A randomised trial to determine the impact of timing of surgery and chemotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube carcinoma - CHORUS
- Conditions
- Women with newly diagnosed, suspected, advanced (compatible with FIGO stage III/IV) ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer who fulfil other entry criteria, with clinical and/or imaging evidence of extrapelvic metastatic disease at presentation and serum CA 125/CEA ratio > 25MedDRA version: 9.1 Level: LLT Classification code 10033131 Term: Ovarian carcinomaMedDRA version: 9.1 Level: LLT Classification code 10052171 Term: Peritoneal carcinomaMedDRA version: 9.1 Level: LLT Classification code 10016180 Term: Fallopian tube cancer
- Registration Number
- EUCTR2007-004429-45-GB
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical Research Council
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 550
Clinical and/or imaging evidence of a pelvic mass with extra-pelvic metastatic disease (compatible with FIGO stage III/IV) at presentation. Randomisation should be carried out within 4 weeks after obtaining clinical and/or imaging evidence of disease.
Serum CA 125/CEA ratio > 25 [if the serum CA 125/CEA ? 25 and the serum CEA is above the upper limit of normal, the patient should undergo investigations to exclude gastrointestinal cancer]
Patient planned to receive carboplatin-based chemotherapy
Patient fit to undergo protocol treatment and follow-up
No concomitant or previous malignancy likely to interfere with protocol treatments or comparisons. Patients may have received previous adjuvant chemotherapy for other malignancies e.g. breast or colorectal carcinoma if diagnosed over 5 years ago with no evidence of subsequent recurrence.
Written informed consent of the patient
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method