Molecular Ovarian Cancer Assessment in LatiNoAmerican PAtients (MOANA)

August 24, 2026 updated by: Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group

This is a multicentric observational study conducted at selected sites across Latin America. Eligible participants will be identified through the medical records of participating institutions. The study aims to describe overlap of expression of folate receptor alpha (FRα), HER2 and PD-L1 using immunohistochemistry (IHC) and HRD and BRCA (somatic and germline) by NGS. Additionally, to describe clinical demographic and socioeconomic variables, as well as treatment patterns, pathological characteristics, outcomes, and genetic and molecular testing part of clinical practice.

All data (including patient characteristics, treatment patterns, outcomes and available tests) will be collected once, retrospectively from medical records, ensuring adherence to ethical standards and participant confidentiality. Biomarkers analysis (including FRα, HER2 and PD-L1) will be performed prospectively, a Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tumor block will be collected to evaluate and describe the expression of folate receptor alpha (FRα) and HER2, using immunohistochemistry (IHC) with the Roche Ventana kit (FOLR1 and HER2 4B5) and Dako's 22C3 for PD-L1. The study will analyze samples collected between 1st January 2018 to 31 December 2024 (analysis of historically collected samples).

The study comprises a retrospective data collection from medical charts. Participants will continue to receive treatment and clinical evaluations according to what is determined by their medical team, according to the usual standards of treatment and clinical practice of each center. No intervention or prospective follow-up is proposed in this study.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Detailed Description

The study combines a retrospective collection of clinical, sociodemographic, pathological, and treatment history data from medical records with a prospective laboratory analysis of archived tumor tissue samples collected between 2018 and 2024.

Biomarker Evaluation & Central Pathology:

Archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue blocks or unstained slides will undergo centralized digital pathology review and immunohistochemical (IHC) evaluation to assess expression levels:

  • Folate Receptor Alpha (FRa): Assessed using the Roche Ventana FOLR1 assay.
  • HER2: Evaluated using the Roche Ventana HER2 (4B5) assay.
  • PD-L1: Evaluated using Dako 22C3.
  • Additional exploratory IHC markers (ER, PR, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2) will also be evaluated.

Genetic and molecular status for BRCA1/2 mutations and Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) obtained via Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) will be extracted retrospectively from medical records as available in routine clinical practice.

All clinical and historical data will be abstracted once retrospectively from participant charts and recorded electronically using a validated REDCap Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system. The study design involves no prospective clinical follow-up or therapeutic interventions; all participants continue standard-of-care treatment as dictated by their treating physicians.

An interim statistical analysis is planned after 50% of the target sample in Brazil has completed baseline assessments, followed by a final analysis upon full study completion.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

320

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 Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • Argentina
  • Brazil
    • Mato Grosso do Sul
      • Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 79002-061
        • Clínica Prognóstica - Centro de Pesquisa Clínica Onconeo
        • Contact:
    • Minas Gerais
      • Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 30360-680
    • Pernambuco
      • Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50070-902
        • IMIP - Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira
        • Contact:
    • Rio Grande do Norte
      • Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 59062-000
        • Liga Norte Riograndense Contra O Cancer
        • Contact:
    • Rio Grande do Sul
      • Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90470-340
    • Rio de Janeiro
      • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22250-905
    • Santa Catarina
      • Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 88501-001
        • ANIMI - Unidade de Tratamento Oncológico
        • Contact:
    • São Paulo
      • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 01509-001
      • São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05653-000
        • HIAE - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
        • Contact:
  • Colombia
      • Bogotá, Colombia
        • Fundación CTIC - Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer
        • Contact:
      • Bogotá, Colombia
        • Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Colombia
        • Contact:
  • Mexico

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

The study population will consist of 320 participants aged ≥18 years with a diagnosis of advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer (FIGO stage III-IV), including newly diagnosed, persistent, or recurrent disease, identified between 2018 and 2024 at approximately 16 participating centers across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina. Eligible participants must have histologically confirmed serous, endometrioid, mucinous, or clear cell carcinoma.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Participants ≥18 years-old.

  2. Patients diagnosed with ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer:

    1. advanced stages stage III or IV by FIGO disease stage
    2. new diagnosis and persistent or recurrent disease
  3. Diagnosed from 2018 to 2024.
  4. Histologically confirmed diagnosis of serous (low or high grade), endometrioid, mucinous or clear cell ovarian carcinoma.
  5. Accept to participate in the project and sign the informed consent (if applicable).
  6. An archived representative formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor specimen in tumor tissue blocks (preferred) or freshly sectioned unstained slides (at least 20) from biopsy/surgery is mandatory.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Histological ambiguous diagnosis upon review.
  2. Diagnosis based on cytology and without any biopsy or surgical specimen.
  3. Patients diagnosed and staged but not receiving any treatment.
  4. Patients without medical records available (lost, empty or irretrievable clinical information).

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
Retrospective Cohort
Patients diagnosed with ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer with a) advanced stages stage III or IV by FIGO disease stage b) new diagnosis and persistent or recurrent disease.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of high-grade serous advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) cases overlapping FRα, HER2, PD-L1 positive expression and aberration positives for HRD and BRCA.
Time Frame: Data is extracted from retrospective medical records covering cases diagnosed from 2018 to 2024, with no prospective clinical follow-up or therapeutic interventions proposed.

The percentage of high- grade serous AOC cases which are overlapping FRα, HER2, PD-L1 positive expression by IHC according to established clinical cut-offs and aberration positives for HRD and BRCA:

FRα: ≥75% of viable tumour cells with 2+ and 3+ scoring intensity. HER2: ≥10% of viable tumour cells with 3+ staining intensity by IHC using current CAP guidelines for scoring HER2 in gastric cancer.

PD-L1: positive expression is combined positive score (CPS) ≥1 and ≥10. BRCA mutational status: mutated. HRD: positive.
Data is extracted from retrospective medical records covering cases diagnosed from 2018 to 2024, with no prospective clinical follow-up or therapeutic interventions proposed.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Socio-demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of Latin American advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) patients.
Time Frame: Baseline
Description and summarization of socio-demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics (including histological subtypes) of the study population, presented as frequencies and percentages.
Baseline
Treatment patterns of high-grade serous advanced ovarian cancer (AOC).
Time Frame: Baseline
Description of treatment patterns by absolute numbers and percentages of patients, including type of treatment (surgery procedures, chemotherapy regimens, target therapies such as bevacizumab-based or PARP inhibitor-based, and best supportive care [BSC]) stratified by line of treatment (first line [1L] and second line [2L] or more) to define the median number of therapies. It also evaluates the time to first treatment, defined as the duration from the high-grade serous AOC diagnosis until the administration of the first treatment.
Baseline
Folate receptor alpha (FRα), HER2, and PD-L1 expression by histologic advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) subtype.
Time Frame: Baseline
Evaluation of the percentage (absolute numbers) of ovarian cancer cases expressing FRα, HER2, and PD-L1 by immunohistochemistry (IHC) across different histological groups (Serous [low and high grade], endometrioid, clear cell, and mucinous). FRα expression will be evaluated using the VENTANA FOLR1 kit at two thresholds of viable tumor cells (TC) with membrane staining at moderate (2+) and/or strong (3+) intensity levels: ≥50% and ≥75%.
Baseline
Mutational status of HRD and BRCA in high-grade serous advanced ovarian cancer (AOC).
Time Frame: Baseline
Evaluation of the percentage (absolute number) of Latin American patients with high-grade serous AOC exhibiting alterations in homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) status (positive/deficiency vs. negative/proficiency) and BRCA mutational status (mutated vs. wild-type) collected from Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data available in medical records.
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group

Collaborators

AbbVie
EVA - Grupo Brasileiro de Tumores Ginecológicos

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Angélica Rodrigues, Oncocentro de Minas Gerais

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

September 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 11, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 14, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

August 18, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 25, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2026

Last Verified

August 1, 2026

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • LACOG 1325

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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