Radiation Therapy or No Further Treatment Following Surgery in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Uterus
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002459 |
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Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 11, 2004
Last Update Posted : September 24, 2012
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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known whether receiving radiation therapy or no further therapy after surgery is more effective for cancer of the uterus.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy with that of no further therapy in treating patients who have stage I or stage II cancer of the uterus that has been surgically removed.
| Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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| Endometrial Cancer Sarcoma | Radiation: radiation therapy | Phase 3 |
OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the rates of pelvic recurrence and development of distant metastases in patients with completely resected, stage I or II, high-grade uterine sarcoma treated with adjuvant pelvic radiotherapy vs observation alone.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to center, tumor histology (leiomyosarcoma vs mixed mesodermal sarcoma vs endometrial stromal sarcoma), and surgical procedure (total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) with or without bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) vs TAH and BSO with pelvic and para-aortic node sampling and random biopsies). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. Arm I: Beginning within 6 weeks after surgery, patients undergo pelvic radiotherapy 5 days a week for 5.6 weeks. Arm II: Patients undergo observation alone. Patients are followed every 2 months for 1 year, every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 200 patients (100 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 3 years.
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Actual Enrollment : | 224 participants |
| Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
| Official Title: | Phase III Randomized Study of Adjuvant Pelvic Radiotherapy Versus Observation Alone in Patients With Completely Resected, Stage I or II, High-Grade Uterine Sarcoma |
| Study Start Date : | April 1988 |
| Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 2001 |
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven high-grade uterine sarcoma Eligible subtypes: Leiomyosarcoma Mixed mesodermal (mullerian) sarcoma Endometrial sarcoma Surgically proven stage I or II (T1-2, N0, M0) disease No leiomyoma with a high mitotic activity index after hormonal therapy (especially estrogen) Mixoid leiomyosarcoma with a low mitotic activity index allowed Completely resected disease Prior abdominal hysterectomy as minimal surgical procedure required
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: WHO 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: No other prior malignancy except basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No serious mental disorder
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: See Disease Characteristics Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002459
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| Study Chair: | Sergio L. Pecorelli, MD | Spedali Civili di Brescia | |
| Study Chair: | Gavin C.E. Stuart, MD | Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary |
| Responsible Party: | European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00002459 |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
EORTC-55874 EORTC-55874 CAN-NCIC-EN4 |
| First Posted: | March 11, 2004 Key Record Dates |
| Last Update Posted: | September 24, 2012 |
| Last Verified: | September 2012 |
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stage I uterine sarcoma stage II uterine sarcoma uterine carcinosarcoma uterine leiomyosarcoma endometrial stromal sarcoma |
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Sarcoma Endometrial Neoplasms Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms |
Uterine Neoplasms Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Uterine Diseases |