Ablative Therapy of Oligometastatic Tumor After Response to Conventional First Line Treatment
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Brief Summary
Advancements in systemic antineoplastic therapies have led to improved overall survival rates for many solid tumors. However, metastatic disease remains a significant challenge and remains the leading cause of mortality for these patients. Additionally, there is a high attrition rate after first-line standard treatment across various tumor types, with studies indicating that 20-70% of patients may be unable to undergo second-line therapy, depending on the tumor type. This highlights an urgent need to enhance outcomes from the first line of treatment. Although first-line therapy often represents the best available option, most patients experience relapse and disease progression despite an initial tumor response. This is attributed to both intrinsic and acquired resistance arising from the heterogeneity of primary tumors and metastases. To address this issue, metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) has been explored as a way to reduce tumor burden and mitigate the risk of resistance due to therapeutic selective pressure. MDT offers a promising opportunity to improve first-line treatment outcomes, but more precise patient selection criteria are needed to maximize therapeutic benefit and minimize the potential toxicity of ablative therapies. Indeed, despites its efficacy, fatal complication may occur so do grade 3 to 4 toxicities. Toxicity depends of the local ablative therapy (LAT) planned but as it will never be none, oncologists have to propose invasive treatment to patient that may benefit the most. Based on the published data, the investigators propose a pragmatic, selective approach centered on sensitivity to systemic therapy. The investigators aim to evaluate the benefit of local ablative therapy (LAT) in patients who demonstrate non-progressive disease after three months of first-line standard of care. Given the importance of this question across cancer subtypes, the investigators will employ a prospective database to enroll patients with various solid tumor type, excluding the ones for which the impact of LAT has already been explored or may be difficult to achieve. Outcomes of this strategy will be evaluated compared to outcomes from pivotal studies defining optimal standard first line therapy (OST) . Several analyses will be performed to better characterize the population for whom a multimodal approach may significantly improve their survival. The first one will aim to compare the median duration of response (mDOR) of the population treated with LAT compared to the mDOR reported by the pivotal study(ies) of each OST. This study will serve as a proof of concept, supporting chemosensitivity as a viable selection factor for multimodal treatment in a broad range of cancer types. Primary objective: Improvement of the duration of response (DOR) after completion of LAT compared to DOR reported in pivotal study that evaluated first line OST. Secondary objectives:
- Evaluation of the safety of the addition of LAT.
- Evaluation of overall progression free survival (PFS) and PFS at 1 year.
- Evaluation of overall survival from OST start and from the time of LAT completion.
- Documentation of acceptance and compliance to LAT decision by the institutional expert committee
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Jun 2026
Longer than P75 for all trials
12 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 10, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 22, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2026
ExpectedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2033
Study Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2036
April 22, 2026
April 1, 2026
7 years
April 10, 2026
April 21, 2026
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Duration of response after completion of LAT (DORLAT)
DORLAT is defined by the time between end of local ablative therapy and disease progression (according to RECIST 1.1 criteria) or death, depending of which happen first.
From end of local ablative therapy to disease progression or death, depending of which happen first and up to 5 years.
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Adverse event count
From the time of LAT decision to up to 6 months after LAT and subsequent OST administration
Overall Survival OST
From OST start to death of the patient and up to 5 years
Overall Survival LAT
From LAT completion to death of the patient and up to 5 years
Progression free survival
From OST start to first disease progression and up to 5 years
Study Arms (17)
HR+ HER2- breast cancer
Hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer treated by CDK4/6 inhibitor and endocrine therapy
Triple negative breast cancer
Triple negative breast cancer treated by association of pembrolizumab and chemotherapy or standard first line chemotherapy (paclitaxel, epirubicin +/- cyclophosphamide, carboplatine + gemcitabine).
HER2+ breast cancer
HER2 positive breast cancer treated by dual blockade HER2 and taxane
NSCLC
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without usual oncogenic addiction treated by chemotherapy and immunotherapy or immunotherapy alone if indicated.
Gastric adenocarcinoma
Gastric adenocarcinoma without local recurrence and treated by 5FU-based chemotherapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) and/or Trastuzumab if indicated
Oesophageal cancer
Oesophageal cancer without local recurrence treated by 5FU-based chemotherapy +/- ICI
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer without local recurrence treated by FOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine + Nab-Paclitaxel
Anal cancer
Anal cancer treated by carboplatin + paclitaxel or modified DCF
Bladder cancer
Bladder cancer treated by platin based chemotherapy or Enfortumab Vedotin + Pembrolizumab
Prostate cancer
Metastatic prostate cancer sensitive to castration treated by first and second generation of hormonotherapy
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma treated by ICI combined with ICI or tyrosine kinase inhibitor of VEGFR
Endometrial cancer
Endometrial cancer treated by carboplatin + paclitaxel + dostarlimab
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer treated by platin + paclitaxel + bevacizumab + pembrolizumab
HNSCC
Head and neck squamous cells carcinoma (HNSCC) without recurrence in the radiation field, treated by chemotherapy and immunotherapy or immunotherapy alone
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer treated by 5FU based chemotherapy and targeted therapy (bevacizumab or cetuximab or panitumumab)
Soft tissue sarcomas
Soft tissue sarcomas already locally operated and treated by doxorubicin alone every three weeks or in association with ifosfamide or trabectedin.
Melanoma
Melanoma treated by ICI or by BRAF/MEK inhibitors
Interventions
Data extraction from medical files
Eligibility Criteria
Patients with non-progressive disease after at least 3 months of optimal standard first line therapy (OST) defined according to ESMO guidelines. The OST is defined as the up-to-date most efficient first systemic line in term of anti-tumoral activity and survival benefit for each tumor type according to the ESMO guidelines and national practice. All cancer sites (including primitive lesion if concerned) must be accessible for local ablative treatment (LAT) based on radiological assessment of less than 6 weeks and LAT must have been decided by the investigator's local multidisciplinary team before inclusion in the study.
You may qualify if:
- Performance status 0 or 1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG).
- Histologically diagnosis of one of these tumour types:
- Hormone receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer
- Triple negative breast cancer
- HER2+ breast cancer
- Non small cell lung cancer without oncogenic addiction
- Head and Neck squamous cell carcinoma without recurrence in the radiation field
- Gastric adenocarcinoma
- Esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma or epidermoid carcinoma)
- Recurrent pancreatic cancer without local recurrence
- Anal cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Clear cells renal cell carcinoma
- Prostate cancer sensitive to castration
- Adenocarcinoma endometrial cancer
- +9 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Patients who already received systemic antitumoral treatment in the advanced setting (including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, …)
- Patients without OST administration
- Patients that have progressing lesion at any time point before decision of LAT by the expert committee
- Has a known recent history of other invasive tumour, excepted if local investigator may provide histologically data that all active lesions targeted are from the same cancer primitive.
- Radiotherapy or other LAT to any metastatic site before the start of OST.
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Sponsors & Collaborators
- Chireclead
- CHU Brugmann, Brusselscollaborator
- Oncodistinctcollaborator
Study Sites (12)
CHU Brugmann
Brussels, 1020, Belgium
CHIREC Hospital
Brussels, 1160, Belgium
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, 1200, Belgium
Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, site Notre Dame
Charleroi, 6000, Belgium
HELORA Hôpital de Mons - Site Kennedy
Mons, 7000, Belgium
Bank of Cyprus Oncology
Nicosia, 2006, Cyprus
Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer François Baclesse
Caen, 14000, France
Institut Paoli-Calmettes
Marseille, 13009, France
CHU de Saint-Etienne
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, 42270, France
Hôpital Universitaire de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 67200, France
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Beirut, Lebanon
Oslo University Hospital / The Norwegian Radium Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Head of Oncology Department
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 10, 2026
First Posted
April 22, 2026
Study Start (Estimated)
June 1, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
June 1, 2033
Study Completion (Estimated)
June 1, 2036
Last Updated
April 22, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-04