Clinical trial NCT02818231: Mechanisms of Cancerogenesis of Woodworkers Adenocarcinomas
Official title: Mechanisms of Cancerogenesis for Woodworkers Adenocarcinomas: Transcriptional Study of Olfactory Cleft Cells of Patients Exposed or Not to Wood Dust
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Ethmoid Sinus Adenocarcinoma
Lead sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-06-29
Enrollment: 28
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 50
Maximum age (years): 120
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Consultation requiring fiberendoscopy, planned in the ENT department of the CHRU of Nancy, in a context of routine care or of monitoring of professionnal wood dust exposure

Brief summary: Nasal adenocarcinomas are closely related to wood dust exposure. The precise mechanisms of carcinogenesis leading to the transformation of the respiratory mucosa into a colonic-like mucosa remain unknown: chronic exposure to wood dust may cause chronic inflammation that may lead to pre-degenerative lesions, hypothesis yet unconfirmed. The tumor development requires the activation of a particular gene: CDX2. The working hypothesis is that chronic wood dust exposure is responsible for changes in genes of inflammation, which can in turn lead to changes in the expression of CDX2 and its cofactors, thus making possible the genesis of adenocarcinoma. This work is a pilot study aiming to better understand the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and to study the feasibility of a larger prospective screening for woodworkers adenocarcinomas. Cells will be obtained from the at risk area (olfactory cleft) by a noninvasive method (brushing) in healthy volunteers (unexposed to wood dust) and in exposed volunteers to compare their genomes and study the genomic changes related to wood dust exposure.

Detailed description: Pilot study, single center, prospective and retrospective, aiming to better understand the mechanisms of carcinogenesis of nasal adenocarcinoma among 2 groups of subjects based on their potential risk of nasal adenocarcinoma.

Patients will be recruited prospectively, in the ENT department (Prof. R. JANKOWSKI-Institut Lorrain Heart and vessels Louis Mathieu -Hospitals Brabois-CHU Nancy), during a visit for another medical reason.

They will be divided into 2 groups as follows:

* Group 1: NON EXPOSED : control group: patients not exposed to wood dust (low risk)
* Group 2: EXPOSED: patients exposed to wood dust (high risk)

After complete information, inclusion in the study will be proposed to patients

If inclusion is accepted, patients will undergo, during the nasal fiber endoscopy (performed for care), and under local anesthesia (performed for care), a brushing of the most accessible olfactory clef (performed for research). These samples will be compared to tumor samples which are already available (REFCOR)

The samples of groups 1 and 2 will be sent directly to the laboratory of Pathological Anatomy Cytology (Pr-J.M. VIGNAUD Hospital Brabois- CHU Nancy). They will briefly vortexed (5 min) and frozen. They will be kept in the laboratory of Pathological Anatomy Cytology (Pr-J.M. VIGNAUD Hospital Brabois- CHU Nancy) until analysis. The samples will be transferred from the laboratory of Pathological Anatomy Cytology (Pr-J.M. VIGNAUD Hospital Brabois- CHU Nancy) to the Genomics Platform (INSERM, U954, Prof. JL GUEANT- Faculty of Medicine, University of Lorraine), for analysis.

RNA will be extracted from olfactory cells , using RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen) with DNase treatment. The concentration and purity of the DNA / RNA will be measured (OD at 230nm, 260nm and 280nm) with a Nanodrop spectrophotometer (Nyxor). The RNA integrity will be determined from the profiles of ribosomal RNAs (18S \& 28S) measured on LabOnChip® (2100 Bioanalyzer System, Agilent Technologies). The RNA samples will be stored at -80 ° C until use.

The transcriptome analysis will be conducted on chips Whole Human Genome 60K \* 8 developed by Agilent®, and according to the manufacturer's protocol (single-color Agilent protocol).

At the end of the research samples will be destroyed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male, \> 50 years
* No known tumor
* patient needing fiberendoscopy, but for nasal pathology
* informed consent given
* affiliation to a healthcare scheme compulsory
* prior medical exam 'NON EXPOSED' group: no wood dust exposure 'EXPOSED' group : wood dust exposure \> 20 years with delay since the beginning of exposure \> 30 years

Exclusion criteria:

* Prior radiotherapy on sinus or nasal fossa
* Inflammatory disease of nasal fossa
* Genetic disease with cancer risk (xeroderma pigmentosum, chromosomal abnormality deletion or translocation, DNA repair deficiency)
* No informed consent
* No affiliation to a healthcare scheme compulsory
* prior medical exam
* Contra-indication to Xylocaine

Primary outcomes:
measure: The identification of expression profiles specific of wood dust exposure (comparison of both groups (exposed / non exposed))
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The identification of expression profiles predictive of a nasal adenocarcinoma transformation.
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: The acceptability of the brushing technique
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Vandoeuvre Les Nancy
country: France
facility: Service ORL-CHRU NANCY
Study officials:
affiliation: CHRU Nancy
name: Patrice Gallet, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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