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Not yet recruitingNCT04889820Updated Sep 22, 2021

Outcome of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Obstructive Colon Cancer

An interventional study of Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and Adjuvant chemotherapy in Colon Cancer, Obstruction, sponsored by The Catholic University of Korea. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 74 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-09-22.

Sponsored by The Catholic University of Korea · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
204
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 74 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In this study, patients with obstructive colon cancer will be divided into two groups; in the control group, curative surgery will be performed within 2 weeks after successful SEMS placement, and in the experimental group, 3 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy will be administered into patients who undergo successful SEMS placement and then curative surgery will be performed after neoadjuvnat chemotherapy. After the surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy will be administered, and total perioperative chemotherapy will be administered with 12 cycles. The primary end points is overall survival, also the short-term perioperative outcomes and long-term oncological outcomes will be compared between the control and experimental group. Random allocation will be carried out with the consent of patients and their guardians after successful SEMS placement, and 204 patients will be distributed between the two groups by 1:1.

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It is known that approximately 30-40% of colorectal cancer require emergency surgery. Of these, the colonic obstruction accounts for 80% of situations requiring emergency treatment and colon perforation appears in 20%. In patients with colorectal cancer patients who require emergency surgery, there are higher postoperative complication rates, mortality rates, and ostomy formation rate than those who do not. In aspect of oncologic outcomes, long-term survival also appears to be worse in patients undergoing emergency surgery. Despite recent active screening for colorectal cancer, some studies have reported that the proportion of colorectal cancer obstruction and perforation requiring emergency surgery still occur as before. However, research on treatments to reduce postoperative complications and to increase long-term survival for patients with symptomatic colorectal cancer requiring emergency surgery remains inadequate.

Emergency surgery cannot be avoided when colorectal perforation occurs due to colorectal cancer. Obstructive colorectal cancer has also traditionally been performed in emergency surgery with colorectal resection and ostomy composition. However, with the development of endoscopic equipment and technology, endoscopic stent (self-expandable metallic stent, SEMS) insertion has been feasible for patients with obstructive colon cancer and many researches about a bridge to surgery which means a surgery after adequate decompression and bowel lavage using SEMS placement have been reported that a bridge to surgery can reduce postoperative complications, stoma formation, and postoperative mortality in selective cases. Currently, such studies recommend the use of SEMS to improve short-term postoperative outcomes. However in aspect of long-term oncological outcomes, the results have not yet been established.

In this study, patients with obstructive colon cancer will be divided into two groups; in the control group, curative surgery will be performed within 2 weeks after successful SEMS placement, and in the experimental group, 3 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy will be administered into patients who undergo successful SEMS placement and then curative surgery will be performed after neoadjuvnat chemotherapy. After the surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy will be administered, and total perioperative chemotherapy will be administered with 12 cycles. The primary end points is overall survival, also the short-term perioperative outcomes and long-term oncological outcomes will be compared between the control and experimental group. Random allocation will be carried out with the consent of patients and their guardians after successful SEMS placement, and 204 patients will be distributed between the two groups by 1:1. Through this study, we would like to identify that neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by curative resection after successful SEMS placement for obstructive colon cancer can bring the improvement of short-term perioperative outcome and long-term oncological outcome.

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Conditions studied

  • Colon Cancer, Obstruction

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In context

Colonic Neoplasms

2,457 studies on the registry are indexed under Colonic Neoplasms; 458 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 204 is above the median of 75 across 1,711 interventional studies indexed under Colonic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

The Catholic University of Korea is the lead sponsor of 155 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 74 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • i. Age : 20 years old or more and lesser than 75 years old ii. Agreement of this study iii. Clinical stage II or III colon cancer with colonic obstruction which is confirmed by pathologic review and imaging study.

iv. Colon cancer located beween distal T colon and Rectosigmoid junction colon which is defined as a tumor above 15cm from anal verge.

v. Colonocopic fiding: tumor involving whole circumference of the lumen, impossible to pass endoscope through the tumor vi. SEMS placement vii. no colonic injury and successful decompression of the colon with in 48 hours after SEMS placement.

viii. performance 0-2 ix. ASA ≤ 3 x. Appropriate function of the vital organ (acceptable liver enzyme and BUN/Cr) xi. Appropriate function of hematopoietic system ( ≥100,000ul, neutrophil ≥2,000ul) xii. If the patient is female in fertile period, urine hCG test is negative and she has no plan of pregnancy with 6 months after the termiation of whole treatment.

xiii. If the patient is male in fertile period, he agrees with during treatment period and 6 months after the termination of whole treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • i. any suspicious distant ii. any other primary malignant lesion iii. Clinical stage T1or T2 and N0 iv. the sign of perforation or severe ischemia requiring ememgency operation v. the complication related to SEMS placement (severe bleeding and perforation after SEMS placement) vi. ASA 4 or more vii. 3 or more viii. colonic obstruction by benign stricture ix. pregnant woman or woman who is breastfeeding x. the paitents who already enrolled into other study or are taking medicine related to any clinical trial xi. the patients who are taking sorivudine xii. the patients who are taking Tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil xiii. the patietns who have a medical history of reaction to 5-FU, oxaliplatin, leucovorin,or any medication including platinum.

xiv. Inappropriate function of vital organ (impaired renal function, elevated liver enzyme, and so on ) xv. Inappropriate function of hematopoietic system ( \<100,000ul, neutrophil \< 2,000ul) xvi. Genetic problem such as galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency, or glucose-galatose malabsorption)

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
204 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    The Control group

    - The patients who are assigned into control group take a curative surgery within 2 weeks after successful SEMS placement. And then, after recovery period, adjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy will be administered into them. Adjuvnat FOLFOX chemotherapy will be administered every 2week during 6 months (total 12 cycles).

    Drug: Adjuvant chemotherapy · Procedure: Curative resection

  • Experimental
    The Experimental group

    - The patients who are assigned into the experimental group take a neoadjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy within 2 weeks after successful SEMS placement. After three cycles of FOLFOX, they will take a curative surgery. And then, after recovery period, adjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy will be administered into them. Adjuvnat FOLFOX chemotherapy will be administered every 2week during about 4 months (total 9 cycles). The perioperative FOLFOX chemotherapy in the experimetal group will be totally 12 cycles during 6months.

    Drug: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy · Drug: Adjuvant chemotherapy · Procedure: Curative resection

Interventions

  • DrugNeoadjuvant chemotherapy

    In this study, patients with obstructive colon cancer will be divided into two groups; in the control group, curative surgery will be performed within 2 weeks after successful SEMS placement, and in the experimental group, 3 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy will be administered into patients who undergo successful SEMS placement and then curative surgery will be performed after neoadjuvnat chemotherapy. After the surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy will be administered, and total perioperative chemotherapy will be administered with 12 cycles.

    Also known as: Curative surgery

  • DrugAdjuvant chemotherapy

    After the surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy will be administered, and total perioperative chemotherapy will be administered with 12 cycles.

    Also known as: curative surgery

  • ProcedureCurative resection

    After successful SEMS placement, curate resection will be performed for all enrolled patients regardless of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 3-year overall survival

    3-year overall survival after curative surgery

    Time frame: 3 years after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. postoperative complication rate

    postoperative ileus, reoperation rate, wound infection, ..

    Time frame: within 30 days after surgery

  2. stoma formation rate

    stoma formation rate withing 30 days after surgery

    Time frame: within 30 days after surgery

  3. pathologic result

    TNM stage, lymphovascular invasion, silent perforation....

    Time frame: within 30 days after surgery

  4. recurrence rate

    recurrent rate after curative surgery within postoperative 3 years

    Time frame: 3 years after surgery

  5. disease-free survival

    disease-free survival after curative surgery within postoperative 3 years

    Time frame: 3 years after surgery

  6. circulating tumor DNA

    to analyze the serial patterns of ctDNA in each step of treatments including stent placement, neoadjuvant therapy, surgery, and adjuvant therapy

    Time frame: 1year after surgery

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Kye BH, Kim JH, Kim HJ, Lee YS, Lee IK, Kang WK, Cho HM, Ahn CH, Oh ST. The optimal time interval between the placement of self-expandable metallic stent and elective surgery in patients with obstructive colon cancer. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 11;10(1):9502. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66508-6. PubMed 32528099 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 22, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04889820
Responsible party
Kye Bong-Hyeon (Associate professor, The Catholic University of Korea) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 17, 2021
Start date
Nov 1, 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 22, 2021

Study contacts

Bong-Hyeon Kye, MD., Ph.D
Contact
ggbong@catholic.ac.kr
82-10-32826382
Bong-Hyeon Kye, MD.PhD.
principal investigator · The Catholic University of Korea

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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