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Radiation Therapy, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With High-Risk Endometrial Cancer

A Pilot Phase II Trial of Radiation Therapy Sandwiched Between Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Patients With High-Risk Endometrial Cancer After Standard Surgical Staging

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01041027
Enrollment
31
Registered
2009-12-30
Start date
2009-01-16
Completion date
2019-10-01
Last updated
2023-10-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, Stage IA Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage IB Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage II Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage IIIA Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage IIIB Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage IIIC Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage IVA Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage IVB Uterine Corpus Cancer

Brief summary

This phase II trial studies how well radiation therapy, paclitaxel, and carboplatin work in treating patients with high-risk endometrial cancer. Radiation therapy uses high energy x rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing or by stopping them from spreading. Giving radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate progression-free survival. II. To assess and document location of disease recurrence (distant vs local vs both) using this treatment regimen. II. To evaluate the toxicity of radiation therapy sandwiched between cycles of paclitaxel/carboplatin chemotherapy in patients with high-risk endometrial cancer. III. To evaluate the associations of cancer recurrence with tumor tissue expression levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), IGF-II, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1) and -3, insulin receptor, IGF-I receptor, estrogen receptor, and progesterone receptor. OUTLINE: CHEMOTHERAPY (weeks 1-9, 13-21): Patients receive paclitaxel intravenously (IV) over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses during weeks 1-9 and 3 courses during weeks 13-21. RADIATION THERAPY (weeks 8-13 or 8-15): Patients with stage I disease undergo high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy once weekly for a total of 5 fractions during weeks 8-13. All other patients undergo external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) once daily (QD) 5 days a week for a total of 25 fractions during weeks 8-12 and HDR brachytherapy once weekly for a total of 3 fractions during weeks 13-15. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Interventions

DRUGPaclitaxel

Given IV

DRUGCarboplatin

Given IV

Undergo HDR brachytherapy

RADIATIONExternal Beam Radiation Therapy

Undergo EBRT

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Histologically-documented high-risk endometrioid adenocarcinoma with no visible residual disease, defined by the following criteria: * Surgical stage I disease with \< 50 myometrial invasion and grade 3 tumor (IAG3) with lymphovascular space involvement; * Surgical stage I disease with \>= 50% myometrial invasion and grade 2 or 3 tumor (IBG2, IBG3); * Any surgical stage II disease (II); * Any surgical stage III disease (IIIA, IIIB, IIIC); and * Any surgical stage IV disease with no residual macroscopic tumor * Surgical staging to include total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, peritoneal washings, and lymph node samplings as per standard Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) criteria * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of \< 2 * Written voluntary informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and/or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) \> 2.5 times the institutional upper limit of normal * Total serum bilirubin \> 1.5 mg/dl * History of chronic or active hepatitis * Serum creatinine \> 2.0 mg/dl * Platelets \< 100,000/mm\^3 * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 1500/mm\^3 * Hemoglobin \< 8.0 g/dl (the patient may be transfused prior to study entry) * Patient has severe or uncontrolled concurrent medical disease (e.g. uncontrolled diabetes, unstable angina, myocardial infarction within 6 months, congestive heart failure, etc.) * Patient with any prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for pelvic malignancy * Patients with dementia or altered mental status that would prohibit the giving and understanding of informed consent at the time of study entry * Patients with any history of cancer with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer are excluded if there is any evidence of other malignancy being present within the past five years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Progression-free Survival (PFS)From randomization until documented tumor recurrence or death from any cause, assessed up to 5 yearsPFS will be analyzed using standard survival analytic methods, including the Kaplan-Meier approach for estimating the survival distribution. Median time to progression and 95% confidence intervals will be estimated from the Kaplan-Meier curves.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Expression Levels of IGF-2Up to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGF-2 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.
Expression Levels of IGFBP-1Up to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGFBP-1 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.
Expression Levels of IGFBP-3Up to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGFBP-3 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.
Expression Levels of IGF-1Up to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGF-1 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.
Expression Levels of IGF-1 ReceptorUp to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGF-1 receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.
Expression Levels of Estrogen ReceptorUp to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of estrogen receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.
Expression Levels of Progesterone ReceptorUp to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of progesterone receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.
Expression Levels of Insulin ReceptorUp to 5 yearsAssociations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of insulin receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

31 participants were enrolled into the study between 1/16/2009 (date the first participant was enrolled) and 6/3/2019 (date final participant was enrolled)

Pre-assignment details

40 participants were recruited. Of the 40 participants, 1 participant was not consented and 8 participants screen failed. 31 participants were enrolled and randomized into the study.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Treatment (Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, Radiation Therapy)
CHEMOTHERAPY (weeks 1-9, 13-21): Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses during weeks 1-9 and 3 courses during weeks 13-21. RADIATION THERAPY (weeks 8-13 or 8-15): Patients with stage I disease undergo HDR brachytherapy once weekly for a total of 5 fractions during weeks 8-13. All other patients undergo EBRT QD 5 days a week for a total of 25 fractions during weeks 8-12 and HDR brachytherapy once weekly for a total of 3 fractions during weeks 13-15. Paclitaxel: Given IV Carboplatin: Given IV Internal Radiation Therapy: Undergo HDR brachytherapy External Beam Radiation Therapy: Undergo EBRT Laboratory Biomarker Analysis: Correlative studies
31
Total31

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event4
Overall StudyDelayed Radiation Therapy1
Overall StudyProtocol Violation1
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject2

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTreatment (Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, Radiation Therapy)
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
8 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
23 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
10 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
19 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
8 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
6 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
12 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
31 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
31 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
0 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
3 / 31
other
Total, other adverse events
5 / 31
serious
Total, serious adverse events
2 / 31

Outcome results

Primary

Progression-free Survival (PFS)

PFS will be analyzed using standard survival analytic methods, including the Kaplan-Meier approach for estimating the survival distribution. Median time to progression and 95% confidence intervals will be estimated from the Kaplan-Meier curves.

Time frame: From randomization until documented tumor recurrence or death from any cause, assessed up to 5 years

Population: PFS data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of Estrogen Receptor

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of estrogen receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: Estrogen receptor expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of IGF-1

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGF-1 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: IGF-1 expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of IGF-1 Receptor

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGF-1 receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: IGF-1 receptor expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of IGF-2

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGF-2 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: IGF-2 expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of IGFBP-1

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGFBP-1 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: IGFBP-1 expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of IGFBP-3

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of IGFBP-3 will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: IGFBP-3 expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of Insulin Receptor

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of insulin receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: Insulin receptor expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Secondary

Expression Levels of Progesterone Receptor

Associations of PFS with tumor tissue expression levels of progesterone receptor will be evaluated. Provided the number of events is sufficient, Cox proportional hazards models will be fit to the data to explore these associations.

Time frame: Up to 5 years

Population: Progesterone receptor expression data was not collected and analyzed.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026