Predicting Adjuvant Post-operative Radiation Therapy in Patients With Cervical Cancer Stage IB2

April 29, 2021 updated by: Alon Ben Arie, Kaplan Medical Center

Predicting the Presence of Histologic Criteria for Adjuvant Post-operative Radiation of Patients With Cervical Cancer Stage IB2 by Large Loop Biopsy Prior to Surgery

A pre- operative evaluation for the presence of intermediate risk factors prior to surgery may allow for better patient counselling, modify the course of surgery or select patients to undergo primary chemo- radiation.

The purpose of this study is to validate that the presence of histological risk factors in a pre-operative large loop biopsy highly correlates with post-operative histological evaluation and the subsequent indication for post-operative chemo-radiation

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Patients with cervical cancer who are scheduled for radical hysterectomy and underwent a pre- operative MRI and PET- CT that have demonstrated a tumor ≥2- 4cm cm and the absence of nodal metastasis on imaging will be offered to give consent and participate.

After anesthesia and immediately prior to surgery, the surgeon will perform a large loop biopsy of depth of 1.5 and a diameter of 1.0 cm from the cervical tumor. Hemostasis can be achieved by the usual measures or by packing. Surgery will follow immediately as planned.

In patient who in the course of the preoperative evaluation underwent large loop biopsy histologic analysis of this biopsy will be performed similarly. If the large loop specimen is appropriate (>1.5X1cm) and allows assessment of all the histologic risk factors, no repeat large loop biopsy will be performed.

In patient that the that the previous large loop biopsy is not be appropriate for complete histologic analysis and the surgeon asses that a repeat biopsy is technically feasible, a large loop biopsy will be performed prior to the radical hysterectomy as described above.

All histological evaluation will be carried out as usual in hospital in which the surgery was performed.

In addition, centralized pathological analysis will be performed in Hillel Yaffe Medical center The histopathological features to be included in the report: type of procedure, tumor site, histologic type of tumor, histologic grade, depth of stromal invasion, pattern of invasion (*), horizontal extent of stromal invasion, the distance of tumor from surgical margins, lymphovascular invasion, LVSI will be assess and reported after D2-40and CD31 immunostatins.

Descriptive demographic, clinical and pathology data will be noted. The histopathological features noted above and size of tumor as measured on MRI will be recorded.

The rate of the presence of both LVSI and invasion greater 10 mm in the pre- operative loop biopsy will be assessed.

At least 52 patients will be included in the study

Sample size calculation:

The minimal sample size required to demonstrate the non-inferiority of Method B (findings in LEEP) is 52. Assuming that the proportions of patients with the presence of both LVSI and tumor invasion greater than 10 mm, method A (standard post- surgery evaluation) and method B are 25%, with α=0.05, β=0.2, and non-inferiority margin of 15%.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

52

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

  1. Patients with cervical cancer who are scheduled for radical hysterectomy and underwent a pre- operative imaging (MRI and PET CT) that have demonstrated a tumor ≥2-4 cm and the absence of nodal metastasis.
  2. Pre -operative assessment by the surgeon that a large loop biopsy of depth of 1.5 and a diameter of 1 cm is technically feasible.
  3. Patient who in the course of the preoperative evaluation underwent large loop biopsy of depth of 1.5 and a diameter of 1.0 cm, and in the subsequent evaluation fulfilled the criteria in (1).

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient who do not sign the informed consent. Patient who is scheduled for Chemoradiation Patients with large loop biopsy which is smaller than depth of 1.5 and a diameter of 1.0 cm

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The rate of LVSI in Cervix cancer
Time Frame: two years
Pre operative presence of LVSI in loop biopsy in cervical cancer, compared to post operative LVSI rate in hysterectomy Specimen
two years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

March 31, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

March 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 26, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

April 30, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 30, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2021

Last Verified

April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 0186-20-KMC (Other Identifier: Kaplan Medical Center)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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