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Tracers for Endometrial Cancer Sentinel Node Labeling

Not Applicable
Conditions
Endometrial Cancer
Sentinel Lymph Node
Interventions
Procedure: SLN side-specific detection rate using radioactive tracer with/without blue dye and ICG tracer.
Registration Number
NCT04665544
Lead Sponsor
University Medical Centre Maribor
Brief Summary

Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is currently used in the management of vulvar and breast cancers as well as in malignant melanoma, and is being intensively studied in patients with cervical and endometrial cancers. The role of lymphadenectomy in the surgical management of early-stage endometrial cancer is still controversial. The main reason to perform a SLN biopsy is to detect the lymph node that will be the first involved with metastatic disease in the nodal basin. The SLN biopsy is performed after the SLN is located with the use of different tracers in a concept called SLN mapping. Moreover, SLN evaluation has been reported to improve the accuracy of lymph node staging due to SLN pathologic ultrastaging, which includes multiple serial sectioning and immunohistochemical assessment. The aim of this project is to conduct a multicentre, prospective, observational trial to compare two different SLN labelling methods (radioactive tracer with/without blue dye vs. indocyanine green-ICG) in the same patient and to evaluate the unilateral detection rate, sensitivity, number of detected SLN, anatomical localisation of detected SLN and bilateral detection rate of SLN. The main aim of the trial is the comparison of SLN mapping between two SLN labelling methods in the same patient. The trial will answer a question whether a combination of labelling methods in the same patient increase importantly the sensitivity of SLN biopsy.

The trial has a high potential to reach the calculated number of cases and thus bring in evidence/data that will be essential for future management of SLN biopsies in endometrial cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
83
Inclusion Criteria
  • Histologically proven endometrial cancer (any tumour type).
  • Apparent early-stage endometrial cancer with intermediate or high risk prognostic factors (deep myometrial invasion or G2/G3 disease or non- endometrioid histological type), no evidence of bulky or suspicious pelvic/para-aortic lymph nodes or distant metastases on preoperative conventional imaging studies; minimum requirement for clinical staging includes expert US or pelvic MRI for local staging and abdominal US or abdominal CT scan or PET CT for distant staging.
  • Performance status ECOG: 0-1.
  • Age ≥18, ≤85.
  • History of second primary cancer only if more than 5 years with no evidence of disease.
  • Approved and signed informed consent form to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnancy
  • Desire for fertility sparing
  • History of pelvic or abdominal radiotherapy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Early-stage endometrial cancer patientsSLN side-specific detection rate using radioactive tracer with/without blue dye and ICG tracer.* Histologically proven endometrial cancer (any tumour type). * Apparent early-stage endometrial cancer with intermediate or high risk prognostic factors (deep myometrial invasion or G2/G3 disease or non- endometrioid histological type), no evidence of bulky or suspicious pelvic/para-aortic lymph nodes or distant metastases on preoperative conventional imaging studies; minimum requirement for clinical staging includes expert US or pelvic MRI for local staging and abdominal US or abdominal CT scan or PET CT for distant staging. * Performance status ECOG: 0-1. * Age ≥18, ≤85. * History of second primary cancer only if more than 5 years with no evidence of disease. * Approved and signed informed consent
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
SLN unilateral detection rate2 years

Number of hemipelvises where the SLN was found/number of all hemipelvises for each tracer and combination of tracers

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Bilateral detection rate.2 years

The number of patients with bilateral SLN detection/the number of all patients for each tracer and combination of tracers

Sensitivity of SLN biopsy for pelvic lymph node staging. Anatomical localisation of detected SLN2 years

Number of true positive LN/(number of true positive LN+number of false negative LN) for each tracer and combination of tracers

Number of detected SLN.2 years

Average number of detected SLN (in the specimen, labelled with the tracer, there might be one or more LN; the number of removed LN is one of the quality indicator).

Descriptive meassure: Anatomical localisation of detected SLN2 years

Exact anatomical localisation of SLN (1-external iliac vessels, 2-internal iliac vessels, 3-obturator region, 4-paraaortic region, 5-presacral region).

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Gynecologic Oncology Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University of Prague and General Hospital in Prague

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Praha, Czechia

University Hospital Ostrava

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Ostrava, Czechia

Department of Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Endocrinological Gynecology, Medical University of Gdansk

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Gdańsk, Poland

University Medical centre Maribor, Department for Gynecologic and Breast Oncology

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Maribor, Slovenia

Charles University-First Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Bulovka, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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Praha, Czechia

KNTB Zlin

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Zlin, Czechia

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