000 – 2002– 137 consecutive Dukes A/B CC patients – serial sectioning & IHC (cytokeratin) of all lymph nodes
– aim: relation pN0micro+ and DFS/OS
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Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
– retrospective study cohort 2000 – 2002– median FU: 53 months– recurrence vs no recurrence: 41% vs 16% MM
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Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
– retrospective study cohort 2000 – 2002– median FU: 53 months
– 5-yr OS N0micro+ vs N0 62 vs 79%
– DFS N0micro+ vs N0 51 vs 72%
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Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
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Van Schaik, EJSO 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Koyanagi, Clin Cancer Res 2008
– prospective multicenter trial– 67 patients with colorectal cancer; T1-3– SLNM in 99% and MM detection by RT-PCR
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Koyanagi, Clin Cancer Res 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Koyanagi, Clin Cancer Res 2008
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Koyanagi, Clin Cancer Res 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Iddings, Ann Surg Oncol 2006, meta-analysis
– 25 articles reviewed, 10 met inclusion criteria– aim: relation pN0micro+ and DFS/OS
4x > IHC and DFS5x > IHC and OS3x > RT-PCR and OS1x > IHC / RT-PCR and DFS / OS
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Iddings, Ann Surg Oncol 2006
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Iddings et al.
– RT-PCR-studies: n = 173– Noura, Rosenberg and Liefers
– upstaging RT-PCR 37% N0 to Nmicro+
– absolute survival difference 18.7% at 3 yrs
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Iddings, Ann Surg Oncol 2006
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Iddings et al.
– upstaging IHC 32% N0 to Nmicro+
– DFS difference tended to be shorter (76% vs 80%, NS, great variation between small studies)
– OS tended to be shorter also (81 vs 83%) 3 yrs
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Iddings, Ann Surg Oncol 2006
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?
• Iddings et al.: A large multicenter controlled trial with standardized lymph node harvesting and processing methodologies would be pivotal in determining which N0 patients would benefit most from adjuvant therapy
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Iddings, Ann Surg Oncol 2006
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Cahill, BMC Surg 2008
– meta-analysis– 63 studies reviewed– 52 studies included– aim: accuracy SLNM
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Cahill, BMC Surg 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• Cahill, BMC Surg 2008
– meta-analysis– 63 studies reviewed– 52 studies included– aim: accuracy SLNM
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Cahill, BMC Surg 2008
MICROMETASTASES• clinical relevance of MM: worse prognosis?• current recruiting studies
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Clinicaltrials.gov
MICROMETASTASES• probable clinical relevance• treatment options?
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MICROMETASTASES• treatment options?• guideline: adjuvant chemotherapy not beneficial in
stage II colon cancer– IMPACT-B2 study– Figueredo, et al. J Clin Oncol 2004– Gill, et al. J Clin Oncol 2004
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Oncoline.nl
MICROMETASTASES• treatment options?• guideline: adjuvant chemotherapy not beneficial in
stage II colon cancer• guideline: adjuvant chemotherapy beneficial in
high-risk stage II colon cancer patients
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Oncoline.nl
MICROMETASTASESCochrane ReviewAdjuvant therapy for completely resected stage II colon cancer
– DFS benefit with adjuvant chemotherapy– discuss adjuvant chemotherapy in high risk pN0 patients– need to further define high risk features
– randomization to observational arms still ethical
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Cochrane.org
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Cochrane.org
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HYPOTHESES
– The high recurrence rate in pN0 colon cancer patients (up to 30% in 5 year) is due to conventional risk factors (tumor obstruction/perforation, T4, LNN < 10, and/or lymphangioinvasion) and to currently unknown risk factors (isolated tumor cells/micrometastases)
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2. Ex vivo SLNM procedure and focussed examination of sentinel nodes by using serial sectioning and immunohistochemical methods detect ITCs/MMs in pN0 colon cancer patients.
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3. The presence of nodal ITC/MMs in pN0 colon cancer patients significantly influences prognosis negatively.
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4. Treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy of pN0micro+ colon cancer patients results in better 3-year disease free and overall survival of stage II colon cancer patients.
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STUDY DESIGN
• multicenter, open label, randomized clinical trial.– run-in phase
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STUDY DESIGN
flow chart
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PRIMARY END-POINT
- 3-year disease free survival (DFS) in study groups(proportion of patients without local or distant recurrence, or second primary colorectal cancer, during the defined period of time)
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INCLUSION CRITERIA
Registration- histological proven colon cancer, clinically localized, judged
potentially resectable for cure, without intraoperatively gross nodal involvement
- radiological suspicion of colon cancer, clinically localized, judged potentially resectable for cure, without intraoperatively gross nodal involvement
- written informed consent
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EXCLUSION CRITERIA
Registration- age < 18 years
- previous colorectal surgery
- clinical tumor perforation or obstruction
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INCLUSION CRITERIA
Randomization- pN0micro+ colon cancer patients (stage I/II, Dukes A/B)
- patients deemed to be fit for chemotherapy treatment
(WHO classification ≤ 1; ASA classification ≤ 2)
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EXCLUSION CRITERIA
Randomization- high risk pN0 according to: LNN < 10, T4,
perforation/obstruction, lymphangioinvasion
- chemotherapy-related exclusion criteria
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CONSORT STATEMENT
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RANDOMIZATION
• centrally-performed, computer-generated• Datacenter Heelkunde LUMC
• 1:1 ratio
• block-randomization per center
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CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT
• CAPOX
• 8 cycles of 2 weeks; 1 week interval
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FOLLOW UP
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CONCLUSION• high disease recurrence in pN0 colon• delineation high risk pN0 patientgroup
– micrometastases• enforcement quality colon cancer treatment
– standardized surgery– standardized pathological examination
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSSteering investigators
– K. (Koop) Bosscha (JBZ) Principal Investigator– D.J. (Daan) Lips (JBZ) Study coordinator– B. (Boukje) Koebrugge (JBZ) PhD student– P. (Peet) Nooijen (JBZ)– H.J. (Hans) van de Linden (JBZ)– H.F. (Hans) Pruijt (JBZ)– V.T.H.B.M. (Vincent) Smit (LUMC)– H. (Hein) Putter (LUMC)– G.J. (Gerrit-Jan) Liefers (LUMC)– C.J.H. (Cock) van de Velde (LUMC) Co-Principal Investigator
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