Status:

RECRUITING

German-funded Laparoscopic Approach to Cervical Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Hannover Medical School

Collaborating Sponsors:

German Cancer Aid

Conditions:

Cervical Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The G-LACC trial is a prospective, interventional, multicenter, open-label, randomized and controlled non-inferiority operative trial. The main goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the non-infe...

Detailed Description

Eligible patients will be randomly allocated to both treatment arms in a 1:1 ratio. Within an accrual period of 4 years, 378 patients will be included per arm (756 in total) across all sites. The Foll...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed primary adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix
  • Patients with FIGO stage IA2, IB1, or IB2 disease (\<4 cm)
  • Patients undergoing radical hysterectomy according either to Type II or III (Piver Classification) or to Type B or C (Querleu and Morrow classification)
  • OR
  • Simple hysterectomy can be considered for patients with low-risk early-stage cervical cancer (SHAPE criteria: tumor \< 2cm, \< 10 mm depth of stromal invasion (LEEP/cone). Simple hysterectomy has to be performed as extrafascial hysterectomy and the preparation of a max. 5mm vaginal cuff is required to ensure negative margins.
  • Performance status of ECOG 0-1
  • Patient must be suitable candidates for surgery with preoperative MRI and available for assessment of serious adverse events up to one year post-surgery
  • Patients who have signed an approved Informed Consent
  • Patients with a prior malignancy only if \> 5 years previous with no evidence of disease
  • Females, aged 18 years or older

Exclusion

  • Any histology other than an adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix
  • Tumor size of 4 cm and greater, estimated by either magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or clinical examination
  • FIGO stage IB3 - IV
  • Patients with a history of pelvic or abdominal radiotherapy
  • Patients with evidence of metastatic disease by conventional imaging studies, enlarged pelvic or aortic lymph nodes \> 2 cm, or histologically positive lymph nodes
  • Serious concomitant systemic disorders incompatible with the study (at the discretion of the investigator)
  • Patients unable to withstand prolonged lithotomy and steep Trendelenburg position
  • Patient compliance and geographic proximity that do not allow adequate follow-up
  • Women who are pregnant
  • Patients with contraindications to surgery
  • Patients with secondary invasive neoplasm in the last 5 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer T1 N0 M0 grade 1 or 2 without any signs of recurrence or activity)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 17 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2034

Estimated Enrollment :

756 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06489795

Start Date

July 17 2024

End Date

January 1 2034

Last Update

February 3 2025

Active Locations (14)

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Ludwigsburg Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 71640

2

University Medical Center Tübingen, Department of Gynecology

Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 72076

3

Hochtaunus-Clinics Bad Homburg, Department of Gynecology

Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany, 61352

4

University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, 37075