Status:

RECRUITING

A Prospective, Open-label, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Phase III Study of Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection in Low-risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Conditions:

Thyroid Cancer

Recurrence

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid cancer and has a good prognosis. Surgery is the primary treatment for PTC, and occult lymph node metastasis is not uncommon (20%-80%).The l...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \- (1)Patients age 18-70 years old, ECOG score 0-2; (2)Thyroid nodule measuring 11-40 mm on ultrasound (cT1bT2) and with fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) cytology in favor of "papillary thyroid carcinoma" or with intraoperative frozen section analysis "papillary thyroid carcinoma" .
  • (3)cN0: absence of lymph nodes suspicious for malignancy on preoperative ultrasound performed by the center's designated radiologist according to a standardized report, no gross extrathyroidal extension was found before or during the surgery; (4)No serious medical disease and dysfunction of major organs, such as blood routine, liver, kidney, heart, and lung function; no previous history of other head and neck malignancies, no history of neck radiation, no history of deep neck surgery (skin mass resection except clinical); (5)Patients should understand, sign and date the written informed consent form prior to any protocol specific procedures. Patients should be able and willing to comply with study visits.

Exclusion

  • (1)History of malignancy in other sites (previous or concurrent), excluding curable non-melanoma skin cancer and cervical carcinoma in situ; (2)Tumors \> 40 mm (cT3) or ≤ 10 mm; tumors with extrathyroidal extension suspected or obvious on the pre-operative work-up or intra-operatively; (3)Metastatic neck lymph nodes or suspicious neck nodes on preoperative ultrasound (cN1); for suspicious nodes, FNAB cytology and thyroglobulin assay on the needle washout fluid will be performed.Metastatic neck lymph nodes found during the thyroidectomy and confirmed with intra-operative frozen section analysis.
  • (4)No papillary thyroid carcinoma on FNAB cytology and/or high-risk subtype PTC; (5)Pregnant or breast feeding women (6)Participation in another therapeutic clinical trial within four months from study entry

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

1199 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06082180

Start Date

July 1 2022

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

October 13 2023

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Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100021