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Phase II/III Randomized Pilot Study of the Timing of Surgery and Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer

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Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Timing of Surgery and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cavity Cancer

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase III, Phase IITreatmentActiveAdultOtherRCOG-MRC-CHORUS
EU-20350, ISRCTN74802813, NCT00075712

Objectives

  1. Determine the feasibility of a randomized trial to determine the impact of the timing of surgery and chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian epithelial, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Newly diagnosed advanced ovarian epithelial, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer
  • Clinical and imaging evidence of a pelvic mass with extrapelvic metastases within the past 4 weeks
  • Serum CA 125/CEA ratio > 25
  • Plans to receive carboplatin-based chemotherapy

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Not specified

Patient Characteristics:

Age

  • Adult

Performance status

  • Not specified

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Not specified

Hepatic

  • Not specified

Renal

  • Not specified

Other

  • Considered fit to undergo protocol treatment and follow-up
  • No other prior or concurrent malignancy that would preclude study treatment or comparisons

Expected Enrollment

150

Approximately 100-150 patients will be accrued for this study within 18 months.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome(s)

Overall survival at 3 years
Progression-free survival
Quality of life by Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 Items (QLQ-C30) and QLQ-ovarian cancer (QLQ-OV28)

Outline

This is a randomized, pilot, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

  • Arm I (primary surgery): Patients undergo radical surgery. Within 6 weeks after primary surgery, patients receive chemotherapy comprising carboplatin alone or in combination with paclitaxel or another chemotherapy agent on day 1. Chemotherapy repeats every 3 weeks for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may undergo interval debulking surgery after the third course of chemotherapy.
  • Arm II (neoadjuvant chemotherapy): Patients receive chemotherapy as in arm I for 3 courses. Within 3 weeks after chemotherapy, patients undergo radical surgery. Within 6 weeks after surgery, patients receive an additional 3 courses of chemotherapy as in arm I.

Patients are followed at 9 months after randomization, every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Sean Kehoe, Principal investigator
Ph: 44-1865-857-942
Email: sean.kehoe@obs-gyn.ox.ac.uk

Trial Sites

United Kingdom
England
  Aylesbury-Buckinghamshire
 Stoke Mandeville Hospital
 Damian Eustace, MD
Ph: 44-1494-525-512
  Barnstaple
 North Devon District Hospital
 Mark Napier, MD
Ph: 44-1884-821-747
 Email: mark.napier@ndevon.swest.nhs.uk
  Bath
 Royal United Hospital
 Edward Gilby, MD
Ph: 44-1225-824-317
 Email: Ed.Gilby@btinternet.com
  Blackpool
 Blackpool Victoria Hospital
 Andrew Hindley, MD
Ph: 44-177-252-2908
 Email: andrew.hindley@lthtr.nhs.uk
  Bradford
 Bradford Royal Infirmary
 Chris Bradley, MD
Ph: 44-1274-542-200
 Email: chris.bradley@bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk
  Brighton
 Sussex Cancer Centre at Royal Sussex County Hospital
 Andrew Fish, MD
Ph: 44-12-7369-6955 ext. 4271
  Broomfield
 Broomfield Hospital
 Saad Tahir, MD
Ph: 44-124-551-4750
  Carlisle
 Cumberland Infirmary
 Alberto Lopes, MD
Ph: 44-1914-452-597
  Cheltenham
 Gloucestershire Oncology Centre at Cheltenham General Hospital
 Robert Gornall, MD
Ph: 44-8454-224-331
  Colchester
 Essex County Hospital
 Alan Lamont, MD
Ph: 44-1206-744-582
 Email: alan.lamont@essexrivers.nhs.uk
  Coventry
 Walsgrave Hospital
 L. J. Santa-Cassia, MD
Ph: 44-247-696-7382
  Derby
 Derby City General Hospital
 Anish Bali, MD
Ph: 44-1332-785-088
 Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
 Anish Bali, MD
Ph: 44-1332-785-088
  Edgbaston
 Birmingham Women's Hospital
 David Luesley
Ph: (414) 0121 623 6833
  Exeter
 Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
 Anne Hong, MD
Ph: 44-39-240-2118
 Email: anne.hong@rdeft.nhs.uk
  Frimley
 Frimley Park Hospital
 Gareth Beynon, MD
Ph: 44-1276-604-268
  Gateshead
 Queen Elizabeth Hospital
 Alberto Lopes, MD
Ph: 44-1914-452-597
  Guildford
 St. Luke's Cancer Centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital
 Hilary Thomas, MD
Ph: 44-1483-406-823
  Hereford
 Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust
 Audrey Cook, MD
Ph: 44-8454-222-871
  Hull
 Princess Royal Hospital at Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust
 David Poole, MD
Ph: 44-1482-624-098
  Ipswich
 Ipswich Hospital
 Jamey Morgan, MBBS, FRCR, MRCP
Ph: 44-1473-704-910
 Email: Jamie.Morgan@ipswichhospital.nhs.uk
  Lancaster
 Royal Lancaster Infirmary
 Geraldine Skailes, MD
Ph: 44-1524-583-739
  Leeds
 Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital
 Tim Perren, MD
Ph: 44-113-206-4670
 Email: t.j.perren@leeds.ac.uk
  Leicester
 Leicester General Hospital
 Philip Kirwan, MD
Ph: 44-116-258-4832
  Lincoln
 Lincoln County Hospital
 Martin Lamb, MD
Ph: 44-1522-573-261
  Liverpool
 Liverpool Women's Hospital
 Jonathan Herod, MD
Ph: 44-151-702-4003
 Email: jonathan.herod@lwh.nhs.uk
  London
 Barts and the London School of Medicine
 Karina Reynolds
Ph: 44-20-7377-7000 ext 2321
 Hammersmith Hospital
 Vicky Hird, MD
Ph: 44-208-383-5295
 Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit
 Sarah Wheeler
Ph: 44-207-7670-4759
 Royal Marsden - London
 Thomas Ind, MD
Ph: 44-78-0858-6132
 Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
 Christopher Gallagher, MD
Ph: 44-20-7601-8521
 Email: chris.gallagher@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
 St. George's Hospital
 Fiona Lofts, MD
Ph: 44-20-8725-0231
  Manchester
 Christie Hospital
 Gordon Jayson, MD
Ph: 44-161-446-3606
 Email: gordon.jayson@christie-tr.nwest.nhs.uk
 St. Mary's Hospital
 Henry Kitchener, MD
Ph: 44-161-276-6461
 Wythenshawe Hospital
 Rebecca Faulkner, MD
Ph: 44-1612-912-560
  Merseyside
 Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
 John Green, MD
Ph: 44-151-482-7743
 Email: john.green@ccotrust.nhs.uk
  Middlesbrough
 James Cook University Hospital
 Jeremy Twigg, MD
Ph: 44-1642-282-587
  Milton Keynes
 Milton Keynes General Hospital
 Christopher Lynch, MD, FRCS, FRCOG
Ph: 44-1908-243-218
  Northampton
 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
 Alistar Duncan, MD
Ph: 44-1604-544-967
 Email: alistar.duncan@ngh.nhs.uk
  Norwich
 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
 J. Nieto, MD
Ph: 44-1603-288-692
  Oxford
 Oxford Radcliffe Hospital
 Sean Kehoe
Ph: 44-1865-857-942
 Email: sean.kehoe@obs-gyn.ox.ac.uk
  Plymouth
 Derriford Hospital
 Dennis Yiannakis, MD
Ph: 44-175-251-7585
  Poole Dorset
 Richard Osborne, MD, FRCP
Ph: 44-1-202-448-265
 Dorset Cancer Centre
 Richard Henry, MD
Ph: 44-1202-442-532
  Portsmouth Hants
 Portsmouth Oncology Centre at Saint Mary's Hospital
 Patrick Hogston, MD
Ph: 44-23-9228-6000 ext. 3521
  Prescot Merseyside
 Whiston Hospital
 Graham Cawdell, MD
Ph: 44-1514-301-680
  Preston
 Rosemere Cancer Centre at Royal Preston Hospital
 Andrew Hindley, MD
Ph: 44-177-252-2908
 Email: andrew.hindley@lthtr.nhs.uk
  Romford
 Oldchurch Hospital
 Mary Quigley, MD, FRCR
Ph: 44-1708-435-231
  Sheffield
 Cancer Research Centre at Weston Park Hospital
 Alan Gillespie, MD
Ph: 44-114-226-5000
 Royal Hallamshire Hospital
 Alan Gillespie, MD
Ph: 44-114-271-1900
  Shrewsbury
 Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
 Saif Awwad, MD
Ph: 44-1743-261-103
 Email: saif.awwad@sath.nhs.uk
  Slough, Berkshire
 Wexham Park Hospital
 Marcia Hall, MD
Ph: 44-1753-634-364
 Email: marcia.hall@nhs.net.uk
  Stafford
 Staffordshire General Hospital
 Kirk Chin, MD
Ph: 44-1785-257-731
 Email: kirk.chin@msgh-tr.wmids.nhs.uk
  Stoke-On-Trent
 University Hospital of North Staffordshire
 Charles Redman, MD
Ph: 44-1782-533-460
  Surrey
 St. Peter's Hospital
 Anil Tailor, MD
Ph: 44-1932-722-050
  Swindon
 Great Western Hospital
 John Cullimore, MD
Ph: 44-179-342-6052
  Taunton Somerset
 Taunton and Somerset Hospital
 Orla McNally, MD
Ph: 44-1823-342-562
  Torquay
 Torbay Hospital
 Nigel Bailey, MD
Ph: 44-180-365-5052
  Walsall
 Walsall Manor Hospital
 A. C. Head, MD
Ph: 44-1922-721-172 ext. 7738
  West Midlands
 Good Hope Hospital
 Cath Finn, MD
Ph: 44-121-378-2211
  Westcliff-On-Sea
 Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
 Krishnawamy Madhavan, MD
Ph: 44-1702-435-555
  Yeovil
 Yeovil District Hospital
 J. Giles, MD
Ph: 44-1935-384-292
Northern Ireland
  Belfast
 Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen's University Belfast
 Stephen Dobbs
Ph: 44-0-28-9026-3533
 Email: stephen.dobbs@bch.n-i.nhs.uk
Scotland
  Aberdeen
 Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
 David Parkin
Ph: 44-1224-553-468
  Dundee
 Ninewells Hospital
 Michelle Ferguson, MD
Ph: 44-1382-660-111
  Inverness
 Raigmore Hospital
 Carol MacGregor, MD
Ph: 44-1463-706-083
Wales
  Bangor
 Ysbyty Gwynedd
 Simon Leeson
Ph: 44-1248-384-954
 Email: simon.leeson@nww-tr.wales.nhs.uk
  Cardiff
 University Hospital of Wales
 Alan Evans, MD
Ph: 44-2920-747-747
 Velindre Cancer Center at Velindre Hospital
 Malcolm Adams, MD
Ph: 44-29-2061-5888 ext. 6204
  Swansea
 South West Wales Cancer Institute
 Omar Freites, MD
Ph: 44-1792-285-399
 Email: omarfreites@hotmail.com
  Wrexham
 Wrexham Maelor Hospital
 Philip Toon, MD, FRCOG
Ph: 44-1978-291-100

Registry Information
Official Title A Randomized Feasibility Trial to Determine the Impact of Timing of Surgery and Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Advanced Epithelial Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal or Fallopian Tube Carcinoma
Trial Start Date 2003-09-01
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00075712
Date Submitted to PDQ 2003-12-02
Information Last Verified 2007-05-25

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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