Study Comparing Tumor Debulking Surgery Versus Chemotherapy Alone in Recurrent Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

NCT ID: NCT01166737

Last Updated: 2022-01-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

408 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-07-31

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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It is still not clear whether a positive AGO-score just selects patients with less aggressive biologic tumor behavior who as well would have had a positive outcome by chemotherapy only, or , if it is a score selecting patients who really benefit from surgery. Nevertheless, the AGO-score was confirmed to select patients with a less than 30% risk of ending with residual tumor after surgery for recurrent disease. This could avoid including patients into the present surgical protocol who could not benefit from an operationThe goal of this third DESKTOP study is to evaluate in a prospectively randomized multicentre setting, whether maximum effort of cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum based combination chemotherapy can improve overall survival as compared to platinum based combination chemotherapy alone in AGO-score positive patients.

Detailed Description

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A predictive score identifying patients who might achieve a complete resection is deemed necessary to select the right patients for a prospective trial on cytoreductive surgery in relapsed ovarian cancer.

Study centres are selected due to their surgical experience in ovarian cancer and/or participation in prior surgical trials in this field. Patients who matched eligibility criteria were allocated randomly 1:1 prospectively to cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum based combination chemotherapy or to platinum based combination chemotherapy alone .

Conditions

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Fallopian Tube Cancer Ovarian Cancer Peritoneal Cavity Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control Arm - Chemotherapy only

Chemotherapy for platinum-sensitive Ovarian Cancer can be selected on investigators choice

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Procedure/Surgery

Maximum effort cytoreductive surgery

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tumor Debulking Surgery (surgery in recurrent ovarian disease)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Surgery for Patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer with a positive AGO-score predictive for complete tumor resection

Interventions

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Tumor Debulking Surgery (surgery in recurrent ovarian disease)

Surgery for Patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer with a positive AGO-score predictive for complete tumor resection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with first recurrence of platinum sensitive, invasive epithelial ovarian-, fallopian tube- or primary peritoneal cancer of any initial stage.
* Progression-free interval of at least 6 months after end of last platinum-containing therapy, or recurrence within 6 months or later after primary surgery if the patient has not received prior chemotherapy in patients with FIGO I. Non cytostatic maintenance therapy not containing platinum will not be considered for this calculation.
* A positive AGO-score. Obligatory requirements for a positive AGO recurrence score in platinum-sensitive disease:

1. Performance status ECOG 0
2. No residual tumor after primary surgery (if unknown, alternatively primary FIGO stage I/II). If report from 1st surgery is not available contact study chairman who will decide whether inclusion is possible or not.
3. Absence of ascites (cut off \< 500 ml: radiological or ultrasound estimation)
* Complete resection of the tumor by median laparotomy seems possible
* Patients who have given their signed and written informed consent and their consent to data transmission and -processing.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with non-epithelial tumors as well as borderline tumors.
* Patients without recurrence who are scheduled for diagnostic/second-look surgery or debulking surgery after completion of chemotherapy
* More than one prior chemotherapy
* Patients with second, third, or later recurrence
* Patients with second malignancies who have been treated by laparotomy, as well as other neoplasms, if the treatment might interfere with the treatment of relapsed ovarian cancer or if major impact on prognosis is expected.
* Patients with so-called platinum-refractory tumor, i.e. progression during chemotherapy or recurrence within 6 months after end of former first platinum-containing therapy
* Only palliative surgery planned
* Radiological signs suggesting metastases not accessible to surgical removal (i.e. complete resection is deemed impossible)
* Any concomitant disease not allowing surgery and/or chemotherapy
* Any medical history indicating excessive peri-operative risk
* Any current medication inducing considerable surgical risk (e.g. bleeding: due to oral anticoagulating agents, bevacizumab)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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ARCAGY/ GINECO GROUP

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Grupo Español de Investigación en Cáncer de Ovario

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cancer Research UK

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shanghai Gynecologic Oncology Group

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

AGO Study Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Philipp Harter, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

AGO Study Group

Locations

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Medizinische Universität Graz, Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde Graz, Abteilung Gynäkologie u. Geburtshilfe

Graz, , Austria

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Universitätsklinikum Innsbruck, Univ. Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe

Innsbruck, , Austria

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Medizinische Universität Wien,Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde

Vienna, , Austria

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Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien, Gynäkologisch und Geburtshilfliche Abteilung

Vienna, , Austria

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UZ Leuven

Leuven, , Belgium

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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Gynecology Oncology

Hangzhou, , China

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Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Gynecologic Oncology

Shanghai, , China

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Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Shanghai, , China

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Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Gynecologic and Obstetrics

Suzhou, , China

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Aalborg Hospital

Aalborg, , Denmark

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Aarhus University Hospital,Oncology

Aarhus, , Denmark

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Ringshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital; Oncology

Copenhagen, , Denmark

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Herlev Hospital

Herlev, , Denmark

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Odense University Hospital, Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Odense, , Denmark

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Institut Bergonié, Gynecology

Bordeaux, , France

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Centre Francois Baclesse

Caen, , France

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Centre Jean Perrin

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

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Centre Antoine Lacassagne

Nice, , France

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Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

Paris, , France

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Hôpital Tenon

Paris, , France

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Insitut Jean Godinot, Service Rubis - Oncologie Médicale

Reims, , France

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Centre Eugène Marquis

Rennes, , France

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Charles-Nicolle

Rouen, , France

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Centre Henri Becquerel

Rouen, , France

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Centre René Gauducheau

Saint-Herblain, , France

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Centre Claudius Regaud

Toulouse, , France

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Hochtaunus-Kliniken gGmbH, Frauenklinik

Bad Homburg, , Germany

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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde

Berlin, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde u. Geburtshilfe

Dresden, , Germany

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Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Frauenklinik

Düsseldorf, , Germany

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Kaiserswerther-Diakonie, Florence-Nightingale Krankenhaus, Gynäkologie

Düsseldorf, , Germany

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Kliniken Essen Mitte, Evang. Huyssens-Stiftung, Gynäkologische Onkologie

Essen, , Germany

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Klinikum der JWG Universität Frankfurt, Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe

Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Frauenklinik

Freiburg im Breisgau, , Germany

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Klinikum Fürth, Frauenklinik Nathanstift

Fürth, , Germany

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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Universitäts-Frauenklinik

Göttingen, , Germany

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Gynecologic Clinic of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University

Greifswald, , Germany

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Medizinische Hochschule, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde u. Geburtshilfe

Hanover, , Germany

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Klinikum Kempten, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

Kempten, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Klinik f. Gynäkologie u. Geburtshilfe

Kiel, , Germany

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Klinikum Konstanz, Frauenklinik

Konstanz, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

Lübeck, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Mainz, Frauenklinik

Mainz, , Germany

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Klinikum Dritter Orden, Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe

München, , Germany

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Klinikum der Universität München-Großhadern, Klinik und Poliklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

München, , Germany

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Oberschwaben Klinik, Krankenhaus St. Elisabeth, Frauenklinik

Ravensburg, , Germany

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Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef, Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe d. Universität Regensburg

Regensburg, , Germany

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Leopoldina-Krankenhaus der Stadt Schweinfurt GmbH, Frauenklinik

Schweinfurt, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum, Universitätsfrauenklinik

Ulm, , Germany

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Ammerland-Klinik GmbH, Frauenklinik

Westerstede, , Germany

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HSK, Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH, Klinik für Gynäkologie u. Gynäkologische Onkologie

Wiesbaden, , Germany

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Centro di Riferimento Oncologico,Struttura Operativa complessa Chirurgia Oncologica Ginecologica

Aviano, , Italy

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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Milano

Milan, , Italy

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Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Divisione di Ginecologia

Milan, , Italy

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Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli, Gynecologic Oncology

Naples, , Italy

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Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Gynecologic Oncology

Oslo, , Norway

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Seoul National University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Seoul, , South Korea

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ICO Badalona - H. U. Germans Trias i Pujol

Badalona, , Spain

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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Oncology

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Oncology

Barcelona, , Spain

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ICO-Hospital Universitari de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta, Servicio de Oncologia de Girona

Girona, , Spain

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Avinguda Granvia de l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Hospital de Bellvitge, Gynaecology

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, , Spain

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Hospital Son Llàtzer, Oncology

Palma de Mallorca, , Spain

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Hospital de Navarra, Oncology

Pamplona, , Spain

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Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia

Valencia, , Spain

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Hospital Universitari i Politècnic la Fe, Oncology

Valencia, , Spain

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Linköping University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Linköping, , Sweden

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Karolinska University Hospital, Oncology

Stockholm, , Sweden

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Birmingham City Hospital, Cancer Research Team

Birmingham, , United Kingdom

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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT - Addenbrookes Hospital, Gynaecological Oncology

Cambridge, , United Kingdom

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead, Northern gynaecological oncology centre

Gateshead, , United Kingdom

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Royal Surrey Country Hospital,St Lukes Cancer Centre

Guildford, , United Kingdom

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Lincoln County Hospital, Oncology

Lincoln, , United Kingdom

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St Bartholomew´s Hospital and Queen´s Hospital,Gynaecological Cancer Centre

London, , United Kingdom

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University College London Hospital, Cancer clinical trails unit

London, , United Kingdom

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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Gynae research, Mulberry House

London, , United Kingdom

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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Hammersmith Hospital, Medical Oncology

London, , United Kingdom

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Central Manchester Foundation NHS Trust, St Mary´s Hospital, Gynaecology

Manchester, , United Kingdom

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital,East Kent Gynaeoncology Centre

Margate, , United Kingdom

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Northampton General Hospital, Gynaecological Oncology

Northampton, , United Kingdom

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East and North Hertfordhire NHS Trust,Mount Vernon Hospital,Medical Oncology

Northwood, , United Kingdom

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Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital,Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Norwich, , United Kingdom

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Nottingham University Hospital, City Campus, Oncology

Nottingham, , United Kingdom

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Royal Hallamshire Hospital & Weston Park Hospital, Cancer Clinical Trials Centre

Sheffield, , United Kingdom

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Princess Anne Hospital, gynaecology

Southampton, , United Kingdom

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New Cross Hospital,Oncology/Gynaecology

Wolverhampton, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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Austria Belgium China Denmark France Germany Italy Norway South Korea Spain Sweden United Kingdom

References

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Harter P, Sehouli J, Vergote I, Ferron G, Reuss A, Meier W, Greggi S, Mosgaard BJ, Selle F, Guyon F, Pomel C, Lecuru F, Zang R, Avall-Lundqvist E, Kim JW, Ponce J, Raspagliesi F, Kristensen G, Classe JM, Hillemanns P, Jensen P, Hasenburg A, Ghaem-Maghami S, Mirza MR, Lund B, Reinthaller A, Santaballa A, Olaitan A, Hilpert F, du Bois A; DESKTOP III Investigators. Randomized Trial of Cytoreductive Surgery for Relapsed Ovarian Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 2;385(23):2123-2131. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2103294.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 34874631 (View on PubMed)

Bommert M, Harter P, Heitz F, du Bois A. When should Surgery be used for Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma? Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2018 Aug;30(8):493-497. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2018.04.006. Epub 2018 May 7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29743148 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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AGO-OVAR OP.4 DESKTOP III

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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