An observational study in Ovarian Cancer, High Grade Serous Carcinoma and Carcinosarcoma, Ovarian, sponsored by Liz-Anne Lewsley. Recruiting at 11 sites in United Kingdom. Open to female participants aged 16 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-23.
Sponsored by Liz-Anne Lewsley · Observational
In BriTROC-2, up to 250 women with a confirmed diagnosis of high-grade serous/high-grade endometrioid or carcinosarcoma will be eligible for full consent (Part 2) and registration to BriTROC-2 and will be followed prospectively until first relapse. Women with presumed newly-diagnosed high-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum can be approached for consent to Part 1 (screening consent) of BriTROC-2 prior to formal diagnosis.
The aim of this study is to acquire tumour material at diagnosis and relapse, whole blood for genomic analysis and plasma for ctDNA. This study will also isolate single cells and establish organoid cultures from ascites/peritoneal washings.
BriTROC-2 is a sample collection study from women with ovarian cancer from the point of diagnosis to the time of disease relapse.
Ovarian cancer has a poor prognosis. The large majority of patients with ovarian cancer will relapse and ultimately develop fatal chemotherapy resistance. Although there is a wealth of information regarding the molecular basis of ovarian cancer at diagnosis, very little is known about the drivers of treatment resistance (both intrinsic and acquired) and the processes that are active at relapse. This research requires sequential collection of tumour material for women throughout the course of their disease.
This multicentre study will collect tumour samples, ascites (fluid within the abdomen) and blood from women with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer and follow these women through to relapse of their disease. The samples collected will be used to look at patterns within the tumour to identify those that are able to predict response to chemotherapy and outcome. Assays and models will be developed that can look at the process that are active in a tumour at time of sample acquisition. This will give clues into the mechanisms that drive treatment resistance. Ultimately this research aims to guide future treatment options for women with ovarian cancer.
Recruitment will be over 3 years and this study will be conducted at sites with expertise in managing ovarian cancer and the ability to carry out the appropriate sample collection and collect high quality clinical data.
This study is the second collaborative project within the UK to collect samples from women with ovarian cancer. The success of the first study, BriTROC-1, demonstrated the feasibility of sample collection from women with relapsed ovarian cancer. The methods and frameworks established in BriTROC-1 will be used for BriTROC-2.
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This study's planned enrollment of 250 is above the median of 200 across 616 observational studies indexed under Ovarian Neoplasms.
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In BriTROC-2, a cohort of women with presumed newly-diagnosed high-grade carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum will be recruited at the time of diagnosis and approached for consent to Part 1 (screening consent) of BriTROC-2. Up to 250 women with a confirmed diagnosis of high-grade serous/high-grade endometrioid or carcinosarcoma will be eligible for full consent (Part 2) and registration to BriTROC-2 and will be followed prospectively until first relapse. The aim of this study is to acquire tumour material at diagnosis and relapse, whole blood for genomic analysis and plasma for ctDNA. This study will also isolate single cells and establish organoid cultures from ascites/peritoneal washings.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Life expectancy
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Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
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Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
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Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
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Tumour Biopsies (to be collected from 250 patients)
To obtain tumour biopsies from 250 women with newly diagnosed high-grade carcinoma of the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum - all those with high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC), high-grade endometrioid carcinoma or carcinosarcoma will be eligible.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Whole Blood Samples for germline DNA isolation
To obtain whole blood for germline DNA isolation.
Time frame: Baseline
Plasma Blood Samples (to be collected for storage for future analyses)
To obtain plasma for ctDNA at diagnosis, during first line chemotherapy, at follow up and at the time of relapse.
Time frame: Baseline and prior to Cycles 1-3 of chemotherapy (depending on treatment this could be up to 28 days), relapse
Ascites/Peritoneal Washings (where possible from diagnosis and relapse)
To obtain ascites/washings from women at diagnosis and at the time of relapse.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Plan to share: Undecided
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Started Oct 2021 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2024, 36 months after the start.
Of 216 non-industry observational studies under Ovarian Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 71 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 35 and three quarters within 206. This study's planned 36 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 268 studies reached it within 61 months; a quarter within 35 and three quarters within 185.
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