Clinical trial • Phase IV • Oncology

Acetylsalicylic acid for Malignant neoplasm (patients scheduled for major oncologic surgery)

Phase IV trial of Acetylsalicylic acid for Malignant neoplasm (patients scheduled for major oncologic surgery). None/Not specified-controlled.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Malignant neoplasm (patients scheduled for major oncologic surgery)
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
12-06-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
17-12-2025

Trial design

None/Not specified-controlled Phase IV trial across 1 site in Italy.

Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
83
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 83 No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults (Age ≥ 18 years) and able to provide informed consent: "Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document". No assent procedures described..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female participants must not be pregnant, not breastfeeding. Women of childbearing age must agree to use study-approved contraception during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be adults (Age ≥ 18 years) and able to provide informed consent: "Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document". No assent procedures described.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years\n- Adequate organ function: absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3 platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3 hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dl AST and ALT ≤ 1.5* times upper limit of normal (ULN) bilirubin ≤ 1.5* times ULN creatinine clearance ≥ 45 ml/min or serum creatinine ≤1.5 x ULN NOTE: * ≤ 3 times ULN if liver metastases are present\n- Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document\n- Previous aspirin therapy is not an exclusion criteria\n- Histologically documented cancer\n- Surgery performed for curative intent\n- High RBT index (≥18)\n- Patients scheduled for major surgical procedures (including thoracic, head and neck, abdominal (peritoneal/retroperitoneal), urogenital, and breast/reconstructive surgeries\n- Major surgery is defined according to the extent and complexity of the procedure, its pathophysiological consequences and consecutive clinical outcomes, according to the criteria proposed by Marin et al. in 2020\n- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1\n- Female participants must not be pregnant, not breastfeeding. Women of childbearing age must agree to use study-approved contraception during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment\n- Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications, defined as BP ≤150/90 mmHg at screening and no change in antihypertensive medications"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients undergoing palliative surgery\n- Allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant\n- Autologous/allogeneic stem cell transplantation\n- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, uncontrolled active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements\n- Known hypersensitivity to active substances (ketorolac and aspirin) or any of their excipients including previous clinically significant hypersensitivity reaction to treatments.\n- Medical contraindication to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs / aspirin administration\n- Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and/or HIV-related Kaposi Sarcoma\n- Known history of or positivity for hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection\n- History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis; history of active tuberculosis (Bacillus tuberculosis)\n- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months of the first dose of study treatment including New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accident, or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability\n- Prior therapy with a monoclonal antibody, chemotherapy, or an investigational agent or device within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before administration of study treatment\n- Patients undergoing neuro-surgical procedures\n- Vaccination with live vaccine(s) within 30 days before the first dose of study treatment\n- Patients with specific or nutritional dietary requirement (malnutrition or at high risk for malnutrition, sarcopenic or high risk to be sarcopenic)\n- Low body mass index (BMI<18.5kg/m2)\n- Have type 1 diabetes mellitus or type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with insulin or insulin secretagogues\n- Any post-surgical nutritional requirements (e.g., patients deserving to have parenteral nutrition after discharge will be excluded from the trial)\n- Any patient with a known predisposing history of a coagulation or platelet defect\n- Any autoimmune, connective tissue or inflammatory disorders (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s, sarcoidosis etc.) detected at the time of screening.\n- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency or chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days before the first dose of study treatment"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

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Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
83
Recruitment Window Months
72
Consent Approach
Consent must be provided by the participant; eligibility requires: "Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document". Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed (L1 files) and protocol synopses in ITA and EN are present, indicating availability of materials in Italian and English. No assent procedures described (adults only).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
1
Total Number Of Participants
83

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
21-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
17-12-2025
Processing Time Days
26
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
83

Sites

Site Name
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori
Department Name
Surgery
Principal Investigator Name
Giorgio Bogani
Principal Investigator Email
giorgio.bogani@istitutotumori.mi.it
Contact Person Name
Giorgio Bogani
Number Of Participants
83

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Italy

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Acido Acetilsalicilico Teva Italia 100 mg compresse gastroresistenti
Active Substance
Acetylsalicylic acid
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation present in IT)
Maximum Dose
100 mg (max daily dose amount 100)
Investigational Product Name
Tora-Dol 30 mg/ml soluzione iniettabile
Active Substance
Ketorolac trometamol
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
SOLUTION FOR INJECTION
Route
Injection (solution for injection)
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation present in IT)
Maximum Dose
30 mg/ml (max daily amount 30)
Combination Treatment
Yes

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