Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Terms of DFS in Patients With Localized Digestive Neuroendocrine Carcinomas
Recruiting now · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Digestive Cancer
In brief
NEONEC is a single-phase, phase II study evaluating the efficacy of the 12-month neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally differentiated digestive NEC. The recommended chemotherapy is based on the current reference combination of platinum (cisplatin or carboplatin) and etoposide (VP16). For anorectal locations, radiochemotherapy is proposed to avoid the morbidity of conventional surgery. The objective of the study is to improve relapse-free survival (RFS) in NEC patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery or chemoradiotherapy. In parallel, we will perform a prospective cohort study with patients whose diagnosis is made during surgery, who have not received neoadjuvant treatment, and who are offered an adjuvant treatment of the same type (combination of platinum and platinum salts and etoposide).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04268121
- Run by
- GERCOR - Multidisciplinary Oncology Cooperative Group
- People needed
- 78
- Starts
- 2021-01-05
- Expected to finish
- 2031-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Phase II
- Histologically proven digestive CNE, (the WHO 2017 classification: poorly differentiated and Ki 67 > 20%),
- Patients with localized CNE, without metastasis (computed tomography [CT], thoraco-abdominopelvic CT scan [TAP] according to RECIST 1.1; examinations performed no later than 21 days before starting the study treatment, possible locoregional lymph node involvement defined according to the TNM classification),
- Positron emission tomography (PET) and CT for lymph node status and elimination of secondary visceral and/or bone disorders, 4. Resectable tumor, according to the consensus decision made during local multidisciplinary surgical consultation meeting,
- Age ≥ 18 years, 6. Written informed consent obtained from the patient, willing and able to comply with the protocol, 7. Registration in a National Health Care System (Protection Universelle Maladie [PUMa] included), 8. For female patients of childbearing potential, negative pregnancy test within 7 days before starting the study treatment.
- Men and women are required to use a reliable and adequate birth control during the study (if applicable) during the period of treatment and during 6 months from the last treatment administration.
- Prospective cohort
- Patients with localized digestive CNE histologically proven on the operative specimen (the WHO 2017 classification: poorly differentiated and Ki 67> 20%),
- Localized, without metastasis on computed tomography [CT], thoracoabdominopelvic CT scan [TAP] RECIST 1.1, and/or locoregional lymph node involvement,
- Age ≥ 18 years,
- Written informed consent obtained from the patient, willing and able to comply with the protocol,
- Registration in a National Health Care System (PUMa - Protection Universelle Maladie included),
- For female patients of childbearing potential, negative pregnancy test within 7 days before starting the study treatment.
- Men and women are required to use a reliable and adequate birth control methods during the study (if applicable) during the period of treatment and during 6 months from the last treatment administration.
You may not qualify if…
- Phase II
- Well-differentiated NEC, whatever the grade,
- Metastatic disease,
- Cancer of unknown primary
- Organ failure that does not allow chemotherapy treatment,
- Previous malignancy within 5 years prior to the study except for cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and uterine cancer in situ
- Tumor with a mixed component (component accounts for ≥ 30%),
- Patient impossible to follow-up,
- Other than platinum-etoposide chemotherapy administrated,
- Tutelage or guardianship or patient protected by law
- Prospective cohort
- Well-differentiated NEC, whatever the grade,
- Metastatic disease,
- Cancer of unknown primary
- Organ failure that does not allow chemotherapy treatment,
- Previous malignancy within 5 years prior to the study except for cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and uterine cancer in situ
- Tumor with a mixed component (component accounts for ≥ 30%),
- Patient impossible to follow-up,
- Other than platinum-etoposide chemotherapy administrated,
- Tutelage or guardianship or patient protected by law.
Where it is running
- Hôpital Saint Antoine — Paris, France (enrolling)
- Hôpital Haut Lévêque CHU Bordeaux — Pessac, France (enrolling)
- CHU Poitiers — Poitiers, France (enrolling)
- CHU Toulouse — Toulouse, France (enrolling)
- CHU Amiens - Hôpital Sud — Amiens, France (enrolling)
- Hôpital Beaujon — Clichy, France (enrolling)
- Saint Antoine Hospital — Paris, France (enrolling)
- CHU Dijon — Dijon, France (enrolling)
- CHU Jean Minjoz — Besançon, France (enrolling)
- Institut Gustave Roussy — Villejuif, France
- Hôpital Edouard Herriot — Lyon, France
- Institut Paoli-Calmettes — Marseille, France
- Groupe Hospitalier Diaconesses Croix Saint Simon — Paris, France
- Hôpital Cochin — Paris, France
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