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Molecular Biology Analysis for Para-aortic Nodes in the Ultra-staging of Advanced Cervical Cancers

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Advanced Cervical Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: 'OSNA stadification during surgery'
Registration Number
NCT02888717
Lead Sponsor
Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest
Brief Summary

The para-aortic lymph node involvement in the advanced stage of cervical cancer is a poor prognostic factor for overall survival. Concomitant chemo-radiotherapy has become the standard treatment for advanced cervical cancer. In case of para-aortic lymph node involvement, an extension of radiotherapy fields is recommended.

A prospective multicentre study shown that the survival rate of patients with node ≤ 5 mm and which benefited from the expansion of radiotherapy fields was identical to the survival of pN0 patients.

However, due to a specific disease, this technique should not be performed in all patients. It is necessary to reliably select patients with retroperitoneal lymph node involvement. For this, it is recommended that prior to the concurrent chemo-radiotherapy, nodal staging surgery with a definitive histological analysis.

So we propose to use molecular diagnostic test OSNA (One Step Nucleic Acid Amplification) to improve lymph node metastasis detection sensitivity to achieve ultra-staging compared to conventional histology.

Detailed Description

The para-aortic lymph node involvement in the advanced stage of cervical cancer is a poor prognostic factor for overall survival. Concomitant chemoradiotherapy has become the standard treatment for advanced cervical cancer. In case of para-aortic lymph node involvement, an extension of radiotherapy fields is recommended.

A prospective multicenter study shown that the survival rate of patients with node ≤ 5 mm and which benefited from the expansion of radiotherapy fields was identical to the survival of pN0 patients.

However, due to a specific disease, this technique should not be performed in all patients. It is necessary to reliably select patients with retroperitoneal lymph node involvement. For this, it is recommended that prior to the concurrent chemoradiotherapy, nodal staging surgery with a definitive histological analysis.

So we suggest using molecular diagnostic test OSNA (One Step Nucleic Acid Amplification) to improve lymph node metastasis detection sensitivity to achieve ultra-staging compared to conventional histology.

We propose to consider a new concordance study to assess the feasibility of the technical OSNA in a new indication: cervical cancer.

The analysis protocol of a concordance study is the same regardless of the location of the cancer. We evaluate the use of OSNA in order to ultrastaging of lymph node involvement for patients with advanced cancer of the cervix.

Our hypothesis is that OSNA would be:

* better than the usual histological staging method

* and equivalence in terms of sensitivity and specificity compared to intensive histological method To complete this study we propose to search the initial brain tumor expression of cytokeratin 19.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
16
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Women aged 18 or over
  2. Cervical cancer of any histological type
  3. Cervical cancer of advanced stage (>= IB2)
  4. negative para-aortic routine PET CT scan
  5. Patient affiliated to a social protection scheme
  6. Information on the study delivered to the patient
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Patients minor
  2. Patient pregnant or breastfeeding or of childbearing age without effective contraception
  3. Other concurrent cancer or history of cancer (in the 5 years preceding the entry into the trial), except in situ cervical cancer treated basal cell or squamous cell or treated carcinoma
  4. Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity. medical or psychological conditions not allowing the subject to understand the study and sign the consent

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
OSNA stadification during surgery'OSNA stadification during surgery'The para-aortic dissection surgery is performed in the usual way. The lymph nodes are isolated from fat tissue during surgery, and will be analysis both by histological analysis and OSNA analysis
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
compare the performance of OSNA for the detection of lymph node metastases in advanced cervical cancer15 days between surgery and OSNA results

The main objective is to compare the performance of OSNA to both conventional methods and intensive histological analysis, for the detection of lymph node metastases in advanced cervical cancer.

The evaluation criteria is :

* Determination of number of lymph node metastases expressed in a size in mm for conventional and intensive histological analysis.

* Determination of the number of lymph node metastases expressed in a number of copies in molecular biology.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ICO René Gauducheau

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Saint-Herblain, France

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