Innovative Approach to Detect Recurrent Colorectal Lesions With Surveillance Via Mutation Analysis & Clinical Phenotype

It is known that the development of colorectal adenoma is dependent on the appearance of somatic mutations in protooncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Based on our previous mutation analyses of 120 patients with high-risk adenoma removed by enbloc resection with subsequent colonoscopy after 1 year, there is a correlation between mutation in exon 7 of the TP53 gene and risk of early metachronous lesions development. The results also indicate that mutation phenotype (mutation profile and burden) of all lesions detected on index colonoscopy can determine risk of metachronous lesions. As not all synchronous lesions were analyzed and the surveillance colonoscopy interval was less than 3 years, this assumption could not be confirmed. In this study it is planned to perform mutation analysis of all synchronous lesions in 200 patients and correlate the data with appearance of metachronous lesions after 1, 3 and 5 years. Moreover, the mutation profile of all metachronous lesions developed during the 5 years of surveillance will be determinated and compared with mutation profile of index lesions from the same localization to verify their common biological origin. This all could help personalize the surveillance program in terms of reduction of the burden on the patient and endoscopic workplaces and risk of developing colorectal cancer in a particular patient.

The aim of this prospective study is to identify patients with recurrent colorectal lesions risk and try to design an optimal intervals of surveillance colonoscopies, especially in the high-risk group of patients, using mutation and clinical-pathologic phenotype. The partial goals are: 1. Determination of the mutation profile and mutation burden in 200 patients based on examination of all their index and synchronous lesions found during index colonoscopy using an established PCR/DCE-based heteroduplex method. 2. Clinical and histopathological evaluation and mutational profiling of all metachronous lesions found during five-year surveillance period. 3. Correlation of clinical and histopathological parameters with mutational phenotype of patient. 4. Correlation of patient's mutational phenotype with an occurrence of metachronous lesion/s during surveillance period. 5. Comparison of the mutation profile of lesions from the index period withthe mutation profile of metachronous lesions. 6. Analysis of the similarity of the mutation profile of lesions found in the same / close areas of the colorectum.