FULL DETAILS (Read-only)  -> Click Here to Create PDF for Current Dataset of Trial
CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/03/081548 [Registered on: 03/03/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 15/02/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Cohort Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Tracking Colorectal Cancer with Blood Tests: Using CTCs and ctDNA Compared to Traditional Methods. 
Scientific Title of Study   Longitudinal Monitoring Circulating Tumour Cells(CTC) and Circulatory Tumour DNA (Ctdna) Load in Metastatic colorectal Cancer( Mcrc) and Comparative Analysis with Conventional Assessment Methods. 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Vaishnavi S 
Designation  Consultant-Medical Oncologist 
Affiliation  Aster CMI Hospital 
Address  Aster CMI Hospital NO.43/2, NH 7, New Airport Road, Sahakar Nagar, Sanjeevini Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560092

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560092
India 
Phone  9916138628  
Fax    
Email  vaishnavi.s@asterhospital.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Vaishnavi S 
Designation  Consultant-Medical Oncologist 
Affiliation  Aster CMI Hospital 
Address  Aster CMI Hospital NO.43/2, NH 7, New Airport Road, Sahakar Nagar, Sanjeevini Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560092


KARNATAKA
560092
India 
Phone  9916138628  
Fax    
Email  vaishnavi.s@asterhospital.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  DrSurinder Kher 
Designation  Executive Head-Clinical Research 
Affiliation  Aster CMI Hospital 
Address  Aster CMI Hospital NO.43/2, NH 7, New Airport Road, Sahakar Nagar, Sanjeevini Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560092

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560092
India 
Phone  08043420940  
Fax    
Email  research.aster@asterhospital.in  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Nil 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Aster CMI Hospital 
Address  NO.43/2, NH 7, New Airport Road, Sahakar Nagar, Sanjeevini Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560092 
Type of Sponsor  Private hospital/clinic 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Vaishnavi S  Aster CMI Hospital  NO.43/2, NH 7, New Airport Road, Sahakar Nagar, Sanjeevini Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560092
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9916138628

vaishnavi.s@asterhospital.in 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Aster CMI Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: D898||Other specified disorders involving the immune mechanism, not elsewhere classified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
Intervention  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1.Age above 18years
2.Performance status 0-1
3.Hisologically confirmed invasive colorectal adeno carcinoma
4.Measuramble metastatic disease/M1/STAGE 4colorectal cabncer
5. Patient willing to give informed consent.
6. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Patients diagnosed with stage 1-3 colorectal cancer
2.Poor performance status
3.Patient not willing or not planned for definitive management of colorectal cancer 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Rudimentary data on utility of CTC and CtDNA in treatment monitoring
in metastatic colorectal cancers. 
Collection of blood samples at 0 weeks of planned treatment 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. CTC levels in comparison with conventional response assessment
methods like Serum CEA & cross sectional imaging.
2. To explore simple, cost effective solutions in personalized medicine. 
Collection of blood samples at 6,12 weeks of planned treatment 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="15"
Sample Size from India="15" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   10/03/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   -Proposed prospective study, Out patient clinics and in patient wards of all 3 hospitals -To be conducted in 3 centres of Aster hospital Bangalore- Cmi, Hebbal,Whitefeild and RV. 
The study will includes

 1.Collection of plasma samples (20ml) from 15 patients diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer at 0, 6 and 12 weeks of planned treatment which may include (Palliative chemotherapy, biological therapy , targeted therapy or immunotherapy, surgery and radiation treatment in some cases) 
2.Samples subjected to measurement of Circulating tumor DNA, cTDNA load and analysis of pertinent mutations using the iCAn monitor capture assay. This platform contains affinity-based magnetic nanoparticles to mediate EpCAM- based CTC isolation.
 3.This longitudinal monitoring and results/responses to treatment will be compared to conventional response assessment methods like Serum CEA measurements and PET CTscan / CT scans (done at 12 weeks as a standard practice in our institution) to guide treatment strategies in metastatic colorectal cancer using statistical methods. 

Period of recruitment: 1 year Outcome variables : 
1.Detection, levels of CTC and cTDNA load at various time points 
2.Correlation with Response assessment using CT scan / PET CT scan
 3.Additional assessment – pertinent mutations in liquid biopsy, prevalence and their influence on outcomes . 
 
Close