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Comparison of Two Combination Chemotherapy Regimens Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Endometrial Cancer

A Phase 3 interventional study of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride and Cisplatin in Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, Endometrial Adenosquamous Carcinoma and Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, sponsored by Gynecologic Oncology Group. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-05-19.

Sponsored by Gynecologic Oncology Group · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
659
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two combination chemotherapy regimens plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV endometrial cancer. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen plus radiation therapy is more effective for endometrial cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

I. Compare survival and progression-free survival in patients with stage III endometrial carcinoma treated with tumor volume-directed pelvic radiotherapy with or without paraaortic radiotherapy followed by cisplatin and doxorubicin with or without paclitaxel.

II. Compare short and long-term toxic effects of these treatment regimens in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to radiotherapy field (pelvic vs extended field). Within 8 weeks after surgery, patients receive tumor volume-directed pelvic radiotherapy with or without paraaortic nodal radiotherapy once daily for 5 consecutive days for up to 16 weeks after surgery. Within 8 weeks of completing radiotherapy, patients are randomized to 1 of 2 chemotherapy treatment arms.

Arm I: Patients receive doxorubicin IV over 30 minutes immediately followed by cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously (SC) or pegfilgrastim on days 2-11.

Arm II: Patients receive doxorubicin and cisplatin as in arm I, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 2, and G-CSF SC or pegfilgrastim on days 3-12. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

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

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 614 patients (307 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 5.2 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Endometrial Adenocarcinoma
  • Endometrial Adenosquamous Carcinoma
  • Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
  • Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Variant With Squamous Differentiation
  • Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma
  • Stage III Uterine Corpus Cancer
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In context

Carcinoma

6,741 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,161 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 659 is above the median of 45 across 5,170 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Gynecologic Oncology Group is the lead sponsor of 181 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed advanced endometrial carcinoma with any histology, including:

    • Clear cell and serous papillary carcinoma
  • Surgical stage III disease, including:

    • Positive adnexa
    • Tumor invading the serosa
    • Positive pelvic and/or paraaortic nodes
    • Involvement of bowel mucosa
    • Intraabdominal metastases
    • Positive pelvic washings
    • Vaginal involvement within the radiation port
  • Must have had prior surgery, including hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

    • Tumor maximally debulked to a maximum residual diameter of no greater than 2 cm
    • Paraaortic lymph node sampling allowed

      • If positive, must have negative chest CT scan
  • No recurrent disease
  • No parenchymal liver metastases
  • No disease outside the abdomen
  • Performance status - GOG 0-2
  • At least 3 months
  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
  • Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal
  • SGOT/SGPT no greater than 3 times normal
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 3 times normal
  • Creatinine no greater than 1.6 mg/dL
  • LVEF at least 50% within 6 months of study entry
  • No other prior or concurrent malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • No serious comorbid illness that would preclude study participation
  • No prior chemotherapy
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior pelvic or abdominal radiotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy for prior malignancy
  • See Disease Characteristics
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
659 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm I (doxorubicin, cisplatin, filgrastim, pegfilgrastim)

    Patients receive doxorubicin IV over 30 minutes immediately followed by cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1. Patients also receive filgrastim (G-CSF) SC or pegfilgrastim on days 2-11.

    Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride · Drug: Cisplatin · Biological: Filgrastim · Biological: Pegfilgrastim

  • Experimental
    Arm II (doxorubicin, cisplatin, paclitaxel, filgrastim)

    Patients receive doxorubicin and cisplatin as in arm I, paclitaxel IV over 3 hours on day 2, and G-CSF SC or pegfilgrastim on days 3-12. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride · Drug: Cisplatin · Biological: Filgrastim · Biological: Pegfilgrastim · Drug: Paclitaxel

Interventions

  • DrugDoxorubicin Hydrochloride

    Given IV

  • DrugCisplatin

    Given IV

  • BiologicalFilgrastim

    Given SC

    Also known as: G-CSF, Nivestim, r-metHuG-CSF

  • BiologicalPegfilgrastim

    Given SC

    Also known as: Filgrastim SD-01, GCSF-SD01, Neulasta

  • DrugPaclitaxel

    Given IV

    Also known as: Anzatax, TAX

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Recurrence-Free Survival of Eligible Patients Who Received a Random Treatment Allocation.

    Recurrence is defined as discovery of disease not previously present by clinical, radiographic, and/or laboratory means or as a 50% or greater increase in the product of two perpendicular diameters from any documented lesion. Recurrence-free survival is defined as time in months the patient is alive, recurrence-free starting from the date of randomization. Intention to treat among eligible participants who receive random treatment allocation.

    Time frame: study entry up to 5 years post treatment

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Results

Posted Jun 26, 2014

Participant flow

All patients were initially registered and initiated radiation treatment. Following succsessful completion of radiation treatment, participants with no evidence of disease received a random treatment allocation.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneArm 1Arm 2Radiation (RT) Only
Started28829873
Completed2232210
Not completed657773
Withdrew: Disease progression13626
Withdrew: Refused further treatment151326
Withdrew: Adverse event15395
Withdrew: Death012
Withdrew: Other425
Withdrew: Ineligible18169

Outcome measures

PrimaryRecurrence-Free Survival of Eligible Patients Who Received a Random Treatment Allocation.

Recurrence is defined as discovery of disease not previously present by clinical, radiographic, and/or laboratory means or as a 50% or greater increase in the product of two perpendicular diameters from any documented lesion. Recurrence-free survival is defined as time in months the patient is alive, recurrence-free starting from the date of randomization. Intention to treat among eligible participants who receive random treatment allocation.

Time frame:
study entry up to 5 years post treatment
Reported as:
Number · participants
Recurrence-Free Survival of Eligible Patients Who Received a Random Treatment Allocation.
participantsArm 1Arm 2
Alive, Recurrence-Free159175
Recurrence or Death111107
Statistical analysis
  • Arm 1 vs Arm 2 · Hazard ratio (hr): 0.90 · 95% CI 0.69 to 1.17

Adverse events

Collected over The frequencies of any serious adverse event or other adverse events by category or specific term occurring during chemotherapy treatment and up to 30 days after stopping the study treatment are reported.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Arm 1—10/261 (3.8%)259/261 (99.2%)
Arm 2—21/278 (7.6%)278/278 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Showing 10 of 25
Most frequent serious events
EventArm 1Arm 2
Thrombosis/EmbolismVascular disorders0/2614/278
Neutrophils/GranulocytesBlood and lymphatic system disorders0/2613/278
Supraventricular ArrhythmiasCardiac disorders0/2612/278
Diarrhea (without Colostomy)Gastrointestinal disorders0/2612/278
Cns Cerebrovascular IschemiaNervous system disorders1/2611/278
Abdominal Pain or CrampingGeneral disorders1/2611/278
Wound-InfectiousSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders1/2610/278
IleusGastrointestinal disorders1/2610/278
AnorexiaGastrointestinal disorders1/2610/278
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders1/2611/278
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 35
Most frequent other events
EventArm 1Arm 2
LeukopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders190/261250/278
NeutropeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders158/261236/278
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders137/261205/278
AlopeciaSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders185/261179/278
ConstitutionalGeneral disorders105/261133/278
ThrombocytopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders55/261116/278
Other PainGeneral disorders63/261101/278
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders89/26195/278
Other GastrointestinalGastrointestinal disorders73/26188/278
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders75/26179/278

Baseline characteristics

Total number of eligible participants.

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Arm 1Arm 2Radiation (RT) OnlyTotal
Mean58.8 ± 11.158.8 ± 9.563.9 ± 10.759.3 ± 10.5
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Arm 1Arm 2Radiation (RT) OnlyTotal
Female27028264616
Male0000
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Study locations

1 site
  • Gynecologic Oncology Group
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 19, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00006011
Lead sponsor
Gynecologic Oncology Group
Collaborators
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 27, 2003
Start date
Jul 2000
Primary completion
Mar 2010
Results posted
Jun 26, 2014
Last update
May 19, 2015

Study contacts

Howard Homesley
principal investigator · Gynecologic Oncology Group
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