Biomoleculars Markers of Sensitivity to Pre- and Post-operative Chemotherapy of Gastric and Cardia Adenocarcinomas: a Pilot Study

August 4, 2025 updated by: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Some subtypes of gastric and cardia tumors such as adenocarcinoma or gastric linitis with disseminated cells respond poorly to the pre-operative chemotherapy, and some of them do not respond to chemotherapy usually performed. Doing chemotherapy in these patients could delay their surgical management. The completion of chemotherapy for these patients would be a bad prognosis factor according to recent data from the literature. Therefore, the aim of this research is to find prognostic markers of sensitivity to chemotherapy usually performed. The investigators are going to use biopsies realized at diagnosis and select patients "good and bad" responders.

Primary purpose:

To study cardia and gastric tumors, molecular markers sensitivity to pre- and post- perative chemotherapy protocols (EOX protocol ... FOLFOX) or chemoradiation

Secondary purposes:

  • To assess the impact of patients' lifestyle (via a questionnaire) on the response to chemotherapy
  • To study markers of cancer stem cells
  • To correlate clinical and molecular markers with patient survival and quality of life questionnaires
  • To characterize the expression levels (Met, Her2, FGFR2) and mutations (p53 ras) in frequently deregulated genes in gastric cancers.
  • To characterize the level of expression of predictive candidate markers (ΔNp73, TAp73, HDAC4, mir140, EZH2, CXCL12, CXCR4, CXCR7) found in the literature.
  • To correlate the abnormalities found in the with tumor stages (before and after chemotherapy) and with 5 years overall survival and progression-free patients

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

80

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Gastric adenocarcinoma (any location) or cardia adenocarcinoma

  • Age> 18 years
  • WHO Index≤ 3
  • Subject having signed an informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Other cancers undergoing chemotherapy treatment
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Inability to understand information (understanding with difficulties ...)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Gastric and cardia adenocarcinomas
Biopsy of Gastric and cardia adenocarcinomas
Procedure: Biopsy
Biopsy of Gastric and cardia adenocarcinomas

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Assessment of expression level of Met
Time Frame: at 15 days
To search in gastric and cardia tumors molecular markers of sensitivity to pre- and post-operative chemotherapy protocols (EOX protocol ... FOLFOX) or chemoradiation
at 15 days
Assessment of expression level of Her2
Time Frame: at 15 days
To search in gastric and cardia tumors molecular markers of sensitivity to pre- and post-operative chemotherapy protocols (EOX protocol ... FOLFOX) or chemoradiation
at 15 days
Assessment of expression level of FGFR2
Time Frame: at 15 days
To search in gastric and cardia tumors molecular markers of sensitivity to pre- and post-operative chemotherapy protocols (EOX protocol ... FOLFOX) or chemoradiation
at 15 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Benoît ROMAIN, MD, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 1, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 1, 2029

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 23, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 2, 2015

First Posted (Estimated)

July 8, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 8, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 4, 2025

Last Verified

August 1, 2025

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 6042

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