PARa-aOrtic LymphAdenectomy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer (NCT05581121) | Clinical Trial Compass
RecruitingPhase 3
PARa-aOrtic LymphAdenectomy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
Czechia, France, Italy510 participantsStarted 2023-12-20
Plain-language summary
This is an international, multicenter and randomized open-label phase III study designed to demonstrate, in patients with stage IIIC1 cervical cancer, whether para-aortic lymphadenectomy followed by tailored chemoradiation is associated with increased disease-free survival compared to patients staged with FDG-PET/CT only followed by chemoradiation.
The planned sample size is 510; including 200 patients in France.
In this trial, patients will be assigned in one of the two following treatments arms:
* Arm A (control arm): Standard chemo-radiotherapy and brachytherapy according to EMBRACE II and ESGO/ESTRO recommendations.
* Arm B (experimental arm): Pretherapeutic para-aortic lymphadenectomy followed by tailored chemo-radiotherapy and brachytherapy.
Considering the changing standard treatment landscape of locally advanced cervical cancer, both arms (control arm and experimental arm) may also be treated according to the INTERLACE and KEYNOTE-A18 studies, if applicable, at the discretion of the attending physician.
Each patient will be followed up for 5 years.
A cost-utility study will be performed in patients included in France. Other countries could be involved in this specific study. It will assess the incremental cost-utility ratio (cost per QALY gained) of para-aortic lymphadenectomy followed by tailored chemo-radiation in patients with positive PALN compared to patients staged with PET/CT only followed by chemo-radiation.
This study also has ancillary objectives:
* Biologic: To study T cell exhaustion, immune changes during chemoradiation, HPV ctDNA dynamic evolution, and the par-aortic lymph node as a premetastatic niche.
* Radiomics: To study the contribution of radiomics and FDG-PET/CT metabolic parameters to predict para-aortic lymph node involvement and clinical outcome.
* Senti-PAROLA: To evaluate the accuracy (Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value) of the para-aortic sentinel lymph node (SPA) for PALN staging, and to evaluate the prognostic value of low volume metastasis of SPA.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
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. FIGO stage IIIC1 (FIGO 2018) cervical cancer with FDG-PET/CT showing FDG-positive pelvic nodes and FDG-negative PALN including equivocal lymph nodes in the common iliac and para-aortic regions. The highest positive lymph node must be located inferior to the common iliac bifurcation in both sides (anatomical level 1).
. Patients with TNM T stage I-IIIB.
. FIGO stage IIIC1 cervical cancer by positive pelvic sentinel lymph node from surgical staging (either intraoperative assessment (frozen section) or from final histology - patients are not eligible after radical hysterectomy, and FDG-negative common iliac of para-aortic lymph node on PET/CT (performed before or after SLN procedure)
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1Based on my diagnosis and history, is this trial worth exploring for me — or is there a standard treatment we should try first?
2What does this trial's phase tell us about how much is already known about its safety and benefit?
3What would taking part actually involve for me — visits, tests, time, and travel?
4What are the known and possible risks or side effects I should weigh, and how would they be monitored?
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2What costs are covered by the study, and what might I have to pay for myself, including travel, parking, or time off work?
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6Can I leave the trial at any point if I change my mind, and what would happen to my care if I do?
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