Obstructive Colon Cancer, a Bridge to Surgery in Right Sided Obstructive Colon Cancer (OCCBRIGHT)

March 28, 2024 updated by: Amphia Hospital

Rationale: Approximately 13% (range 10-28%) of all colorectal cancer patients (CRC) present with an acute obstruction. Postoperative mortality after an emergency resection is known for its high risk of morbidity and mortality. Different options can be considered in the management of obstructing right sided CRC: 1) primary resection, simultaneous treatment of obstruction and tumour resection, or 2) staged treatment of the obstruction with secondary resection of the tumour. Currently, in the Netherlands, an emergency resection has been judged to be inferior to postponing surgery. Patients who present with right sided obstructive colon cancer at one of the participating hospitals are subjected to a bridge to surgery (BTS) protocol.

Objective: The primary objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of BTS protocols in right sided obstructive colon cancer and reduce mortality- and morbidity (stoma rates, major- and minor complications) rates in potentially curable patients presenting with acute obstructing colon cancer.

Study design: This is a multicentre, prospective registration study Study population: All patients presenting with high clinical suspicion or histologically proven right sided colon cancer and signs of obstruction of the large bowel.

Intervention: Prospective registration of the implementation of bridge to surgery protocols in patients with (acute) malignant right sided obstruction of the colon, without suspicion of perforation (tumour perforation or blow out) in order to optimize patients preoperatively. The BTS approach encompasses the utilization of either ileostomy creation, stent placement or nasogastric tube for decompression, which is subsequently followed by definitive surgical treatment at a later stage. BTS also involves pre-optimization, prior to the surgical procedure, with the following approach: optimizing the nutritional health status improving the physical health status of the patient.

Main study parameters/endpoints: The primary endpoint is complication-free survival (CFS) at 90 days after hospitalization. Complication is defined here as mortality and/or development of a major complication (Clavien-Dindo classification ≥3). With a total follow up of three years. Secondary endpoints: overall mortality, morbidity (stoma rates, minor complications), in hospital stay, oncologic quality of resection and other occurring adverse events.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Detailed Description

Approximately 13% (range 8-28%) presents with acute obstructing colorectal cancer (CRC). It's known that patients with acute obstructing CRC have increased mortality and morbidity compared to patients without acute obstructing CRC. Postoperative mortality ranges from 12 to 30%, which can raise to 41% in elderly patients with two or more additional risk factors. Morbidity rates until 78% are described in older patients undergoing emergency resection for obstructing CRC.

Different treatment options have been evaluated over the years. The two main options are; 1) emergency resection, simultaneous treatment of obstruction and tumour resection, 2) staged treatment of the obstruction with secondary resection of the tumour. Postoperative mortality after an emergency resection is known for its high risk of morbidity and mortality. From the Dutch audits it is know that the risk is high, not only for left sided obstruction, but also for right sided obstruction. Until recently, an acute emergency resection was the standard treatment for patients presenting with a small bowl ileus caused by a right sided colon cancer. However, more evidence has emerged that postponing surgery with a bridge tot surgery protocol can be beneficial to the patients. The bridge to surgery approach encompasses the utilization of either ileostomy creation or stent placement for colonic decompression, which is subsequently followed by definitive surgical treatment at a later stage. Alternatively, BTS may involve the introduction of a pause, also known as preoptimization, prior to the surgical procedure. The three main options for staged surgery all have its own up- and downsides. All forms of staged treatment appears to lead to fewer morbidity and mortality.

Emergency surgery Emergency resection is associated with a high risk of mortality and morbidity. Besides that, stoma creations after emergency surgery are higher than in patients treated electively. In case of a Hartmann's procedure, (resection of a left-sided tumour and creation of a colostomy) second surgical procedure is needed to restore continuity. Continuity restore has a mean mortality of 1% (range 0-7.4%) and morbidity of 16% (range 3-50%). Alternatively, emergency resection with primary anastomosis, which has the advantage to be a definite procedure, is performed. However, this treatment can be complicated with anastomotic leakage (AL). Anastomotic leakage is higher in patients treated for obstructing CRC in comparison with staged or electively treatment. Besides that, mortality rates after anastomotic leakage after colorectal surgery varies between 5-19%. Therefore, this intervention does not align with existing treatment strategies.

Bridge to surgery Stoma creation for colonic decompression followed by definite surgical treatment in a later stadium for patients with obstructing right sided CRC is an alternative. Postoperative mortality between patients treated with emergency resection, stent or stoma followed by resection showed no differences. However, high mortality rates in elderly patients (30%) after acute resection, stress the need for alternative strategies. For right-sided colon cancer, postoperative complications for patients treated with decompressing stoma before resection are lower in comparison with acute resection. However, the creation of an ileostomy leads to a longer hospital stay. Secondly, stenting as a bridge to surgery (BTS) creates time before definite surgical treatment. However, the use of stents as a bridge to surgery has controversial results. Stents as a BTS is associated with complications like perforation, stent migration, higher recurrence rate and re-obstruction. Furthermore, three prospective trials are closed prematurely because of high morbidity rates or a high number of technical failure of the self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) However, several studies and one meta-analysis show promising short-term outcomes for the use of stents as BTS. Besides that, promising long-term outcomes, such as oncological safety, after stents as BTS are shown. Finally, transtumoral intubation for decompression of the colon, before initial can be considered to prevent stoma creation. Thirdly, a bridge to surgery may involve the introduction of a pause, also known as preoptimization, prior the surgical procedure. This previously presented as PRE-OCC, this approach appears feasible and safe. Deteriorating physical condition caused by poor intake, vomiting, changes in electrolyte status and weight loss often results in a decreased nutritional status. Nutritional status and thereby the patients preoperative health status seems to influence the mortality risk for patients with (obstructing) colorectal cancer. Creating a pause, before surgery provides a chance to optimise the patients' medical condition, perform a complete pre-operative screening of the patient's health status and examine possible concomitant illnesses. Besides nutritional status, also the functional capacity of the patient seems to be an important factor in postoperative mortality and morbidity. Studies, in elective colorectal surgery, show promising results after improving the functional capacity of patients (prehabilitation) on the recovery after colorectal surgery. However, this third option of bridge to surgery also has some disadvantages. Preoptimization leads to an prolonged duration of stay prior to surgery in a semi acute setting, with a central venous line and potentially insufficient decompression.

This study aims to determine whether implementation of bridge to surgery protocols is feasible and reduces mortality- and morbidity (stoma rates, major- and minor complications) rates in potentially curable patients presenting with acute obstructing CRC. By prospectively collecting the data, the feasibility of the protocols will be reported and the decrease in mortality and morbidity rates can be evaluated.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

110

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

    • Noord-Brabant
      • Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, 4818CK
        • Recruiting
        • Amphia Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jennifer Schreinemakers, MD, PhD

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients admitted with high clinical suspicion of malignant obstruction of the right sided large bowel.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients age is 18 years or older
  • Patients presenting with symptoms of obstruction (including cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon) caused by (high suspicion or histologically proven) colonic cancer.
  • Patient presenting with symptoms of partial obstruction (abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea) confirmed by the presence of a dilated colon or ileum with a computed tomography (CT-scan).
  • Treatment with curative intent.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Obstruction of the colon pathologically caused by benign disease.
  • Obstruction of the colon caused by an extra-colonic malignancy.
  • Suspicion of emergency complications caused by peritonitis due to perforation (tumour or blow out) or sepsis.
  • Patients with advanced disease who will undergo a palliative trajectory.
  • Rectal cancer

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Nasogastric tube
Patients with right sided obstructive colon cancer will receive non-surgical decompression with a nasogastric probe. Prior to the definitive oncological resection, patients undergo preoperative optimisation which involves the engagement of a dietician and physiotherapist. Patients eligible for elective resection will have their resection 7-10 days after initial decompression.
Ileostomy
Patients with right sided obstructive colon cancer will receive a ileostomy. Prior to the definitive oncological resection, patients undergo preoperative optimisation which involves the engagement of a dietician and physiotherapist. Patients eligible for elective resection will be operated at least 7 days after initial decompression and no later than 4 weeks after initial presentation.
Right-sided stent
Patients with right sided obstructive colon cancer will receive a right-sided stent. Prior to the definitive oncological resection, patients undergo preoperative optimisation which involves the engagement of a dietician and physiotherapist. Patients eligible for elective resection will be operated at least 7 days after initial decompression and no later than 4 weeks after initial presentation.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Complication-free survival
Time Frame: 90 days after hospitalization
The primary endpoint is complication-free survival (CFS) at 90 days after hospitalization. Complication is defined here as mortality and/or development of a major complication (Clavien-Dindo classification ≥3).
90 days after hospitalization

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Complications overall
Time Frame: 90 days after hospitalization
All complications (following Clavien-Dindo classification) within 90 days after hospitalisation
90 days after hospitalization
Type of surgical intervention
Time Frame: Day of surgery
Type of surgical intervention
Day of surgery
Time till surgery
Time Frame: Days from admission untill day of surgery (up to 100 days)
Days from admission untill day of surgery
Days from admission untill day of surgery (up to 100 days)
Resection
Time Frame: Day of the surgery
Creation of primary anastomosis or stoma creation
Day of the surgery
TNM
Time Frame: Day of the surgery
Cancer stage (clinical and pathological) according to the tumour node metastasis (TNM) classification of the American Joint Committee
Day of the surgery
Hospital stay
Time Frame: Days between surgery and moment of discharge (up to 100 days)
Total hospital stay (in total, after resection or reoperation) (days)
Days between surgery and moment of discharge (up to 100 days)
One year stoma rate
Time Frame: One year postoperative
One year stoma rate, patients with a stoma after one year
One year postoperative
One year survival rates
Time Frame: One years postoperative
One year survival rates
One years postoperative
Disease free survival rates one year
Time Frame: One years postoperative
Rate of patients with disease free survical one year postoperative based on radiological assessment
One years postoperative
Disease free survival rates three years
Time Frame: Three years postoperative
Rate of patients with disease free survical three year postoperative based on radiological assessment
Three years postoperative
Three year survival rates
Time Frame: Three years postoperative
Three year survival rates
Three years postoperative
Tumour type (obstructing, not obstructing),
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Was there an obstructive tumor?
At time of diagnosis
Metastasis preoperative
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Presence of metastases at the time of diagnosis
At time of diagnosis
Pre-operative diagnostics
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Endoscopy, CT-scan, ultrasound and/or MRI
At time of diagnosis
Type of bridge-to-surgery
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Ileostomy, stent or nasogastric tube for decompression
At time of diagnosis
Nutrition (TPN/extra nutrition)
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 100 days)
Did the patient received additional nutrition?
During hospital stay (up to 100 days)
Consultation of other specialist
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 100 days)
Consultation of other specialist during hospital stay
During hospital stay (up to 100 days)

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Gender
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
male/female
At time of diagnosis
Age at surgery
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Age at surgery (years, min 18years-max 120 years)
At time of diagnosis
ASA
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) score (I-V)
At time of diagnosis
Bodyweight
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Bodyweight at hospital presentation (kilograms, min 30 - max 150)
At time of diagnosis
Height
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Height (centimeters, min 120cm - max 230cm)
At time of diagnosis
Concomitant and previous therapy
Time Frame: At time of diagnosis
Concomitant and previous therapy for this tumour (chemotherapy/radiation)
At time of diagnosis
C-reactive protein
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
C-reactive protein (CRP, mg/L) (0-500, higher score is worse)
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Haemoglobin
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Haemoglobin (Hb, g/dL) (1-12, lower score is worse)
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Laboratory values
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Hematocrit (H, %) (0-100, the normal hematocrit for men is 40 to 54%; for women it is 36 to 48%)
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Leukocytes
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Leukocytes (× 10^9/L), the normal range is 4.5 to 11.0 × 109/L
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Prothrombin time
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Prothrombin time (PTT, seconds), normal range is 11 to 13.5 seconds
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Sodium
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Sodium (mEq/L), normal range 135 to 145 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L)
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Potassium
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Potassium (mmol/L), normal range 3.6 to 5.2 millimoles per liter
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Glomerular filtration rate
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR, mL/min/1.73 m2), normal value >90
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Albumin
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Albumin (g/dL), normal range 3.5 to 5.5 grams per deciliter
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Bilirubin
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Bilirubin (µmol/L), normal value less than 5.1 µmol/L
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
ASAT
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Alanine- Amino-Transferase (ASAT, U/L), normal range 8 to 33 U/L
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
ALAT
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Aspartate-Amino -transferase (ALAT, U/L), normal range 4 to 36 U/L
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
LDH
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH,U/L), normal range 140 to 280 U/L
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
ALP
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP, IU/L), normal range 44 to 147
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Gamma-GT
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Gamma-GT (U/L), normal range 0 to 30 IU/L
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Creatinkinase
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Creatinkinase (U/L), norman range 22 to 198
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Phosphate
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Phosphate (mg/dL), normal range 2.5 to 4.5
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Lactate
Time Frame: During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)
Lactate (mg/dL), normal value <1.0
During hospital stay (up to 1 week postoperative)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jennifer Schreinemakers, MD, PhD, Amphia Hospital Breda, The Netherlands

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

January 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

January 1, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 7, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 28, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

March 29, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 29, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 28, 2024

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

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Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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