Clinical Response and Toxicity of Hypo-fractionated Chemoradiotherapy in Cervix Cancer
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Hypofractionated EBRT, Standard EBRT.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cervix Uteri Cancer. Basic parameters: 18 years — 85 years · Female.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Iran
- Next step
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Official title
Comparison of Clinical Response and Toxicity of Hypo-fractionated Chemoradiation With Standard Treatment in Patients With Uterine Cervix Cancer
Overview
Uterine cervix cancer can be treated definitively with concurrent chemoradiation (external beam radiotherapy and chemotherapy) followed by high dose rate brachytherapy. Treatment duration can be shortened by increasing the dose per fraction of treatment which can reduce costs and patient exposure. The aim of our study is to determine the non-inferiority of hypofractionated radiotherapy compared with conventional treatment.
Detailed description
In this study we aim to determine if clinical response and toxicity of radiotherapy hypofractionation is non-inferior to the conventional treatment. We will enroll 60 eligible patients with cervical cancer stage IB to IIIC and randomly allocate them into the intervention (hypofractionation) group or the control (standard) groups. The patients in the intervention group will receive external beam radiotherapy(EBRT) to a total dose of 40 Gy in 15 fractions within 3 weeks concurrently with weekly chemotherapy with cisplatin 40mg/m2 (total of 3 cycles). Whereas, the control group will receive EBRT to a total dose of 45 Gy in 25 fractions within 5 weeks concurrently with weekly chemotherapy with cisplatin 40mg/m2 (total of 5 cycles). All patients from both groups will undergo high dose rate brachytherapy one week after completion of EBRT to a total dose of 28 Gy per 4 weekly sessions. Patients will be evaluated regarding early and late toxicities as described by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0 at the completion of brachytherapy, and at 3 months, 6 months, and 3 years from completion of treatment. Also, clinical response will be evaluated through dynamic contrast enhanced pelvic MRI 3 months, 1 year, and 3 years after completion of brachytherapy.
Interventions
- Radiation Hypofractionated EBRT
EBRT dose of 40Gy in 15 fractions over 3 weeks plus 3 weekly infusions of cisplatin 40mg/m2 - Radiation Standard EBRT
EBRT dose of 45Gy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks plus 5 weekly infusions of cisplatin 40mg/m2
Primary outcome measures
- Early toxicity [Time frame: 3 months after completion of treatment]
- Early response [Time frame: 3 months after completion of treatment]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Late toxicity [Time frame: 1 and 3 years after completion of treatment]
- Progression-free survival [Time frame: 5 years]
- Disease-specific survival [Time frame: 5 years]
- Overall survival [Time frame: 5 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Pathology of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma of uterine cervix- International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB (due to hydronephrosis without creatinine clearance compromise), IIIC1 (if less than 3 lymph nodes with size less than 3cm, and without involvement of common iliac chain)- Patient eligible for definitive chemoradiotherapy followed by brachytherapy
Exclusion criteria
- Creatinine clearance less than 30ml/min, any histology other than the above, requirement of paraaortic lymph node irradiation, inflammatory bowel disease, connective tissue disorders, previous pelvic radiotherapy, FIGO stage IA or IV, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status greater than 2, History of previous hysterectomy
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Iran · 1 center
- Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex — Tehran
Publications
- Maddah Safaei A, Esmati E, Gomar M, Akhavan S, Sheikh Hasani S, Malekzadeh Moghani M, Zamani N, Moshtaghi M, Malek M, Jafari F, Sharifian A, Kolahdouzan K. Hypofractionated versus standard chemoradiotherapy in the definitive treatment of uterine cervix cancer: interim results of a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2024 Jan 20;150(1):20. doi: 10.1007/s00432-023-05563-8. PMID 38244105
Identifiers
NCT: NCT04831437 · 9711880002