Testing Laser Therapy for Treatment of Vaginal Dryness in Survivors of Breast Cancer, The Revitalize Trial

The Revitalize Trial: Reducing Vaginal Atrophy With Fractional CO2 Laser for Breast Cancer Survivors

This phase III trial tests whether vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy works in treating vaginal dryness in breast cancer survivors. Vaginal dryness can be commonly experienced with normal aging, with menopause, or come about from medications used to treat breast cancer such as chemotherapy or endocrine therapies like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors. Vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy may help reduce vaginal dryness.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Anatomic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8; Vaginal Atrophy; Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire Administration; Other: Quality of Life Assessment; Device: Laser Therapy; Device: Sham Intervention

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine whether vaginal fractional carbon dioxide (CO2) laser treatment is superior to vaginal placebo procedure in improving the severity of vaginal dryness, based on an 11-point (0-10) patient reported numerical analog scale.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine whether vaginal fractional CO2 laser treatment is superior to vaginal placebo procedure in improving patient-reported vaginal discomfort during sexual activity, based on the vaginal discomfort domain of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Sexual Function version (v.) 2.0 Brief Profile-Female.

II. To determine whether vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy results in improvement in patient-reported quality of life, based on a single item 11-point numerical analog scale.

III. To evaluate potential toxicities associated with vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized at a 2:1 ratio to Arm I and Arm II.

ARM I: Patients undergo vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy over 20-30 minutes every 6 weeks for 3 treatments in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

ARM II: Patients undergo placebo procedure over 20-30 minutes every 6 weeks for 3 treatments in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 6 weeks, and 3,6, 12, 18 and 24 months after the last procedure visit.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 250
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH; Phone Number: (203) 785-4095; Email: Maryam.lustberg@yale.edu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 22 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women with a history of breast cancer treated with curative intent who have completed primary therapy (consisting of surgery with or without chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and/or radiation) >= 12 months prior to registration. Concurrent trastuzumab /pertuzumab is permissible
• May be receiving ongoing adjuvant endocrine therapy (with an AI or tamoxifen +/- ovarian function suppression). Patients are not required to receive these treatments to be eligible. Participants receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy prior to registration must intend to continue the same endocrine therapy for the 4 months while they are receiving protocol treatment, unless a clinically necessary change is indicated at the discretion of the patient's medical oncologist. Patients on aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy, tamoxifen with or without ovarian function suppression therapy must have been on their current endocrine therapy regimen for at least 6 months prior to registration
• Patient-reported vaginal dryness with or without dyspareunia of at least moderate severity on average, defined as >= 4 on a 0-10-point scale that has been bothersome for >= 3 months and for which the patient wants to undergo the study procedure
• No evidence of metastatic breast cancer. Scans to assess for metastatic disease are not required for eligibility
• No prior gynecologic cancer, vaginal intra-epithelial neoplasia, pelvic radiation or pelvic reconstructive surgery utilizing mesh. Patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia are eligible
• No history of scleroderma, lupus, systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disorder, undifferentiated connective tissue disorder or collagen vascular disease, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, lichen sclerosis or vulvar vestibulitis
• No pelvic surgery that involved a vaginal incision within 6 months of registration. Patients who received laparoscopic BSO (Bilateral salpingooophorectomy) are eligible
• No systemic estrogen or progesterone, vaginal estrogen, vaginal prasterone, ospemifene, and/or androgen therapy within 6 weeks prior to registration
• No other suspected contraindications for undergoing laser therapy
• No prior vaginal laser therapy at any time. Patients who would have completed any type of vaginal laser resurfacing procedure at any time prior to the start of study treatment are not eligible
• No known concurrent invasive carcinoma/malignancy. Patients with carcinoma in situ are eligible. Patients with a prior malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible if not currently receiving treatment

• Postmenopausal based on at least one of the following criteria at the time of registration:

  • Women 50 or older with no spontaneous regular menses > 12 months
  • On ovarian suppression (i.e., gonadotrophin releasing hormone [GNRH] agonist/antagonist) for at least 6 months or greater, with plans to continue such treatment for at least 18 weeks
  • Bilateral oophorectomy
  • Women on AI therapy (i.e., clinically judged to be postmenopausal)
• In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measures, participants must be able to speak, read and understand English or Spanish
• Age >= 22 years
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1
• No medical history of: keloid formation, genital fistula, thin recto-vaginal septum (defined as a distance of < 2 cm between the vaginal opening and the anal opening)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm I (vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy); Patients undergo vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy over 20-30 minutes every 6 weeks for 3 treatments in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Other: Questionnaire Administration; Ancillary studies; Other: Quality of Life Assessment; Ancillary studies; Device: Laser Therapy; Undergo vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy
Sham Comparator: Arm II (placebo); Patients undergo placebo procedure over 20-30 minutes every 6 weeks for 3 treatments in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Other: Questionnaire Administration; Ancillary studies; Other: Quality of Life Assessment; Ancillary studies; Device: Sham Intervention; Undergo placebo procedure

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in patient reported vaginal dryness severity	Will use an 11-point (0-10) numerical analog scale to assess patient reported severity of vaginal dryness. Higher scores represent worse symptoms (0: None - 10: Worst possible). The vaginal dryness scores at each time point will be summarized separately by treatment arm using the mean (standard deviation) and median (range). The score changes from baseline to the 18-week time point (T4) will be compared using two-sample t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test as appropriate.	Up to 18 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in vaginal discomfort during sexual activity (for sexually active subset of study population only)	Assessed using the Vaginal discomfort domain of Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Sexual Function version (V) 2.0 Brief Profile - Female (only the sexually active women will be evaluable for this, which is estimated to be approximately 50% of the population). Higher scores represent more discomfort (1: None - 5: A lot). Change in the vaginal discomfort domain of the PROMIS Sexual Function v. 2.0 Brief Profile-Female from baseline to each post-therapy-initiation time point will be summarized by treatment arm and will be compared as described for the primary endpoint.	Baseline up to 24 months after completion of treatment
Change in quality of life	Evaluated using 11-point (0-10) numerical analog scale. Higher scores represent better quality of life (0: As bad as it can be - 10: As good as it can be). Change in patient reported quality of life from baseline to each post-therapy initiation time point will be summarized and compared as described for the primary endpoint.	Baseline up to 24 months after completion of treatment
Incidence of adverse events associated with vaginal fractional CO2 laser therapy	Incidences of toxicities in the fractional CO2 laser therapy arm will be summarized by type. Common toxicities that occur in both arms will be summarized and compared between arms using the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.	Up to 24 months after completion of treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Study Chair: Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH, Yale University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): April 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 17, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 21, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 20, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Breast Diseases; Pathological Conditions, Anatomical; Carcinoma in Situ; Breast Neoplasms; Atrophy; Breast Carcinoma In Situ
• Other Study ID Numbers: A221801; UG1CA189823 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); NCI-2022-02754 (Registry Identifier: NCI Clinical Trial Reporting Program)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes