BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer

Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a highly prevalent disease, wherein, ~30%–40% of patients with CRC relapse postresection. In some patients with CRC, adjuvant chemotherapy can help delay recurrence or be curative. However, current biomarkers show limited clinical utility in determining if/whe...

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Main Authors: Scott Kopetz, Axel Grothey, Shifra Krinshpun, Meenakshi Malhotra, Paul Billings, Angel Rodriguez, Alexey Aleshin, Sarah Sawyer, Michelle Munro, Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Jessica Guilford, Sascha Ellers, Jacob Wulff, Nicole Hook, Allyson Koyen Malashevich, Solomon Moshkevich
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author Scott Kopetz
Axel Grothey
Shifra Krinshpun
Meenakshi Malhotra
Paul Billings
Angel Rodriguez
Alexey Aleshin
Sarah Sawyer
Michelle Munro
Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi
Jessica Guilford
Sascha Ellers
Jacob Wulff
Nicole Hook
Allyson Koyen Malashevich
Solomon Moshkevich
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Axel Grothey
Shifra Krinshpun
Meenakshi Malhotra
Paul Billings
Angel Rodriguez
Alexey Aleshin
Sarah Sawyer
Michelle Munro
Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi
Jessica Guilford
Sascha Ellers
Jacob Wulff
Nicole Hook
Allyson Koyen Malashevich
Solomon Moshkevich
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description Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a highly prevalent disease, wherein, ~30%–40% of patients with CRC relapse postresection. In some patients with CRC, adjuvant chemotherapy can help delay recurrence or be curative. However, current biomarkers show limited clinical utility in determining if/when chemotherapy should be administered, to provide benefit. Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) can measure molecular residual disease (MRD) and relapse with high specificity and sensitivity. This study protocol investigates the clinical utility of ctDNA for optimal use of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with surgically resected CRC and to detect early disease progression in the surveillance setting.Methods and analysis This is a multicentre prospective, observational cohort study. A total of 2000 stage I–IV patients will be enrolled in up to 200 US sites, and patients will be followed for up to 2 years with serial ctDNA analysis, timed with the standard-of-care visits. The primary endpoints are to observe the impact of bespoke ctDNA testing on adjuvant treatment decisions and to measure CRC recurrence rates while asymptomatic and without imaging correlate. The secondary endpoints are MRD clearance rate (MRD+ to MRD−) during or after adjuvant chemotherapy, percentage of patients that undergo surgery for oligometastatic recurrence, survival of MRD-negative patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy versus no adjuvant chemotherapy (active surveillance), overall survival, examine the number of stage I CRC that have recurrent disease detected postsurgery, and patient-reported outcomes.Ethics and dissemination This study has received ethical approval from the Advarra Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol: Natera—20-041-NCP/3766.01, BESPOKE Study of ctDNA Guided Therapy in Colorectal Cancer (BESPOKE CRC) (Pro00041473) on 10 June 2021. Data protection and privacy regulations will be strictly observed in the capturing, forwarding, processing and storing of patients’ data. Publication of any study results will be approved by Natera in accordance with the site-specific contract.Trial registration number NCT04264702.
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spelling doaj-art-9887af290e0143cf93aa6bd0644906602025-08-20T02:18:34ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-09-0111910.1136/bmjopen-2020-047831BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancerScott Kopetz0Axel Grothey1Shifra Krinshpun2Meenakshi Malhotra3Paul Billings4Angel Rodriguez5Alexey Aleshin6Sarah Sawyer7Michelle Munro8Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi9Jessica Guilford10Sascha Ellers11Jacob Wulff12Nicole Hook13Allyson Koyen Malashevich14Solomon Moshkevich15GI Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USAWest Cancer Center and Research Institute, Germantown, Tennessee, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USAScientific Affairs, Natera Inc, San Carlos, California, USANatera Inc, Berkeley, California, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USA20 Department of Genetics, Children`s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaNatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USADepartment of Oncology/Hematology, Division of Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USANatera Inc, San Carlos, California, USAIntroduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a highly prevalent disease, wherein, ~30%–40% of patients with CRC relapse postresection. In some patients with CRC, adjuvant chemotherapy can help delay recurrence or be curative. However, current biomarkers show limited clinical utility in determining if/when chemotherapy should be administered, to provide benefit. Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) can measure molecular residual disease (MRD) and relapse with high specificity and sensitivity. This study protocol investigates the clinical utility of ctDNA for optimal use of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with surgically resected CRC and to detect early disease progression in the surveillance setting.Methods and analysis This is a multicentre prospective, observational cohort study. A total of 2000 stage I–IV patients will be enrolled in up to 200 US sites, and patients will be followed for up to 2 years with serial ctDNA analysis, timed with the standard-of-care visits. The primary endpoints are to observe the impact of bespoke ctDNA testing on adjuvant treatment decisions and to measure CRC recurrence rates while asymptomatic and without imaging correlate. The secondary endpoints are MRD clearance rate (MRD+ to MRD−) during or after adjuvant chemotherapy, percentage of patients that undergo surgery for oligometastatic recurrence, survival of MRD-negative patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy versus no adjuvant chemotherapy (active surveillance), overall survival, examine the number of stage I CRC that have recurrent disease detected postsurgery, and patient-reported outcomes.Ethics and dissemination This study has received ethical approval from the Advarra Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol: Natera—20-041-NCP/3766.01, BESPOKE Study of ctDNA Guided Therapy in Colorectal Cancer (BESPOKE CRC) (Pro00041473) on 10 June 2021. Data protection and privacy regulations will be strictly observed in the capturing, forwarding, processing and storing of patients’ data. Publication of any study results will be approved by Natera in accordance with the site-specific contract.Trial registration number NCT04264702.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e047831.full
spellingShingle Scott Kopetz
Axel Grothey
Shifra Krinshpun
Meenakshi Malhotra
Paul Billings
Angel Rodriguez
Alexey Aleshin
Sarah Sawyer
Michelle Munro
Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi
Jessica Guilford
Sascha Ellers
Jacob Wulff
Nicole Hook
Allyson Koyen Malashevich
Solomon Moshkevich
BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer
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title BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer
title_full BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer
title_fullStr BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer
title_full_unstemmed BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer
title_short BESPOKE study protocol: a multicentre, prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour DNA guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer
title_sort bespoke study protocol a multicentre prospective observational study to evaluate the impact of circulating tumour dna guided therapy on patients with colorectal cancer
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e047831.full
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