Radiation Therapy Compared With Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Endometrial Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known which treatment regimen is more effective for endometrial cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare radiation therapy with chemotherapy in treating patients who have advanced endometrial cancer.

Timeline

Start

1992-05

Primary completion

2001-04

Completion

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Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Chemotherapy with AP significantly improved progression-free and overall survival compared with WAI. PMID 16330675 ↗

paper The hazard ratio for progression adjusted for stage was 0.71 favoring AP (95% CI, 0.55 to 0.91; P < .01). PMID 16330675 ↗

paper The stage-adjusted death hazard ratio was 0.68 (95% CI, 0.52 to 0.89; P < .01) favoring AP. PMID 16330675 ↗

Publications

• Background Moore KN, Tian C, McMeekin DS, Thigpen JT, Randall ME, Gallion HH. Does the progression-free interval after primary chemotherapy predict survival after salvage chemotherapy in advanced and recurrent endometrial cancer?: a Gynecologic Oncology Group ancillary data analysis. Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;116(23):5407-14. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25480. Epub 2010 Aug 24.
• Background Diavolitsis V, Boyle J, Singh DK, Small W Jr. The role of adjuvant radiation in endometrial cancer. Oncology (Williston Park). 2009 Apr 15;23(4):342-9.
• Background Modesitt SC, Tian C, Kryscio R, Thigpen JT, Randall ME, Gallion HH, Fleming GF; Gynecologic Oncology Group. Impact of body mass index on treatment outcomes in endometrial cancer patients receiving doxorubicin and cisplatin: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Apr;105(1):59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.10.045. Epub 2006 Dec 5.
• Background Modesitt S, Tian C, Kryscio R, et al.: Impact of body mass index (BMI) on treatment outcomes in advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer patients receiving doxorubicin/cisplatin chemotherapy: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. [Abstract] Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, 2006 Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer, March 22-26, 2006, Palm Springs, CA. A-93, 2006.
• Results Tewari KS, Filiaci VL, Spirtos NM, Mannel RS, Thigpen JT, Cibull ML, Monk BJ, Randall ME. Association of number of positive nodes and cervical stroma invasion with outcome of advanced endometrial cancer treated with chemotherapy or whole abdominal irradiation: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol. 2012 Apr;125(1):87-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.12.414. Epub 2011 Dec 8.
• Results Bruner DW, Barsevick A, Tian C, Randall M, Mannel R, Cohn DE, Sorosky J, Spirtos NM. Randomized trial results of quality of life comparing whole abdominal irradiation and combination chemotherapy in advanced endometrial carcinoma: A gynecologic oncology group study. Qual Life Res. 2007 Feb;16(1):89-100. doi: 10.1007/s11136-006-9003-5. Epub 2006 Oct 11.
• Results Randall ME, Filiaci VL, Muss H, Spirtos NM, Mannel RS, Fowler J, Thigpen JT, Benda JA; Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. Randomized phase III trial of whole-abdominal irradiation versus doxorubicin and cisplatin chemotherapy in advanced endometrial carcinoma: a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jan 1;24(1):36-44. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.00.7617. Epub 2005 Dec 5.
• Results Randall ME, Brunetto G, Muss H, et al.: Whole abdominal radiotherapy versus combination doxorubicin-cisplatin chemotherapy in advanced endometrial carcinoma: a randomized phase III trial of the Gynecologic Oncology Group. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-3, 2, 2003.
• Results Waltkins-Bruner D, Barsevick A, Tian C, et al.: Quality of life trade-off to incremental gain in survival on Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) Protocol 122: whole abdominal irradiation (WAI) vs. doxorubicin-platinum (AP) chemotherapy in advanced endometrial cancer. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-1803, 449, 2003.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Cisplatin	Other / unclassified	50 mg/m2	—
Subject	Doxorubicin	Other / unclassified	60 mg/m2	—

Indications