ALASCCA is a randomized, parallel group, double blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled, biomarker-based study of adjuvant treatment with low dose aspirin in patients with colorectal cancer. Hypothesis is that patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer and somatic mutations in PI3K pathway can significantly improve survival if treated with low dose aspirin.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 80 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Tumor with somatic alterations in PIK3CA, PIK3R1 or PTEN
* Colon or rectal cancer tumor stage II-III
* Radical surgery according to surgeon and pathologist
* Karnofsky performance status ≥60%
* Platelets ≥ 100 x 109 / L
* Clean Colonoscopy or Computed Tomography (CT) colon within 3 months preoperatively or postoperatively but before randomization
* Patient able to swallow tablets
* Patient able to understand and sign written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Hereditary colorectal cancer linked to familial colonic polyposis or Lynch syndrome
* Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)
* Distant metastases
* Other cancers (excluding colorectal cancer or other skin cancer than melanoma) within 3 years from screening
* Known bleeding diathesis (such as hemophilia)
* Concomitant antiplatelet therapy (eg clopidrogrel or ticlopidine) or anticoagulant therapy (warfarin or low molecular weight heparin). Post-operative treatment with low molecular weight heparin must be withdrawn before administration of study treatment
* Active gastritis or peptic ulcer, or significant surgical post-op bleeding, within the previous three months assessed at screening and randomization
* Ongoing regular use of corticosteroids, Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID)
* Uncontrolled hypertension according to Investigator's judgment
* Clinically significant liver impairment according to Investigators judgment
* Existing renal failure according to I…