COVID-19, Neuroendocrine Tumors
Conditions
Keywords
NEN, NET, NEC, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus
Brief summary
A huge number of initiatives about COVID-19 are ongoing and a growing number of publications regard the correlation between cancer patients in general and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Although it has been reported that cancer patients are at a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 complications, data collection about cases of NEN patients SARS-CoV-2 positive are scattered and related to single countries or institutions. Because of that and due to the rarity and heterogeneity of NEN it will be hard to have homogeneous, reliable, representative and reproducible data for drawing adequate clinical recommendations about NEN patients and COVID-19. Therefore we propose a global collection of data through an international database to describe and monitor NEN patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. This retrospective/prospective collection of data can create a solid basis to check frequence of events, clinical management, clinical outcome, demographic, geographical, clinical and biological correlations. This will be helpful for the clinical and scientific community to get reliable information for a homogeneous clinical management of NEN patients during COVID-19 pandemic. The main goal is to get the as wide as possible representativity of the world situation.
Detailed description
At the end of December 2019, several cases of pneumonia of unknown origin were diagnosed in Wuhan, in the province of Hubei, China. These cases have been linked to a new beta-coronavirus (COVID-19), identified with RT-PCR method from samples taken from the bronchoalveolar samples of a patient with pneumonia of unknown etiology in the Wuhan Jinyintan hospital. Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly worldwide causing a pandemic. Cancer patients are considered at greater risk of viral infection and its complications, including SARS-CoV-2. Certain types of cancer, such as thoracic cancers, and underlying clinical conditions, for instance concomitant immunosuppressive therapies or immune-related comorbidities, are factors potentially predisposing to an increased risk of infection and eventually complications of COVID-19. In this context, it is difficult to understand where and how to identify patients with neuroendocrine neoplasia (NEN). We propose a global collection of data through an international database to describe and monitor NEN patients with COVID-19. This retrospective/prospective collection of data can create a large basis to check frequency of events, clinical management, clinical outcome, demographic, geographical, clinical and biological correlations.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
European Institute of Oncology
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients \> 18 y.o. * Patients with a NEN of any type with a positive SARS-CoV-2 swab (RT-PCR). * Patients with SARS-CoV-2 positivity (RT-PCR) who are asymptomatic or with symptoms/signs of COVID-19. * Patients with a NEN on active treatment. * Patients with macroscopic evidence of NEN or with no evidence of NEN (if they received surgical +/- locoregional non-surgical treatments within the last 2 months) * Able to provide signed written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with NEN and symptoms suspected for COVID-19 who did not undergo SARS-CoV-2 swab (RT-PCR). * Patients with small cell lung cancer. * Patients with non-pure NEN (e.g. MiNEN).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Correlation between clinical parameters and SARS-CoV-2 infection | 01/2020 - 12/2020 | To evaluate the correlation between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the following parameters: major comorbidities, severe overall events (including death), chemotherapy for neuroendocrine tumor (NET), chemotherapy for neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), everolimus therapy, immunotherapy, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) and surgery or radiotherapy within the last 2 months. |
| Clinical outcome of SARS-CoV-2 Infection | 01/2020 - 12/2020 | To evaluate the impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in NEN patients |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| major demographic features | 01/2020 - 12/2020 | demographic features of SARS-CoV-2 infected NEN patients |
| type of NEN | 01/2020 - 12/2020 | Rate of grade, stage, status and primary site of NENs |
Countries
Italy
Contacts
Primary ContactDarina Tamayo, PharmSc
Backup ContactCristina Mazzon, Ph.D.
Outcome results
None listed