Interest of Bilateral Basic Tongue Mucosectomy Assisted by Robot or Laser in Combination With Tonsillectomy in the Assessment of Prevalent Cervical Lymphadenopathy (RoboCUP)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04767048 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : February 23, 2021
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Cancer of Head and Neck Adenopathy | Procedure: bilateral mucosectomy + tonsillectomy Procedure: tonsillectomy | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 72 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Masking Description: | tonsillectomy +/- bilateral mucosectomy |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Interest of Bilateral Basic Tongue Mucosectomy Assisted by Robot or Laser in Combination With Tonsillectomy in the Assessment of Prevalent Cervical Lymphadenopathy: a Randomized Phase II Study |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 30, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2025 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Experimental Arm
Basic bilateral tongue mucosectomy assisted by robot or laser plus tonsillectomy (unilateral or bilateral at the choice of the investigator)
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Procedure: bilateral mucosectomy + tonsillectomy
Basic bilateral tongue mucosectomy assisted by robot or laser plus tonsillectomy (unilateral or bilateral at the choice of the investigator) |
Active Comparator: Control Arm
Tonsillectomy alone (unilateral or bilateral at the choice of the investigator)
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Procedure: tonsillectomy
tonsillectomy (unilateral or bilateral at the choice of the investigator) |
- Detection of primary cancer [ Time Frame: At surgery ]Proportion of patients with primary cancer detected with surgery

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient with a prevalent head and neck lymphadenopathy with positive or non-contributory fine needle aspiration, or having had an adenectomy revealing a metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma, a PET examination, an injected cervico-thoracic CT and an ENT work-up (nasofibroscopy) not finding a primary tumor
- Performance Status < 2
- Patient aged 18 or over
- Patient affiliated with social security system
- Informed consent signed
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of squamous cell carcinoma of the VADS or skin of the face.
- History of cervico-facial radiotherapy
- Primary tumor discovering during pan-endoscopy
- Inexposable patient lead not to possible mucosectomy
- Uncontrollable hemostasis disorders (contraindication to tonsillectomy and basic bilateral mucosectomy of language)
- Distant metastases
- Lymphadenopathy inoperable
- Patient with a contraindication to radiotherapy
- Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
- Women of childbearing potential without effective contraception
- Patient under guardianship or unable to give informed consent
- Patient unable to undergo the trial follow-up for geographic, social or psychopathological reasons

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04767048
Contact: Vianney BASTIT, MD | 33231455050 | v.bastit@baclesse.unicancer.fr |
France | |
Centre François Baclesse | Recruiting |
Caen, France | |
Contact: Vianney BASTIT, MD v.bastit@baclesse.unicancer.fr |
Responsible Party: | Centre Francois Baclesse |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04767048 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2020-A00947-32 |
First Posted: | February 23, 2021 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 2, 2021 |
Last Verified: | June 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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