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Systemic injection of bleomycin followed by electroporation of the primary tumor. Bleomycin administration: 15.000 IU/m2 BSA.

BSA by Du Bois formula.

Electrochemotherapy with bleomycin

Electroporation using an endoscopic electroporation device

EndoVE

Ismail Gögenur, MD, DMSc

Rasmus P Vogelsang, MD

Julie Gehl, MD, DMSc

Ismail Gögenur, Professor

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant electrochemotherapy on locally advanced rectal cancer (UICC II-III) in an intended curative clinical setting, using an endoscopic electroporation device (EndoVE).

Electroporation of cancer cells allows for a greater concentration of chemotherapy drugs to enter the tumor cells. The uptake of the chemotherapeutic drug is aided through the application of short electric pulses to the tumor mass (referred to as - Electrochemotherapy or ECT). The pulses make the tumor cells more porous which allows the drug easier access into the cancer cells, whereas other tissues and organs in the body remain relatively poor at absorbing the drug, thereby reducing the potential side effects on healthy tissues. Procedures with electrochemotherapy have previously been applied to human patients in other countries of the EU, the US and Japan.

The drug concentration used is significantly reduced due to the more targeted absorption by the tumor and this significantly reduces side effects normally associated with chemotherapy.

A large number of preclinical and clinical Phase I and I/II studies have demonstrated the efficiency and safety of ECT. These studies have included patients with melanoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, merkel cell carcinomas, basal cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma nodules.

An endoscopic system (EndoVE ) for delivering the electric pulses to gastrointestinal tumors has recently been developed. The treatment procedure is similar to standard endoscopic colorectal examination (therapeutic colonoscopy) with the added element of an intravenous injection of bleomycin followed by the delivery of electric pulses (each one less than 1msec in duration). The pulses are endoscopically delivered directly to the tumor mass. The entire procedure is minimally invasive and completely ambulatory. A successful treatment will cause the tumor to shrink in size in the weeks following the procedure.

The objective of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of this approach in downsizing locally advanced rectal tumors prior to intended curative surgery.

Time frame:

1. All patients will be treated with standard neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy prior to enrollment in this trial.
2. Alle patients will have PET/MRI scans performed twice to evaluate treatment response (before and after ECT)
3. ECT treatment will be performed 4 weeks prior to surgery outlined by MDT.
4. Alle patients will be followed up for 3 months.

Endoscopic Assisted Electrochemotherapy in Addition to Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Endoscopic Assisted Electrochemotherapy in Addition to Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: a Randomized Clinical Phase II Trial

Number of participants with histopathologic tumor regression following elctrochemotherapy as assesed by histopathological evaluation of Tumor Regression Grade (Mandard Classification, TRG 1-5)

Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assesed by CTCAE version 4.0

Number of participants with compromized surgery following electrochemotherapy assesed by R1 resection rate, CRM involvement, non-mesorectal resection plane, and post operative complications according to Clavien-Dindo Classification

Tumor regression as assesed by tumor stage (T-stage)

Tumor immunologic infiltration as assesed by the Immunoscore through immunohistochemical analysis

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Endoscopic Assisted Electrochemotherapy in Addition to Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer	NCT03040180	Locally Advance... Electrochemothe... Neoadjuvant The... Down Staging	Electrochemothe... EndoVE	18 Years -	Zealand University Hospital
Endoscopic Assisted Electrochemotherapy in Addition to Neoadjuvant Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer	NCT03040180	Locally Advance... Electrochemothe... Neoadjuvant The... Down Staging	Electrochemothe... EndoVE	18 Years -	Zealand University Hospital

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