Pretherapeutic Paraaortic Lymphadenectomy in Women With Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Versus Definitive Chemoradiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT02848716

Last Updated: 2021-11-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is an international, prospective, multicenter and randomized phase III study designed to determine if patients with locally advanced cervical cancer have longer overall survivals with pretherapeutic paraaortic surgical staging when compared to radiologic staging.

Detailed Description

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All eligible patients will be equally randomized between the 2 following treatment groups:

* Standard of care arm: standard chemoradiation (whole pelvis chemoradiation therapy).
* Experimental arm: pretherapeutic paraaortic lymphadenectomy followed by tailored chemoradiation. Pretherapeutic lymphadenectomy will be performed via the laparoscopic extraperitoneal or transperitoneal approach using either traditional laparoscopy or robotically-assisted laparoscopy.

The surgery (extraperitoneal or transperitoneal laparoscopic lymphadenectomy) is considered investigational.

Chemoradiation treatment (with either pelvis or tailored radiation) is considered as standard treatment approved in France for the treatment of cervical cancer.

Conditions

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Overall Survival Comparison Between the 2 Arms

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard of care arm

Standard chemoradiation based on FluoroDeoxyGlucose-Positon Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) imaging status of the pelvic nodes

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard chemoradiation

Intervention Type RADIATION

patients with negative paraaortic lymph nodes on PET imaging will be managed with external beam radiotherapy to the pelvis at a usual dose of 45 Gy. Limited boosts will be indicated individually on clinically involved parametria or pelvic nodes. The external beam radiation therapy will be followed by intracavitary brachytherapy with intent to cure (HDR, LDR or PDR). Patients who complete both external beam radiation and intracavitary radiotherapy will receive a total dose of 80-90 Gy low-dose equivalent to Point A.

Concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy will be given with definitive radiation therapy.

chemoradiation

Intervention Type RADIATION

Experimental arm

Pretherapeutic paraaortic lymphadenectomy followed by tailored chemoradiation. Pretherapeutic lymphadenectomy will be performed via the laparoscopic extraperitoneal or transperitoneal approach

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Surgery followed with chemoradiation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients with negative paraaortic lymph nodes will be managed with external beam radiotherapy to the pelvis (as defined by the surgical clips applied at the lower limit of the paraaortic node dissection) at a usual dose of 45 Gy. Limited boosts will be indicated individually on clinically involved parametria or pelvic nodes. The external beam radiation therapy will be followed by intracavitary brachytherapy (High Dose Rate (DR), Low DR or Pulse DR) with intent to cure.

Patients with metastatic disease to paraaortic lymph nodes will receive extended-field external beam radiotherapy followed by intracavitary brachytherapy with intent to cure. Patients who complete both external beam radiation and intracavitary radiotherapy will receive a total dose of 80-90 Gy low-dose equivalent to Point A.

Concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy (in the 2 sub groups above) will be given with definitive radiation therapy.

Interventions

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Surgery followed with chemoradiation

Patients with negative paraaortic lymph nodes will be managed with external beam radiotherapy to the pelvis (as defined by the surgical clips applied at the lower limit of the paraaortic node dissection) at a usual dose of 45 Gy. Limited boosts will be indicated individually on clinically involved parametria or pelvic nodes. The external beam radiation therapy will be followed by intracavitary brachytherapy (High Dose Rate (DR), Low DR or Pulse DR) with intent to cure.

Patients with metastatic disease to paraaortic lymph nodes will receive extended-field external beam radiotherapy followed by intracavitary brachytherapy with intent to cure. Patients who complete both external beam radiation and intracavitary radiotherapy will receive a total dose of 80-90 Gy low-dose equivalent to Point A.

Concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy (in the 2 sub groups above) will be given with definitive radiation therapy.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Standard chemoradiation

patients with negative paraaortic lymph nodes on PET imaging will be managed with external beam radiotherapy to the pelvis at a usual dose of 45 Gy. Limited boosts will be indicated individually on clinically involved parametria or pelvic nodes. The external beam radiation therapy will be followed by intracavitary brachytherapy with intent to cure (HDR, LDR or PDR). Patients who complete both external beam radiation and intracavitary radiotherapy will receive a total dose of 80-90 Gy low-dose equivalent to Point A.

Concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy will be given with definitive radiation therapy.

Intervention Type RADIATION

chemoradiation

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Women with clinical stage from 1B2 to 4A cervical squamous cell carcinoma, adenosquamous, or adenocarcinoma.
2. Women with FDG-PET positive or indeterminate pelvic lymph nodes or indeterminate low common iliac nodes (see addendum below) and negative paraaortic nodes.
3. Women with planned treatment of primary definitive chemoradiation therapy.
4. Patient information and written informed consent form signed.
5. Age ≥ 18 years old.
6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) ≤ 2.
7. Life expectancy ≥ 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Women with stage 1A or 1B1 cancer.
2. Women with prior radiotherapy to the pelvis or retroperitoneal surgery.
3. Women with neuroendocrine histologies, or histologies other than squamous, adenosquamous or adenocarcinoma.
4. Women with FDG PET positive high common / paraaortic lymph node metastasis confirmed by biopsy (see addendum below).
5. Women who have undergone simple or radical hysterectomy prior to radiotherapy.
6. Women with planned treatment of radiotherapy only (without chemotherapy).
7. Women with planned treatment of palliative radiotherapy.
8. Women with metastatic disease outside of pelvis.
9. Women who have completed treatment for other malignancies (except non-melanomatous skin cancer) \< 5 years from their new diagnosis of cervical cancer.
10. Women who are pregnant, women who are likely to be pregnant or are breastfeeding.
11. Women with any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric, or other condition that could interfere with patient's safety, provision of informed consent or compliance to study procedures.
12. Women not affiliated with Social Security System in France.
13. Women deprived of liberty or under guardianship.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Muriel POUBLANC

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Muriel POUBLANC

Dr Alejandra MARTINEZ

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Alejandra Martinez, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institut Claudius Regaud

Other Identifiers

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10 GENF 04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id