Clinical trial NCT04051450: Immune Checkpoints in Colorectal Cancer
Official title: Immune Checkpoints in Colorectal Cancer
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
Lead sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-08-09
Enrollment: 68
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Colorectal cancer patients undergoing resection or endoscopic examination at the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong

Brief summary: Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranked the first in cancer incidence in Hong Kong and it is frequently lethal with heterogeneous drug responses and survival outcomes. Immune-based approaches targeting to enhance tumor-specific responses have been actively under investigation as therapeutic strategies. Currently, PD1 and PD-L1 blockade has shown promising results in clinical trials especially in colorectal cancer patients with microsatellite instability. This study aims to examine the role of PD-L1/PD1 in immune cell-mediated cytotoxicity in colorectal cancer patients.

Detailed description: Aim: To examine the role of PD-L1/PD1 in immune cell-mediated cytotoxicity in colorectal cancer patients.

Objectives: 1. Comprehensive investigation of PD-L1/PD1 in colorectal cancer in association with chemotherapy responses and immune activities; 2. Examine the functional role of PD-L1/PD1 targeting in immune cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

Hypothesis: It is hypothesized that PD-L1/PD1 has pivotal role on the immune cell-mediated cytotoxicity in colorectal cancer.

Significances: The current study will elucidate the significance of PD-L1/PD1 on chemo-resistance and the effect on immune cells and their functional properties. The study will enhance the understanding on chemotherapy response and immune evasion. The long-term goal is to provide the crucial information on oncoimmunology to improve efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer treatment.

Subjects: Only those patients for whom colorectal cancer is the indicated clinical diagnosis will be recruited in the current study. Possible participants will be patients undergoing tumor resection or endoscopic examination at the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. Specimens will be collected from sixty-eight colorectal cancer patients. The estimated duration for collection of all the necessary samples will be two years. With at least one year of follow-up information, the proposed study should be completed in three years. For the current study, single blood sample (10 ml of peripheral blood in EDTA) will be drawn before the operation or endoscopic session. A small portion of the tumor and non-tumor tissue tissues from resected specimens or biopsy tissues will be collected for histological evaluation, primary culture and for comparison of the genetic and protein components in the blood specimen.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* colorectal cancer patients undergoing resection or endoscopic examination at the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients who do not consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Generation of candidate biomarkers PD-L1/PD1/GEP by laboratory assay qPCR for prognostication.
timeFrame: Three years.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
affiliation: Chinese University of Hong Kong
name: ST Cheung, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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