Neck Surgery in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Oral Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00571883

Last Updated: 2015-12-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

652 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-01-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Surgery may be an effective treatment for oral cancer. It is not yet known whether surgery to remove the tumor and lymph nodes in the neck is more effective than surgery to remove the tumor alone in treating patients with early-stage oral cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is comparing two types of neck surgery to see how well they work in treating patients with early stage oral cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* To determine whether the use of a selective neck dissection (SEND) used electively on all patients presenting with stage I-II oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) improves survival, disease-free survival, and loco-regional disease control rates.
* To determine how SEND and complex reconstruction affect quality of life and mental health.
* To determine whether the use of SEND on all patients presenting with stage I-II oral cavity SCC represents a cost-effective use of resources.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified by age (\< 40 vs 40-64 vs ≥ 65 years of age), tumor stage (T1 vs T2), and surgeon.

* Arm I: Patients undergo resection of the primary tumor with neck dissection.
* Arm II: Patients undergo resection of the primary tumor alone. Patients complete the EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ - H\&N35, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) before surgery and at 6, 12, and 24 months after surgery. Patients also complete the EQ-5D questionnaire at baseline, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months. Additionally, a self-completion Health Service Use questionnaire is completed every 2 months, during the first 24 months after treatment, to enable costs to the NHS to be monitored.

After surgery, patients are followed periodically for up to 5 years.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK.

Conditions

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Head and Neck Cancer

Keywords

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stage I squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity tongue cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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questionnaire administration

Intervention Type OTHER

psychosocial assessment and care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

regional lymph node dissection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

therapeutic conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma measuring 1 to 3 cm at the primary site
* No clinical or preoperative imaging evidence of nodal involvement in the neck (N0)
* Surgery is the primary mode of treatment

* Dose not need reconstruction that necessitates opening the neck, as assessed by the surgeon
* No cancer of the lip
* No prior head and neck tumor

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* No technical, medical, or anaesthetic difficulties that preclude patients being entered into one of the trial arms
* Not considered to be medically, socially, or psychiatrically unfit for surgery as first-line treatment by the multidisciplinary team
* No other synchronous tumor
* No preference for non-surgical treatment

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

120 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Facial Surgery Research Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Iain Hutchison

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

The Facial Surgery Research Foundation

Locations

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital at University Hospital of Birmingham NHS Trust

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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Cumberland Infirmary

Carlisle, England, United Kingdom

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Queen Alexandra Hospital

Cosham, England, United Kingdom

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Derbyshire Royal Infirmary

Derby, England, United Kingdom

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St. Luke's Cancer Centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital

Guildford, England, United Kingdom

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Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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Lincoln County Hospital

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

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Aintree University Hospital

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

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Facial Surgery Research Foundation

London, England, United Kingdom

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Saint Bartholomew's Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

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St. George's Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

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University College of London Hospitals

London, England, United Kingdom

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Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Luton-Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Wythenshawe Hospital

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Freeman Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

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Northampton General Hospital

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

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Queen's Medical Centre

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

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Pennine Acute Hospitals

Oldham, England, United Kingdom

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Queen's Hospital

Romford, England, United Kingdom

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Sunderland Royal Hospital

Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

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Torbay Hospital

Torquay, England, United Kingdom

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New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

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Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary

Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Southern General Hospital

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Crosshouse Hospital

Kilmarnock, Scotland, United Kingdom

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University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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Barnet General Hospital

Barnet, Hertfordshire, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Worthington HV, Bulsara VM, Glenny AM, Clarkson JE, Conway DI, Macluskey M. Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Aug 31;8(8):CD006205. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006205.pub5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37650478 (View on PubMed)

Hutchison IL, Ridout F, Cheung SMY, Shah N, Hardee P, Surwald C, Thiruchelvam J, Cheng L, Mellor TK, Brennan PA, Baldwin AJ, Shaw RJ, Halfpenny W, Danford M, Whitley S, Smith G, Bailey MW, Woodwards B, Patel M, McManners J, Chan CH, Burns A, Praveen P, Camilleri AC, Avery C, Putnam G, Jones K, Webster K, Smith WP, Edge C, McVicar I, Grew N, Hislop S, Kalavrezos N, Martin IC, Hackshaw A. Nationwide randomised trial evaluating elective neck dissection for early stage oral cancer (SEND study) with meta-analysis and concurrent real-world cohort. Br J Cancer. 2019 Nov;121(10):827-836. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0587-2. Epub 2019 Oct 15.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31611612 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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FSRF-SEND-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EU-20794

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000577728

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id