An interventional study of Cisplatin and Carboplatin in Cervical Cancer, sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto. Recruiting at 4 sites in 2 countries. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-12.
Sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will include patients with invasive cervical cancer that wish to keep their fertility as much as possible in the future after treatment.
Patients who receive surgery alone may experience long-term side effects including infertility. The purpose of this research study is to determine whether giving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgery can maintain fertility in patients with invasive cervical cancer.
The neo-adjuvant chemotherapy will consist of a platinum-based chemotherapy drug cisplatin or carboplatin, with a chemotherapy drug called paclitaxel. These are common chemotherapy drugs used in the treatment of women with cervical cancers.
All participants will first receive neo-adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy. Once the neo-adjuvant chemotherapy has been completed, participants will be assessed by imaging scans to see whether they have a response to the treatment.
If participants are responding to treatment, they will then have a trachelectomy. After surgery, participants will be assessed and the study doctor will determine whether adjuvant treatment is needed. Adjuvant treatment may include chemotherapy and radiotherapy, or have a hysterectomy done.
If participants do not respond to or their disease worsens after neo-adjuvant treatment, participants will receive adjuvant treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy or have a hysterectomy done.
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Part 1 - Eligibility Criteria for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Part 2 - Eligibility Criteria for Fertility Sparing Surgery (FSS)
Exclusion Criteria:
Part 1 - Exclusion Criteria for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Part 2 - Exclusion Criteria for Fertility Sparing Surgery
Participants will receive neo-adjuvant treatment cisplatin or carboplatin with paclitaxel, intravenously, either once every cycle or once a week, for three (21-day) cycles. After neo-adjuvant treatment, depending on their status, participants may have the trachelectomy done. Adjuvant treatment may include standard chemotherapy and radiotherapy, or a hysterectomy may need to be done.
Drug: Cisplatin · Drug: Carboplatin · Drug: Paclitaxel · Procedure: Trachelectomy
Cisplatin is an antineoplastic agent that is commonly used for the treatment of cervical cancer.
Carboplatin is an antineoplastic agent that is commonly used for the treatment of cervical cancer.
Paclitaxel is an antineoplastic agent that is commonly used in combination with cisplatin or carboplatin for the treatment of cervical cancer.
Surgery to remove the cervix but keep the uterus intact.
Rate of functional uterus defined as successful fertility sparing surgery (FSS) with no adjuvant therapy
Time frame: 2 years
Number of side effects
By Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0
Time frame: 2 years
Rate of completion of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
Time frame: 2 years
Response rate following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
By Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1
Time frame: 2 years
Rate of fertility sparing surgery
Time frame: 2 years
Surgical complication rate following fertility sparing surgery
By Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical morbidity
Time frame: 2 years
Rate of recurrence-free survival
Time frame: 2 years
Rate of recurrence-free survival
Time frame: 3 years
Overall survival for patients who undergo neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by fertility sparing surgery
Time frame: 2 years
Overall survival for patients who undergo neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by fertility sparing surgery
Time frame: 3 years
Plan to share: No
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