Researchers examine current treatments for aggressive colorectal cancer
NCT ID NCT04317599
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked back at medical records of 274 people with a specific type of advanced colorectal cancer (BRAF V600E mutation) to see what treatments they received and how well they worked. The goal was to understand real-world treatment patterns and outcomes, since there is no standard targeted therapy for this group. The study did not test new treatments but gathered information to help guide future research and healthcare decisions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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274 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2020
- Finished
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May 2021
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients diagnosed with BRAFV600E mutant mCRC (determined by local laboratory result) in the target countries and initiating first line treatment between January 1st, 2016 and December 31st, 2018 (both days inclusive) will be eligible for enrollment into the study.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of histologically or cytologically confirmed CRC that is metastatic and unresectable * Presence of BRAFV600E mutation in tumor tissue, as confirmed by a local assay * Initiated first-line treatment with drugs registered for mCRC in the respective country at the time of treatment between January 1st, 2016 and December 31st, 2018 (both days inclusive) * Provision of informed consent or non-opposition to the patient (or next of kin, if applicable) for the use of data, according to local regulations Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded from the study if they fulfil any of the following criteria: * Patients with another concomitant cancer at the time of diagnosis\* * Patients participating in interventional trials on investigational drugs at the time of initiation of first-line treatment * Except for non-metastatic non-melanoma skin cancers, or in situ or benign neoplasms; a cancer will be considered concomitant if it occurs within 5 years of mCRC diagnosis.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AUSL-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia-Clinical Cancer Center
Reggio Emilia, Italy
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AZ Klina
Brasschaat, Belgium
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Asst Valle Olona
Saronno, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana
Pisa, Italy
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Barmherzige Brüder Krankenhaus St. Veit/Glan.
Saint Veit/Glan, Austria
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CHC MontLégia
Liège, Belgium
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CHRU de Besançon
Besançon, France
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CHU Grenoble Alpes
La Tronche, France
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CHU de Poitiers
Poitiers, France
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Centre Oscar Lambert
Lille, France
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Clinica Oncologica Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona
Ancona, Italy
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Facharztzentrum Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
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GHPSO (Groupe Hospitalier Sud de l'Oise)
Creil, France
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, France
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Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust
Harrogate, United Kingdom
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Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
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Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, Spain
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Hôpital Franco-Britannique
Levallois-Perret, France
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ICM Val d'Aurelle
Montpellier, France
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Imelda VZW
Bonheiden, Belgium
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
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Instituto Nazionale Tumori, IRCCS, Fondazione G. Pascale
Naples, Italy
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Klinikum Aschaffenburg Medical Klinik IV
Aschaffenburg, Germany
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La Paz University Hospital
Madrid, Spain
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MVZ Mitte Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
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MZ Onkologie Velbert/Ratingen/Mettmann
Velbert, Germany
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Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
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Oncoresearch Lerchenfeld
Hamburg, Germany
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Santa Maria Goretti Hospital
Latina, Italy
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Studienzentrale Gokos
Dresden, Germany
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UZ Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Universitätsklinikum Essen
Essen, Germany
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