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Endometrial Cancer Treatment Trials



   
Clinical Trial: LAP-2 -- Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Uterine Sarcoma
Governing Group: Gynecologic Oncology Group
Title: "A Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial of Laparoscopic Pelvic and Para-Aortic Node sampling With Vaginal Hysterectomy and BSO Versus Open Laparotomy With Pelvic and Para-Aortic Node Sampling and Abdominal Hysterectomy and BSO in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma and Uterine Sarcoma, Clincal Stage I, IIA, Grade I, II, III."

Eligibility:
  • Patients must have a diagnosis of endrometrial carcinoma or uterine sarcoma with no clinical evidence of metastasis beyond the uterine corpus or with macroscopic involvement of the endocervix.
  • Patients must have adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic function. Patient must be suitable candidate for surgery and have a GOG performance status of 0, 1, 2 or 3.
  • Patients with a prior malignancy, but no current evidence of disease, are eligible.
  • Patients cannot have had prior retroperitoneal surgery.
  • Patients can have no prior pelvic or abdominal radiation therapy.
  • Patients cannot be pregnant at time of diagnosis and have no contraindications to laparoscopy.
  • Patients can have no evidence of metastasis on chest X-ray.



Clinical Trial: 184 -- Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma
Governing Group: Gynecologic Oncology Group
Title: "A Randomized Phase III Study of Tumor Volume Directed Pelvic Plus or Minus Para-Aortic Irradiation Followed by Cisplatin and Doxorubicin or Cisplatin, Doxorubicin and Paclitaxel for Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma."

Eligibility:
  • All patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma, of any histology, including clear cell and serous papillary carcinomas.
  • Surgically stagged III or IV disease, including those patients with positive adnexa, tumor invading the serosa, positive pelvic and/or para-aortic nodes, involvement of bowel mucosa, intra-abdominal metastases, positive pelvic washings or vaginal involvement within the radiation port.
  • Surgery must have included a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Pelvic lymph node sampling and para-aortic lymph node sampling are optional. Radiation will be initiated within six (6) weeks after surgery and chemotherapy will be initiated within eight (8) weeks after radiation.
  • Tumor must be maximally debulked to maximum residual diameter of 2 cm or less.
  • All positive para-aortic node patients are to be further staged by chest CT scan. If chest CT scan is negative, patients are eligible.
  • Adequate hematologic, renal and hepatic function.
  • Performance status of 0-3.
  • Disease free from other malignancies over 5 years.
  • Patients with disease outside the abdomen are ineligible.
  • No prior chemotherapy.
  • Patients with recurrent disease are ineligible.



Clinical Trial: S9630 -- Endometrial Pathology
Governing Group: Southwest Oncology Group
Title: "A Randomized Comparison of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate and Observation for Prevention of Endometrial Pathology in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Tamoxifen."

Eligibility:
  • Primary unilateral or bilateral invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast, DCIS or LCIS with microinvasion.
  • No "pure" LCIS, sarcoma, lymphoma, apocrine, adenocystic or squamous cell cancer of the breast.
  • No recurrent invasive breast cancer.
  • Prior, ongoing or planned adjuvant chemotherapy.
  • No prior hormonal treatment (other than tamoxifen) for breast cancer.
  • Cannot be currently eligible or previously treated on any adjuvant intergroup study.
  • Must have had definite local treatment of primary lesion and axillary node sampling or sentinal node biopsy required unless DCIS or LCIS as specified in protocol.
  • Patient must be candidate for tamoxifen, or ER and PgR unknown.
  • Tumor staged as T1-3, N0-1 and M0.
  • Currently free of disease, female, postmenopausal, no prior hysterectomy.
  • Must be registered within 28 days of Tamoxifen start date.
  • Endovaginal Sonogram due prior to registration.




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