External-Beam Radiation Therapy Compared With Vaginal Brachytherapy After Surgery for Stage I Endometrial Cancer (PORTEC-2)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00376844

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : September 15, 2006

Last Update Posted : February 27, 2018

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

Dutch Cancer Society

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Carien Creutzberg, Leiden University Medical Center

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	May 2009
Actual Study Completion Date :	April 2016

Publications of Results:

Nout RA, Putter H, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Jobsen JJ, Lutgens LC, van der Steen-Banasik EM, Mens JW, Slot A, Stenfert Kroese MC, Nijman HW, van de Poll-Franse LV, Creutzberg CL. Five-year quality of life of endometrial cancer patients treated in the randomised Post Operative Radiation Therapy in Endometrial Cancer (PORTEC-2) trial and comparison with norm data. Eur J Cancer. 2012 Jul;48(11):1638-48. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.11.014. Epub 2011 Dec 14.

Nout RA, Putter H, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Jobsen JJ, Lutgens LC, van der Steen-Banasik EM, Mens JW, Slot A, Stenfert Kroese MC, van Bunningen BN, Smit VT, Nijman HW, van den Tol PP, Creutzberg CL. Quality of life after pelvic radiotherapy or vaginal brachytherapy for endometrial cancer: first results of the randomized PORTEC-2 trial. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jul 20;27(21):3547-56. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.2424. Epub 2009 Jun 22.

Nout RA, Putter H, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, et al.: Vaginal brachytherapy versus external beam pelvic radiotherapy for high-intermediate risk endometrial cancer: Results of the randomized PORTEC-2 trial. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 26 (Suppl 15): A-LBA5503, 2008.

Nout RA, Smit VT, Putter H, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Jobsen JJ, Lutgens LC, van der Steen-Banasik EM, Mens JW, Slot A, Kroese MC, van Bunningen BN, Ansink AC, van Putten WL, Creutzberg CL; PORTEC Study Group. Vaginal brachytherapy versus pelvic external beam radiotherapy for patients with endometrial cancer of high-intermediate risk (PORTEC-2): an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised trial. Lancet. 2010 Mar 6;375(9717):816-23. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62163-2.

de Boer SM, Nout RA, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Jobsen JJ, Lutgens LC, van der Steen-Banasik EM, Mens JW, Slot A, Stenfert Kroese MC, Oerlemans S, Putter H, Verhoeven-Adema KW, Nijman HW, Creutzberg CL. Long-Term Impact of Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life and Cancer Survivorship: Results From the Randomized PORTEC-2 Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Nov 15;93(4):797-809. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.08.023. Epub 2015 Aug 18.

Other Publications:

McCloskey SA, Tchabo NE, Malhotra HK, Odunsi K, Rodabaugh K, Singhal P, Lele S, Jaggernauth W. Adjuvant vaginal brachytherapy alone for high risk localized endometrial cancer as defined by the three major randomized trials of adjuvant pelvic radiation. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Mar;116(3):404-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.06.027. Epub 2009 Nov 27.

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