Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients ≥ 18 years of age. 2. Patients diagnosed with recurrent or de novo, locally advanced (unresectable) or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum. 3. Planned combination bevacizumab (bvz) treatment with either: * leucovorin, fluorouracil and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) * capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX) * leucovorin, fluorouracil and irinotecan (FOLFIRI) * capecitabine and irinotecan (XELIRI) 4. Naive for bvz 5. An evaluable site of disease 6. ECOG Performance status 0, 1, or 2 7. Adequate renal function as shown by serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or GFR ≥ 50ml/min 8. Adequate hematopoietic function \[white blood cell (WBC) count ≥ 3000/μl, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/μl, platelets ≥100 000/μl, haemoglobin level ≥ 9.0 g/dl\] 9. Adequate end organ function, defined as the following: total bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN, SGOT and SGPT \< 3.0 x ULN (in case of liver metastases SGOT and SGPT \< 5.0 x ULN) 10. Ability to give signed informed consent prior to any screening procedures 11. FFPE Tissue is available Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient has received any other investigational product within 28 days of first day of study drug dosing 2. Patients having familial and/or hereditary CRC 3. CRC associated with ulcerative colitis 4. Patient with any significant history of non-compliance to medical regimens or with inability to grant reliable informed consent.