A Trial Using Novel Markers to Predict Malignancy in Elevated-Risk Women

A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Novel Markers to Predict Malignancy in Elevated-Risk Women

The Novel Markers Trial will compare the safety, feasibility and effectiveness of two different epithelial ovarian cancer screening strategies that use CA125 and add HE4 as either a first or second line screen. This study is the next step in a larger research effort to develop a blood test that can be used as a screening method for the early detection of epithelial ovarian cancer.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: CA125 assay on Abbott Architect i1000SR platform; Procedure: HE4 assay on Architect i1000SR platform; Procedure: Transvaginal Ultrasound

Detailed Description

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is usually lethal unless it is diagnosed at an early stage, thus early detection is likely to play an important role in reducing its mortality. Within the Ovarian Specialized Programs of Research Excellence Pacific Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium (POCRC) researchers have been working for a decade to discover, develop, and validate biomarkers (proteins or substances found in blood) that could help save lives by detecting EOC early. During the last five years several biomarkers, including CA125, have been evaluated for their ability to detect EOC at an earlier stage. The best markers will now be studied in a new randomized controlled trial of ovarian cancer screening.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 854
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Duarte, California, United States, 91010
      • City of Hope
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
      • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    • Stanford, California, United States, 94305
      • Stanford University
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111-2497
      • Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
      • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 25 years to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Risk Group 1, Women ages 25 - 80:

• The subject has tested positive for a deleterious germ line mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2.

Risk Group 2, Women ages 35 - 80, Pedigree conditions can be satisfied by multiple primary cancers in the same person:

• The subject has a personal history of breast cancer diagnosed before or at age 50.
• OR the subject has a personal history of bilateral breast cancer
• OR the subject has one first-degree relative with breast cancer diagnosed before or at age 50.
• OR the subject has two breast cancers in the first or second degree relatives, same lineage, with at least one breast cancer diagnosed before or at age 50.
• OR the subject has three or more first or second degree relatives, same lineage, with breast cancer diagnosed at any age.
• OR The family contains at least one ovarian cancer diagnosed at any age in the first or second degree relatives.
• OR the subject is of Ashkenazi ancestry and has had breast cancer diagnosed at any age.
• OR The subject is of Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity and has one first or second degree relative with breast cancer diagnosed at any age (must be in the same lineage as the Ashkenazi ancestry)
• OR The subject has a male relative with breast cancer diagnosed at any age
• OR The subject has a personal history of a positive genetic test result for a deleterious germline mutation in the P53 gene.
• OR The subject has tested positive for a deleterious germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes associated with the Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer Syndrome (HNPCC, also known as Lynch Syndrome) The MMR genes include MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2.
• OR the subject has a first or second degree relative with an identified deleterious germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, but has not yet undergone testing herself.
• OR the subject has a first or second degree relative with an identified deleterious germline MMR gene mutation, but has not yet undergone testing herself.
• OR Probability of carrying a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation given family pedigree of breast and ovarian cancers exceeds 20% by any existing BRCA mutational probability model.

Risk Group 3, Women ages 45 - 80:

• Have measurement of CA125, HE4, MMP7 or Mesothelin exceeding the 95th percentile;
• OR have a relative risk of at least 2 based on the EpiRisk logistic regression model including age, family history, and other risk factors.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Removal of both ovaries for any reason.
• History of ovarian, fallopian tube cancer or peritoneal carcinomatosis.
• Currently pregnant.
• Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.
• Unwilling to provide the name of a physician.
• Unwilling to sign informed consent and/or medical records release form.
• Current untreated malignancy (other than non-melanoma skin cancer).
• Currently receiving adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy for cancer (except tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors +/- lupron). Patients who are being treated may enroll 3 months after completion of last treatment.
• Intraperitoneal surgery within the last 3 months (laparoscopy or laparotomy).
• A medical condition that would place subject at risk as a result of the blood donation, including but not limited to bleeding disorders, chronic infectious disease, emphysema or serious anemia.
• Subject has a family member who is a carrier of a BRCA or MMR gene mutation and the subject has undergone genetic testing that included the family mutation and no mutation was found, and there are no cases of ovarian cancer in the family.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: SCREENING
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: CA125 every screen, HE4 at confirmatory screen.; CA125 will be used at every screen. Women with a parametric empirical Bayes (PEB) longitudinal algorithm score above the 90th percentile will be asked to return for early recall screening. Women with a PEB score above the 95th percentile will be referred for confirmatory measurements of CA125 and HE4. If confirmatory test results are higher than expected, a transvaginal ultrasound will be performed.	Procedure: CA125 assay on Abbott Architect i1000SR platform; Bead-based sandwich ELISA style assay; Other Names: Abbott Architect CA125 assay; Procedure: HE4 assay on Architect i1000SR platform; Bead-based sandwich ELISA style assay; Other Names: Abbott Architect HE4 assay; Procedure: Transvaginal Ultrasound; Sonogram will be obtained only if confirmatory markers are elevated. Exam is restricted to ovarian evaluation.
OTHER: CA125 and HE4 at every screen.; CA125 and HE4 will both be used at every screen. Women with a PEB score above the 95th percentile on either CA125 or HE4 will be referred for confirmatory measurements of CA125 and HE4. If confirmatory test results are higher than expected, a transvaginal ultrasound will be performed.	Procedure: CA125 assay on Abbott Architect i1000SR platform; Bead-based sandwich ELISA style assay; Other Names: Abbott Architect CA125 assay; Procedure: HE4 assay on Architect i1000SR platform; Bead-based sandwich ELISA style assay; Other Names: Abbott Architect HE4 assay; Procedure: Transvaginal Ultrasound; Sonogram will be obtained only if confirmatory markers are elevated. Exam is restricted to ovarian evaluation.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Positive predictive value of each of the two screening protocols	Calculated as number of women with a significant lesion identified at a protocol-indicated procedure divided by number of women with protocol-indicated surgical procedures performed.	From first screen through remaining study period

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Screening compliance	Calculated as number of screens performed within 3 months of date scheduled divided by number of screens scheduled.	From first screen through remaining study period
Cancer related distress and health related quality of life	Assessed using the SF-36 scale assessing HRQOL and versions of the Impact of Events Scale assessing distress associated with worry about cancer risk, and the Cancer Worry Scale	At baseline, each screen, 6 weeks post-surgery to remove remaining ovary/ies, and 6 months after post-surgical assessment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: Fox Chase Cancer Center; City of Hope Medical Center; Stanford University; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Swedish Medical Center; Canary Foundation; The Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Beth Karlan, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Andersen MR, Goff BA, Lowe KA, Scholler N, Bergan L, Drescher CW, Paley P, Urban N. Use of a Symptom Index, CA125, and HE4 to predict ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Mar;116(3):378-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.10.087. Epub 2009 Nov 28.
• Anderson GL, McIntosh M, Wu L, Barnett M, Goodman G, Thorpe JD, Bergan L, Thornquist MD, Scholler N, Kim N, O'Briant K, Drescher C, Urban N. Assessing lead time of selected ovarian cancer biomarkers: a nested case-control study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Jan 6;102(1):26-38. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djp438. Epub 2009 Dec 30.
• Lowe KA, Andersen MR, Urban N, Paley P, Dresher CW, Goff BA. The temporal stability of the Symptom Index among women at high-risk for ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Aug;114(2):225-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.03.015. Epub 2009 May 7.
• Andersen MR, Karlan BY, Drescher CW, Paley P, Hawley S, Palomares M, Daly MB, Urban N. False-positive screening events and worry influence decisions about surgery among high-risk women. Health Psychol. 2019 Jan;38(1):43-52. doi: 10.1037/hea0000647. Epub 2018 Nov 15.

Helpful Links

• homepage of the Pacific Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: November 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): May 7, 2015
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): May 7, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 11, 2010
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): May 12, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): December 13, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 11, 2018
• Last Verified: December 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Screening; Biomarkers; Ovarian Cancer
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Endocrine System Diseases; Ovarian Diseases; Adnexal Diseases; Gonadal Disorders; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Ovarian Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
• Other Study ID Numbers: P50CA083636-01 (NIH); 6973 (OTHER: FHCRC IRB)