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RecruitingNCT04016389Updated Aug 12, 2025

FIGO 2018 Stage IB2 Cervical Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Fertility Sparing Surgery

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

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Feb 2020; still recruiting 6 years 7 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 40 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

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.

Read the detailed description

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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Conditions studied

  • Cervical Cancer
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In context

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

1,881 studies on the registry are indexed under Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; 567 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 31 is below the median of 100 across 1,377 interventional studies indexed under Uterine Cervical Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

University Health Network, Toronto is the lead sponsor of 1,411 studies on the registry; 292 are open to participants now.

Of its 17 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (18%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 40 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Part 1 - Eligibility Criteria for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

  • Patients must have histologically confirmed invasive cervical cancer with adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous or squamous histology and FIGO 2018 IB2 measuring >2 cm - ≤4 cm by radiological imaging (MRI).
  • Patients must be premenopausal and wish to preserve fertility.
  • At time of registration, patient may not have had any prior therapy to treat their cancer lesion.
  • Eastern Cooperative Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2.
  • Within 7 days of the proposed start of treatment, patients must have normal organ and marrow function.
  • No evidence of active uncontrolled infection (patients on antibiotics are eligible).
  • Patient must have disease that is measurable per the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1.
  • Ability to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Patients must agree to use effective contraceptive methods prior to study entry, during study participation, and for at least one year after the fertility-sparing surgery (FSS) procedure. A serum pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to study registration is required.

Part 2 - Eligibility Criteria for Fertility Sparing Surgery (FSS)

  • Completed 3 cycles of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and achieved a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) with reduction of the lesion to \<2 cm on physical examination and MRI.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Part 1 - Exclusion Criteria for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

  • Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy or surgery for their cancer.
  • Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Patients with other cancers requiring ongoing treatment.
  • Patients with known / evidence of brain metastases are excluded from participation in this clinical trial.
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to paclitaxel, carboplatin, or cisplatin or other agents used in study.
  • Uncontrolled inter-current illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Any other condition that would, in the Investigator's judgment, contraindicate the patient's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns or compliance with clinical study procedures, e.g., infection/inflammation, intestinal obstruction, unable to swallow medication, social/ psychological issues.

Part 2 - Exclusion Criteria for Fertility Sparing Surgery

  • Patient unable to complete 3 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • Suboptimal response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy according to investigator
  • Residual lesion > 2cm or disease progression while on chemotherapy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
31 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy, Surgery, and Adjuvant Chemotherapy

    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

Interventions

  • DrugCisplatin

    Cisplatin is an antineoplastic agent that is commonly used for the treatment of cervical cancer.

  • DrugCarboplatin

    Carboplatin is an antineoplastic agent that is commonly used for the treatment of cervical cancer.

  • DrugPaclitaxel

    Paclitaxel is an antineoplastic agent that is commonly used in combination with cisplatin or carboplatin for the treatment of cervical cancer.

  • ProcedureTrachelectomy

    Surgery to remove the cervix but keep the uterus intact.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of functional uterus defined as successful fertility sparing surgery (FSS) with no adjuvant therapy

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of side effects

    By Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Rate of completion of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Response rate following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy

    By Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1

    Time frame: 2 years

  4. Rate of fertility sparing surgery

    Time frame: 2 years

  5. Surgical complication rate following fertility sparing surgery

    By Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical morbidity

    Time frame: 2 years

  6. Rate of recurrence-free survival

    Time frame: 2 years

  7. Rate of recurrence-free survival

    Time frame: 3 years

  8. Overall survival for patients who undergo neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by fertility sparing surgery

    Time frame: 2 years

  9. Overall survival for patients who undergo neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by fertility sparing surgery

    Time frame: 3 years

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Study locations

3 of 4 sites recruiting
  • MD Anderson Cancer Centre
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
    Terminated
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
    Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada
    Recruiting
  • L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
    Québec, Quebec G1R 2J6, Canada
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 12, 2025, 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
NCT04016389
Lead sponsor
University Health Network, Toronto
Collaborators
Hotel Dieu Hospital, The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 11, 2019
Start date
Feb 11, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 12, 2025

Study contacts

Stephanie Lheureux, M.D.
Contact
stephanie.lheureux@uhn.ca
416-946-2818
Stephanie Lheureux, M.D.
principal investigator · Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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