Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Terms of DFS in Patients With Localized Digestive Neuroendocrine Carcinomas

Study Purpose

NEONEC is a single-phase, phase II study evaluating the efficacy of the 12-month neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally differentiated digestive NEC. The recommended chemotherapy is based on the current reference combination of platinum (cisplatin or carboplatin) and etoposide (VP16). For anorectal locations, radiochemotherapy is proposed to avoid the morbidity of conventional surgery. The objective of the study is to improve relapse-free survival (RFS) in NEC patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery or chemoradiotherapy. In parallel, we will perform a prospective cohort study with patients whose diagnosis is made during surgery, who have not received neoadjuvant treatment, and who are offered an adjuvant treatment of the same type (combination of platinum and platinum salts and etoposide).

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	18 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Phase

II. 1.

Histologically proven digestive CNE, (the WHO 2017 classification: poorly differentiated and Ki 67 > 20%), 2. Patients with localized CNE, without metastasis (computed tomography [CT], thoraco-abdominopelvic CT scan [TAP] according to RECIST 1.1; examinations performed no later than 21 days before starting the study treatment, possible locoregional lymph node involvement defined according to the TNM classification), 3. Positron emission tomography (PET) and CT for lymph node status and elimination of secondary visceral and/or bone disorders, 4. Resectable tumor, according to the consensus decision made during local multidisciplinary surgical consultation meeting, 5. Age ≥ 18 years, 6. Written informed consent obtained from the patient, willing and able to comply with the protocol, 7. Registration in a National Health Care System (Protection Universelle Maladie [PUMa] included), 8. For female patients of childbearing potential, negative pregnancy test within 7 days before starting the study treatment. Men and women are required to use a reliable and adequate birth control during the study (if applicable) during the period of treatment and during 6 months from the last treatment administration. Prospective cohort. 1. Patients with localized digestive CNE histologically proven on the operative specimen (the WHO 2017 classification: poorly differentiated and Ki 67> 20%), 2. Localized, without metastasis on computed tomography [CT], thoracoabdominopelvic CT scan [TAP] RECIST 1.1, and/or locoregional lymph node involvement, 3. Age ≥ 18 years, 4. Written informed consent obtained from the patient, willing and able to comply with the protocol, 5. Registration in a National Health Care System (PUMa

- Protection Universelle Maladie included), 6.

For female patients of childbearing potential, negative pregnancy test within 7 days before starting the study treatment. Men and women are required to use a reliable and adequate birth control methods during the study (if applicable) during the period of treatment and during 6 months from the last treatment administration.

Exclusion Criteria:

Phase

II. 1.

Well-differentiated NEC, whatever the grade, 2. Metastatic disease, 3. Cancer of unknown primary. 4. Organ failure that does not allow chemotherapy treatment, 5. Previous malignancy within 5 years prior to the study except for cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and uterine cancer in situ. 6. Tumor with a mixed component (component accounts for ≥ 30%), 7. Patient impossible to follow-up, 8. Other than platinum-etoposide chemotherapy administrated, 9. Tutelage or guardianship or patient protected by law. Prospective cohort. 1. Well-differentiated NEC, whatever the grade, 2. Metastatic disease, 3. Cancer of unknown primary. 4. Organ failure that does not allow chemotherapy treatment, 5. Previous malignancy within 5 years prior to the study except for cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and uterine cancer in situ. 6. Tumor with a mixed component (component accounts for ≥ 30%), 7. Patient impossible to follow-up, 8. Other than platinum-etoposide chemotherapy administrated, 9. Tutelage or guardianship or patient protected by law.

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT04268121
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	Phase 2
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Anna PELLAT
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Saint-Antoine Hospital
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	France
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Digestive Cancer

Additional Details

A total of 48 patients is to be included in phase II and 30 patients in prospective cohort during the inclusion period of phase

II. Phase II study treatment: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Administration of 4 cycles of chemotherapy (3 months) with platinum based chemotherapy (carboplatin or cisplatin, at the choice of the investigator) + etoposide.

Surgery or chemoradiotherapy depending on the tumor localization (the irradiation modalities and associated chemotherapy treatment will be left to the discretion of the referring radiotherapists according to current recommendations for each localization). Prospective cohort:

- Surgery (prior to study entry) - Adjuvant chemotherapy : Administration of 4 cycles of chemotherapy (3 months) with platinum based chemotherapy (carboplatin or cisplatin, at the choice of the investigator) + etoposide.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Phase II

Prospective, open, multi center, one-arm, national phase II study evaluating the benefits in terms of disease-free survival (DFS) at 12 months after the administration of neoadjuvant treatment in patients with localized digestive neuroendocrine carcinomas

Active Comparator: Prospective cohort

Evaluation of DFS at 12 months in patients who underwent surgery and received adjuvant chemotherapy

Interventions

Drug: - Neoadjuvant treatment

4 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy (carboplatin or cisplatin) plus etoposide followed by surgery or chemoradiotherapy

Drug: - Adjuvant treatment

Surgery (before study entry) followed by 4 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy (carboplatin or cisplatin) plus etoposide

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