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Colorectal Cancer MetastaticPhase 2SULTANNCT03164655

Improving SUrgery of Liver Metastases: a Trial of the Arterial Chemotherapy Network

A Phase 2 study testing Oxaliplatin, Cetuximab, Bevacizumab, Panitumumab, Irinotecan, Leucovorin, 5-Fluorouracil in people with Colorectal Cancer Metastatic, run by UNICANCER at 4 sites in France.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

National trial, multicenter, randomized, phase II comparing treatment intensification with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy plus systemic chemotherapy (CT) to systemic chemotherapy alone in patients with liver-only colorectal metastases (CRLM) considered still non resectable after at least two months of systemic… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer Metastatic
What is being tested?
Oxaliplatin, Cetuximab, Bevacizumab, Panitumumab, Irinotecan, Leucovorin, 5-Fluorouracil
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
20 participants
Where
4 sitesFrance
Study dates
25 Jul 2018to 15 Nov 2021
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically confirmed colorectal cancer (CRC), and radiologic or histologic proof of CRLM not amenable to a curative intent-treatment.
  • At least two months of prior induction systemic CT with oxaliplatin and/or irinotecan combined with a fluoropyrimidine combined or not to a targeted therapy (e.g., anti-EGFR or antiangiogenic antibody) for metastatic disease (patients ending their adjuvant chemotherapy after primary tumor resection since more than 6 months should also have received first-line chemotherapy for metastatic disease). Further systemic chemotherapy lines are allowed.
  • Unresectability of the CRLM will be confirmed by a centralized multidisciplinary expert panel (composed of surgeons, radiologists, interventional radiologists and medical oncologists). The panel will review the CT scan and MRI of the patients (weekly web conference). Non-resectability criteria (one of the following criteria):
  • Upfront R0/R1 resection of all CRLM (that leaves at least two adequately perfused and drained segments) is not possible
  • and/or metastases in contact with major vessels of the remnant liver which would require resection of the vessel for an R0 resection (i.e., tumor involvement of main portal right and left portal veins, of the three main hepatic veins, or of the retrohepatic vena cava)
  • and/or documented progressive disease on imaging (according to the RECIST v1.1) or doubling of serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) or carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) following ≥2 months of induction CT
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  • At least one measurable liver metastasis according to the RECIST v1.1
  • Age ≥18 years
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  • Normal liver function, i.e. bilirubin <1.5 times the upper limit of normal values (ULN), aminotransferases <5 ULN, alkaline phosphatase <5 ULN
  • International normalized ratio (INR) <1.5 ULN
  • Neutrophils >1500/mm³, platelets >100 000/mm³, hemoglobin >9 g/dL (transfusion allowed)
  • Calculated creatinine clearance >50 mL/min (Cockcroft and Gault formula)
  • Informed consent signed by the patient or his/her legal representative
  • Patient affiliated to a social security regimen
  • Potentially reproductive patients must agree to use an effective contraceptive method or practice adequate methods of birth control or practice complete abstinence while on treatment, and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug.
  • Uracilemia <16 ng/ml

Who cannot join

  • Patient eligible for curative-intent treatment of CRLM (i.e. resection and/or thermoablation), according to the local multidisciplinary team and/or the central review.
  • Definitive anatomical contraindication to complete surgical resection (any of the following criteria):
  • More than two lesions in all liver segments
  • Bilobar liver metastasis and more than three lesions >3 cm in the hepatic lobe the least affected (i.e. the future remnant liver)
  • Bilobar liver metastasis and disease liver extend >50%
  • Extrahepatic tumor disease (except ≤3 lung nodules <10 mm deemed amenable to curative-intent resection/thermoablation and non-resected primary tumor with no or mild symptoms)
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  • Patient with contraindication for trial drugs (investigators have to refer to drugs SmPC); contraindication limited to targeted therapy (e.g., anti-EGFR or antiangiogenic antibody) is not an exclusion criteria
  • Disease progression after FOLFOXIRI/FOLFIRINOX
  • Sensory neuropathy ≥ grade 2 (National Cancer Institute - Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) v.4.0)
  • If patients received bevacizumab, following non-inclusion criteria must be respected:
  • Proteinuria >1 g,
  • Gastro-intestinal fistulae or perforation,
  • Hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or other human recombinant antibody,
  • Major surgery in the last 28 days.
  • If patients received panitumumab, following non-inclusion criteria must be respected:
  • Interstitial lung disease,
  • Pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Significant chronic liver disease (resulting in portal hypertension and/or liver insufficiency)
  • Allergy to contrast media that cannot be managed with standard care
  • Previous organ transplantation, HIV or other immunodeficiency syndromes
  • Concomitant or past history of cancer within 5 years prior to entry into the trial other than adequately treated basal-cell skin cancer or in situ carcinoma of the cervix
  • Patients with clinically significant active heart disease or myocardial infarction in the last 6 months
  • Concomitant medications/comorbidities that may prevent the patient from receiving study treatments as uncontrolled intercurrent illness (for instance: active infection, active inflammatory disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal obstruction, uncontrolled hypertension systolic >15 and diastolic >9, symptomatic congestive heart failure…)
  • Ionic disorders as:
  • Kalemia ≥1 x ULN
  • Magnesemia <0.5 mmol/L
  • Calcemia <2 mmol/L
  • Patient with a dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency; Uracilemia ≥16 ng/ml, the test should be done for all patients before first 5-FU administration, according to "agence nationale de sécurité du médicament" (ANSM) communication regarding recommendation about high risk of no testing DPD in patient before 5-FU administration
  • QT/QTc >450 msec for men and > 470 msec for women
  • Concomitant intake of St. John's wort
  • Patient already included in another clinical trial with an experimental treatment
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Patients deprived of liberty or under guardianship
  • Patients unable to undergo medical monitoring test for geographical, social or psychological reasons

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 1 country.

France4 sites
  • Ico Paul Papin

    Angers

  • Centre Eugene Marquis

    Rennes

  • Chp Saint Gregoire

    Saint-Grégoire

  • Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, 94

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized Phase II Study Comparing Treatment Intensification With CIAH Plus Systemic Chemotherapy to Systemic Chemotherapy Alone in Patients With Liver-only Colorectal Metastases Considered Still Non Resectable After at Least Two Months of Systemic Induction Chemotherapy

National trial, multicenter, randomized, phase II comparing treatment intensification with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy plus systemic chemotherapy (CT) to systemic chemotherapy alone in patients with liver-only colorectal metastases (CRLM) considered still non resectable after at least two months of systemic induction chemotherapy.

Read the detailed description

to compare the efficacy of CT intensification combining hepatic arterial infusion(HAI) oxaliplatin plus IV FOLFIRI plus targeted therapy (anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or bevacizumab) to conventional systemic CT alone plus targeted therapy (anti-EGFR or antiangiogenic antibody), in patients with liver-only CRLM not amenable to curative-intent resection (and/or ablation) after systemic induction CT in terms of conversion to complete (R0 R1) resection (or ablation) rate (CRR).

Being tested
Oxaliplatin, Cetuximab, Bevacizumab, Panitumumab, Irinotecan, Leucovorin, 5-Fluorouracil

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Oxaliplatin, Cetuximab, Bevacizumab, Panitumumab, Irinotecan, Leucovorin, 5-FluorouracilDrug

    Oxaliplatin 100 mg/m² infusion in 2 hours, Cetuximab 500mg/m² infusion in 2 hours, Bevacizumab 5 mg/kg infusion in 30 minutes, Panitumumab 6 mg/kg, Irinotecan 180 mg/m² over 90 minutes to begin 30 minutes after folinic acid infusion is started, Leucovorin 400 mg/m² infusion in 2 hours, 5-Fluorouracil 2400 mg/m² infusion continuous in 46h

Study groups in NCT03164655
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
HAI oxaliplatin combined with I.V. FOLFIRI + target therapyExperimental* HAI oxaliplatin 100 mg/m² on D1 * I.V. cetuximab 500 mg/m² or panitumumab 6 mg/kg or bevacizumab 5 mg/kg D1 according to RAS status and prior response/tolerance to systemic induction CT * modified FOLFIRI regimen without fluorouracil bolus * I.V. irinotecan 180 mg/m² D1 * I.V. bolus 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU): 0 * I.V. leucovorin 400 mg/m² in 2 hours D1 * I.V. continuous infusion 5-FU 2400 mg/m² in 46 hours
Receives: Drug: Oxaliplatin, Cetuximab, Bevacizumab, Panitumumab, Irinotecan, Leucovorin, 5-Fluorouracil
conventional systemic CTActive comparator* Response to systemic induction CT * Toxicity and duration of the systemic induction CT * RAS status * Current guidelines/standard of care
Receives: Drug: Oxaliplatin, Cetuximab, Bevacizumab, Panitumumab, Irinotecan, Leucovorin, 5-Fluorouracil

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Curative-intent (R0-R1) resection (and/or ablation) rate (CRR) of CRLM

    Curative-intent (R0-R1) resection (and/or ablation) rate (CRR) of CRLM confirmed by a systematic review of the surgical and pathological report by an independent committee blind to the treatment received

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 May 2017
  2. Study start25 Jul 2018
  3. Primary completion15 Jul 2021
  4. Study completion15 Nov 2021

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
20 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03164655
Sponsor's protocol ID
UCGI 30 - PRODIGE 53 SULTAN
Other IDs
2016-001493-15, 2016
Acronym
SULTAN
Status last verified
Sep 2024
First submitted
22 May 2017
Last updated
1 Oct 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Unicancer will share de-identified individual data that underlie the results reported. A decision concerning the sharing of other study documents, including protocol and statistical analysis plan will be examined upon request.

Publications

  • Boileve A, Audemar F, Dupont-Bierre E, Le Sourd S, Ulusakarya A, Chauvenet M, Benmaziame A, Wagner M, Goere D, Dromain C, Gelli M, Pezzella V, Bonnet B, Tanguy ML, Boige V. Treatment Intensification with Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy in Patients with Liver-Only Colorectal Metastases Still Unresectable After Systemic Induction Chemotherapy: Exploratory Findings From a Prematurely Closed Multicenter Randomized Phase II Study: SULTAN UCGI 30/PRODIGE 53 (NCT03164655). Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Feb;33(2):1460-1469. doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18570-5. Epub 2025 Oct 21.

    PubMed 41118066
  • Boileve A, Maillard A, Wagner M, Dromain C, Laurent C, Dupont Bierre E, Le Sourd S, Audemar F, Ulusakarya A, Guerin-Meyer V, Smisth D, Pezzella V, De Baere T, Goere D, Gelli M, Taieb J, Boige V. Treatment intensification with hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy in patients with liver-only colorectal metastases still unresectable after systemic induction chemotherapy - a randomized phase II study -- SULTAN UCGI 30/PRODIGE 53 (NCT03164655)- study protocol. BMC Cancer. 2020 Jan 30;20(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-6571-7.

    PubMed 32000724

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Oxaliplatin, Cetuximab, Bevacizumab, Panitumumab, Irinotecan, Leucovorin, 5-Fluorouracil in people with Colorectal Cancer Metastatic, run by UNICANCER at 4 sites in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 17 inclusion and 34 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Oct 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Curative-intent (R0-R1) resection (and/or ablation) rate (CRR) of CRLM (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03164655, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Oct 2024; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.

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