Colorectal Pulmonary Metastases: Pulmonary Metastasectomy Versus Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAmsterdam UMC, location VUmc

About this trial

COPPER is an international, multicenter, parallel-arm, phase III randomized controlled trial comparing two local treatment strategies (SABR or metastasectomy) for patients with an indication for local treatment for limited (max. three) colorectal pulmonary metastases

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age ≥ 18 years

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)-Performance status 0 - 2

Willing to provide informed consent

Patients with 1 to 3 lung metastases from colorectal cancer eligible for both a minimally invasive surgical resection and SABR, as assessed by the multidisciplinary tumor board (MDT)

Disqualifiers

Previous or present metastases outside liver or lungs

Concurrent malignant cancer, or history of other malignant cancers within the past 5 years (excluding prespecified low-risk cancers)

Hilar or mediastinal lymph node metastases

Poor cardiopulmonary function test

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Minimally invasive pulmonary metastasectomy
  • Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy

Treatment groups

394 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc

Lead sponsor

Dutch Cancer Society

Collaborator