Impact of Erythropoietin Administration During Definitive Cervix Cancer Radiotherapy on Treatment Outcome
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an increase of blood haemoglobin levels through the substitution of erythropoietin during radiotherapy treatment of cervix cancer patients results in improvement for disease specific survival, tumor response and local control.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Cervix Cancer |
Drug: Erythropoietin |
Phase 3 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | The Influence of the Pre-Therapeutic Increase in the Hemoglobin Level in the Blood Through Erythropoietin to the Therapy Results of the Primary Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Cervix |
- remission rate 3 months after completion of the radiation therapy [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- local control rate [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Disease specific survival [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- The extent of increase in hemoglobin levels during the treatment with erythropoietin. [ Time Frame: Duration of treatment ]
- The need of transfusion during the treatment. [ Time Frame: Duration of treatment ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
| Study Start Date: | July 2000 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | July 2009 |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Experimental: 1
Patients assigned to this group are receiving Erythropoietin medication
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Drug: Erythropoietin
Administration of 10.000 I.U Erythropoeitin SQ 3x/week, two weeks prior to radiation therapy until a haemoglobin concentration of >14g/dl, <15g/dl is reached or until the end of the radiation therapy.
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No Intervention: 2
control group receiving no treatment
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Detailed Description:
Definitive radiotherapy is the treatment of choice for patients with locally advanced cervix cancer. Low pre-therapeutic values of the intratumoral pO2 are associated with significantly worse therapeutic outcome and the blood hemoglobin levels correlate positively with the intratumoral pO2. Successful augmentation of hemoglobin levels by way of transfusion leads to improvement of therapeutic results. Therefore, a pre-therapeutic transfusion therapy is carried out routinely at a number of hospitals; however this therapy is due to its cost and risks limited to patients with an initial hemoglobin level of < 10 g/dl. To avoid transfusions and to increase patients wellbeing, the efficacy and tolerability of erythropoietin was tested, when administered to increase the lowered hemoglobin levels in tumor patients. The question is, whether or not it is possible, to regularly raise the blood hemoglobin levels in patients with carcinoma of the cervix by administering erythropoietin. If a normal (>12 g/dl) or rather an upper-normal (>14 g/dl) hemoglobin level is reached, then the tumor oxygenation and thus also the response to radiation could be positively influenced. The objective of this study is to improve the response and control rates as well as the disease free survival rates in female patients with primary carcinoma of the cervix within the scope of the curative radiation therapy. The test hypothesis is that by administering erythropoietin the hemoglobin levels are increased and through this increase the response of the tumor to radiation therapy will be improved.
Comparison(s): A prospective, randomized, multi-centric group of female patients treated with Erythropoietin is compared to a parallel stratified control group receiving no treatment.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 19 Years to 80 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- histologically proven cervix cancer (FIGO stage I-IVA)
- Age of 19-80 years
- initial blood level of hemoglobin <= 14 g/dl
- patients who gave their informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Karnofsky-Index < 50 %
- known intolerance of erythropoietin
- FIGO stage IVB
- blood transfusion within the last four weeks
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- previous radiation therapy of the abdomen
Contacts and Locations| Austria | |
| Department of Radiotherapy-University Hospital of Innsbruck | |
| Innsbruck, Austria, A-6020 | |
| Department of Radiotherapy-University Hospital of Salzburg | |
| Salzburg, Austria, A-5020 | |
| Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology-Medical University of Vienna | |
| Vienna, Austria, A-1090 | |
| Department of Radiotherapy-Hospital of Hietzing | |
| Vienna, Austria, A-1130 | |
| Study Chair: | Richard Poetter, Prof., M.D. | Department of Radiotherapy and Radiobiology-Medical University of Vienna |
More Information
Publications:
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00348738 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | OEGRO54 |
| Study First Received: | July 5, 2006 |
| Last Updated: | October 31, 2007 |
| Health Authority: | Austria: Federal Ministry for Health and Women |
Keywords provided by Medical University of Vienna:
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radiotherapy clinical trial erythropoietin |
cervix cancer Phase III 2 Arms |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Uterine Neoplasms Genital Neoplasms, Female Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Uterine Cervical Diseases |
Uterine Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Epoetin Alfa Hematinics Hematologic Agents Therapeutic Uses Pharmacologic Actions |
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