Retrospective study in patient with soft tissue sarcoma of trunk wall and extremities who have been treated with surgery in association or not with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, to point out the response to preoperative treatment and outcome

ISRCTN ISRCTN17721852
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN17721852
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
21/12/2016
Registration date
21/02/2017
Last edited
10/04/2017
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Cancer
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Background and study aims
Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) is a condition in which cancer cells form in the soft tissues of the body, such as the muscles, tendons (bands of tissue that connect muscles to bones), fat and blood vessels. STS most commonly affects tissue in the arms, legs and trunk (torso). In most cases, the first treatment used to treat STS is surgically removing the tumour. This can be done in combination with radiotherapy (using high-energy radiation beams to destroy cancer cells) or chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs). The aim of this study is to look at the medical records of people who were diagnosed with STS and were treated surgically to see if outcomes are better for those who also had radiotherapy.

Who can participate?
Adults who have been diagnosed with STS between 2008 and 2012

What does the study involve?
Participating centres are asked to prepare a list of patients with STS who were diagnosed between 2008 and 2012. Patients would have been treated with surgery alone, surgery and radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy, surgery and chemo-radiation (a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy), or surgery and isolated limb perfusion (a type of chemotherapy injected directly into the affected limb) Information from patient charts is then collected in order to find out what treatment the participants had and whether it has been successful.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
There are no direct benefits or risks involved with participating.

Where is the study run from?
1. Istituto Oncologico Veneto (Italy)
2. The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
3. Állami Egészségügyi Központ - Magyar Honvédség Központi Kórháza (Hungary)
4. Mount Sinai Hospital (Canada)
5. HM Hospitales (Spain)
6. Klinikum der Universität München (Germany)

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
October 2016 to May 2017

Who is funding the study?
Nanobiotix (France)

Who is the main contact?
Dr Eveline Boucher
eveline.boucher@nanobiotix.com

Contact information

Dr Eveline Boucher
Public

Nanobiotix
60 Rue de Wattignies
Building C
Paris
75012
France

Phone +33 40469645
Email eveline.boucher@nanobiotix.com

Study information

Study designRetrospective observational cohort chart review
Primary study designObservational
Secondary study designCohort study
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet No participant information sheet available
Scientific titleMulticenter retrospective observational chart review on treatment management of soft tissue sarcoma patients treated by surgery with or without perioperative treatment
Study acronymROCR
Study objectivesThe primary objective of this chart review is to investigate the prognostic significance of pathological complete response (pathCR*) to a pre-operative treatment in patients with STS of trunk and extremities on Disease Free Survival (DFS**) at three years.

*PathCR is defined as greater than or equal to 95% necrosis/fibrosis or less than or equal to 5% viable cells
**DFS is defined as time between diagnosis, and local or distant relapse of the disease or occurrence of any cancer or death
Ethics approval(s)This is a non interventional retrospective review of patient individual charts which does not need ethical approval. In the UK, the Ethics Committee of the Royal Marsden Foundation will review the study.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedMalignant soft tissue sarcoma
InterventionEach center will be asked to prepare a list of eligible patients based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. If no database of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients is available, the institution data manager will be asked to prepare a list of all patients newly diagnosed between 2008 and 2012 with STS. From this list a selection of eligible patients should be performed according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.

All data are collected retrospectively. The charts are reviewed once and treatment data are collected in a eCRF. Patients must have been treated between 2008 and 2012 and followed up for 3 years, data of the treatment procedure and the follow up visits are collected at one time point.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureDisease free survival is measured through medical record review 3 years after disease diagnosis.
Secondary outcome measures1. Pathological response (% of necrosis, % of fibrosis, % of viable cells) is measured through review of the pathological report of the surgical specimen at the time of surgery
2. Tumor type and subtype is assessed through pathological report review at diagnosis and the time of surgery
3. Chemotherapy treatment (drug name, drug dose, treatment duration, number of cycles) is assessed by reviewing drug prescription form at each course of chemotherapy and at the end of chemotherapy treatment
4. Radiation treatment (Dose delivered, treatment duration) is assessed by reviewing medical radiation report at the end of Radiation treatment
5. Surgical procedure (conservative surgery, amputation, R0 resection, R2 resection) is assessed by reviewing the medical surgery report at the time of surgery
6. Quality of surgery (R0 resection, R1 resection, surgical margin, tumor size) is measured by reviewing pathological reports at the date of surgery
7. New tumors (local recurrence, distant recurrence, other cancer) are assessed by reviewing medical report and radiological MRI and CT scan report on the date of surgery, 6 months after surgery, 12 months after surgery, 18 months after surgery, 24 months after surgery, 30 months after surgery, 36 months after surgery
8. Quality of life (Performans status, walking distance, presence at work) is measured by reviewing medical reports on the date of diagnosis of the tumor, date of surgery, 6 months after surgery, 12 months after surgery, 18 months after surgery, 24 months after surgery, 30 months after surgery, 36 months after surgery
Overall study start date21/10/2016
Completion date15/05/2017

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants20 to 200 patients per site and 1200 in total
Key inclusion criteria1. Primary Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) of the extremities and trunk wall newly pathologically diagnosed between 2008 and 2012 with STS.
2. Age ≥ 18 years old
3. Any histology (except those specified in exclusion criteria below)
4. Any grade
5. Treated by any of these therapies for the primary tumor:
5.1. Surgery alone
5.2. Surgery + radiation therapy (pre, post or per-operative)
5.3. Surgery + chemotherapy (pre or post-operative)
5.4. Surgery + chemo-radiation (pre or post-operative)
5.5. ILP (isolated limb perfusion) and surgery +/- radiation therapy
Key exclusion criteria1. Patients with the following histological type: bone sarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, angiosarcoma, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
2. Benign or intermediate histological subtypes: aggressive fibromatosis, desmoid tumor or dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
3. Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST)
4. STS localized in the intra-abdominal region and retroperitoneal region
5. Re-resection for non carcinological first resection (R1 or R2)
6. Patient with metastatic disease at diagnosis of STS
7. No pathological report available at diagnosis or at surgery
8. Less than 36 months (pilot and extended phase) of data available following diagnosis unless the patient died before
9. No possibility to have access to the data
10. Concurrent active therapy for another cancer (= patient receives active treatment for this cancer during the study period)
Date of first enrolment13/01/2017
Date of final enrolment30/04/2017

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • England
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centres

Istituto Oncologico Veneto
Via Gattamelata 64
Padova
35128
Italy
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Via Venezian, 1
Milan
20133
Italy
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Fulham Road
London
SW3 6JJ
United Kingdom
Állami Egészségügyi Központ - Magyar Honvédség Központi Kórháza
Róbert Károly krt. 44
Budapest
1134
Hungary
Mount Sinai Hospital
University of Toronto
00 University Avenue
Toronto
M5G 1X5
Canada
HM Hospitales
Oña 10
Madrid
28050
Spain
Klinikum der Universität München
Campus Großhadern
Medizinische Klinik Poliklinik III
Marchioninistr. 15
Munich
81377
Germany

Sponsor information

Nanobiotix
Other

60 Rue de Wattignies
Paris
75012
France

Phone +33 40269645
Email eveline.boucher@nanobiotix.com
Website http://www.nanobiotix.com
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Funders

Funder type

Industry

Nanobiotix

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Results and Publications

Intention to publish date01/12/2017
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareYes
IPD sharing plan summaryAvailable on request
Publication and dissemination planAny publication need to be approved by the Investigator coordinator and Nanobiotix. The Sponsor recognizes the Investigators’ right to utilize data derived from the chart review for teaching purposes, communication at congresses and scientific publications. Nevertheless, in order to ensure the accuracy and scientific value of the information, while preserving the independence and accountability of the Investigators, and the confidentiality of the information, only cleaned, checked and validated data will be used. To that effect, it is essential that the parties exchange and discuss, prior to any publication or communication, any draft publication or communication made by the Investigator/s. Therefore, the Investigator/s undertakes, and will ensure that any Sub-Investigators undertake, not to make any publication, communication or release pertaining to the results of the chart review, without the prior written consent of the Sponsor. The Sponsor has the right at any time to publish the results of the chart review.
IPD sharing planThe datasets collected and analysed in this study are available upon reasonable request from:
Deloitte Consulting
Clémentine Demaire
Senior consultant | Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Berkenlaan 8a, 1831 Diegem, Belgium
Mobile: + 32 470 26 93 76

Editorial Notes

10/04/2017: Plain English summary added.