Status:

UNKNOWN

Colorectal Metastasis and Liver Transplantation With Organs From Deceased Donors

Lead Sponsor:

Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

Collaborating Sponsors:

Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS

Conditions:

Colorectal Liver Metastases

Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

MELODIC trial is an prospective, multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, parallel trial, aimed at assessing the efficacy (in terms of overall survival: OS) of liver transplantation (LT) in unresecabl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria (Sythesis: 10;10;10;100):
  • ≥ 18 and \<70 years
  • Performance status, ECOG 0-1
  • Histologically proved adenocarcinoma in colon or rectum.
  • BRAF wild-type CRC on primary tumor or liver metastases
  • High standard oncological surgical resection of the primary tumor
  • Liver metastases not eligible for curative liver resection confirmed by the validation committee
  • At least one line (3 months) of chemotherapy
  • No signs of extra hepatic metastatic disease or local recurrence on CT, MRI and Pet-CT within 4 weeks prior to the faculty meeting at the transplant unit
  • Before start of chemotherapy no lesion should be larger than \> 10 cm
  • Objective response according to RECIST 1.1 or SD at two consecutive CT without CEA increase
  • Patient with less than 10% response on chemotherapy may be included if they obtain al least 20% response after TACE (DEB-IRI) or by 90Y-spheres
  • At least 10 months time span from CRC resection and date of being listed on the transplantation list.
  • Satisfactory blood tests Hb \>10g/dL, neutrophils \>1.0, Bilirubin\<2 x upper normal level, AST, ALT\<5 x upper normal level, creatinine and albumin in normal level.
  • CEA\<100 ng/ml
  • Signed informed consent and expected cooperation of the patients for the treatment and follow up
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Weight loss \>10% the last 6 months
  • Patient BMI \> 30
  • Participation refusal
  • General contraindication to LT
  • Prior extra hepatic metastatic disease or primary tumor local relapse.
  • Other malignancies in the previous 5 years
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding
  • Any reason why, in the opinion of the investigator, the patient should not participate.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 1 2020

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    October 1 2025

    Estimated Enrollment :

    18 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04870879

    Start Date

    October 1 2020

    End Date

    October 1 2025

    Last Update

    May 4 2021

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    U.O.C Chirurgia Epatobiliare e Trapianti Epatici, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

    Padua, Italy, 35128