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NCT07821333Active, not recruitingPhase 2

Circulating Tumor DNA Based Decision for Adjuvant Treatment in Colon Cancer Stage II-III

Phase II Randomized Trial to Assess the Effect of Intensive vs Standard Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Localized Colon Cancer With Circulating Tumor DNA

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This trial has been designed to prove the feasibility of using liquid biopsy detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) to guide the postsurgical clinical management of early colon cancer patients. Moreover, it is important to define if conventional (CAPOX) versus intensive (FOLFOXIRI) adjuvant chemotherapy could convert plasma ctDNA positive into a ctDNA negative status.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
45 (actual)
First submitted
23 Jul 2021
Start date
1 Jan 2022
Primary completion date
1 Jan 2027
Lead sponsor
Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital Clínico de Valencia
NCT number
NCT07821333

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 45
  • From 1 Jan 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2027
  • 7 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Current treatment with another investigational drug or participation in another investigational study.

Other illness

  • Macroscopic or microscopic evidence of residual tumor (R1 or R2 resections). Patients should never have had any evidence of metastatic disease (including presence of tumor cells in the peritoneal lavage).
  • Current clinically unresolved cardiovascular disease.
  • Acute or subacute intestinal occlusion or history of inflammatory bowel disease.
  • Pre-existing neuropathy \> grade 1. Known grade 3 or 4 allergic reaction to any of the components of the treatment.
  • Has a known Gilbert Syndrome or UGT1A1 homozygous \*28/\*28 germline variant.
  • Has a known history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Note: No HIV testing is required.
  • Has a known history of Hepatitis B (defined as Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] reactive) or known active Hepatitis C virus infection. Note: no testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C is required.
  • Has a known history of active Bacillus Tuberculosis (TB).

Age

  • History of another neoplastic disease, unless in remission for ≥ 5 years. Participants with basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma in situ (e.g., breast carcinoma, cervical cancer in situ) that have undergone potentially curative therapy are not excluded.

Other

  • Patients having a MicroSatellite Instability High (MSI-H) or MisMatch Repair Deficient (MMRd) tumor are excluded from the study (done according to standard clinical practice).
  • Had an incomplete diagnostic colonoscopy and/or polyps' removal for patients in whom the remaining colon was not removed or explored. Note: Patients with intraoperative complete colonoscopy or early perioperative complete colonoscopy and/or patients with incomplete colonoscopy, but who do have a CT Colono or Intraoperative Colonoscopy, may be eligible to be recruited in the study.
  • Patient unable to comply with the study protocol owing to psychological, social or geographical reasons.
  • Is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive or father children within the projected duration of the study.
  • Inadequate contraception (male or female patients) if of childbearing or procreational potential.
  • Has a known DihydroPyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency.

Who the study is looking for

  • CIRCULATE-SPAIN-01 trial written informed consent.
  • Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 75 years.
  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis of operable stage II or stage III Colon Cancer.
  • Postoperative, ctDNA positive.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1.
  • Normal organ functions, as follows:
    • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/μL.
    • Platelets ≥ 100.000/μL.
    • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL OR ≥ 5.6 mmol/L.
    • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper level of normality (ULN) OR direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for participants with total bilirubin levels \> 1.5 x ULN.
    • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST or SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT or SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN.
    • Note: Synchronous primary tumours are accepted. Note: Patients with rectal cancer above the peritoneal reflection, who have not undergone postoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy and who have risk factors, may be included in the trial.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (7)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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BarcelonaSpainUnknown status
Hospital del Mar
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BarcelonaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
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CórdobaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge
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L'Hospitalet de LlobregatSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainUnknown status
Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
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ValenciaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia
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ValenciaSpainUnknown status

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