Surgery With or Without Radiation Therapy in Untreated Nonmetastatic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma (STRASS)
Sarcoma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sarcoma focused on measuring adult angiosarcoma, adult fibrosarcoma, adult leiomyosarcoma, adult liposarcoma, adult malignant fibrous histiocytoma, adult malignant mesenchymoma, stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma, stage II adult soft tissue sarcoma, stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) by local pathologist, imaging-guided or surgical biopsy, including the following:
- Primary soft tissue sarcoma of retroperitoneal space or infra-peritoneal spaces of pelvis
- Sarcoma not originated from bone structure, abdominal, or gynecological viscera
- Unifocal tumor (not multifocal disease)
- Absence of extension through the sciatic notch or across the diaphragm
The following histological sub-types are not allowed:
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
- Rhabdomyosarcomas
- Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) or other small round blue cells sarcoma
- Osteosarcoma or chondrosarcoma
- Aggressive fibromatosis
- Sarcomatoid or metastatic carcinoma
- No metastatic disease
- Untreated disease
Tumor must be operable and suitable for radiotherapy, based on the following criteria:
Pre-treatment CT scan/MRI and multidisciplinary consultation with surgeon, radiation oncologist, and radiologist (anticipated macroscopically complete resection, R0/R1 resection)
- No surgery anticipated to be R2 on the CT scan before randomization
- Must have American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) score ≤ 2
None of the following unresectable criteria:
- Involvement of superior mesenteric artery
- Involvement of aorta
- Involvement of bone
- Must have radiologically measurable disease (RECIST 1.1), as confirmed by abdomino-pelvic CT (with IV and PO contrast) or MRI (with IV contrast)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- WHO performance status 0-2
- WBC ≥ 2,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 80,000/mm^3
- Total bilirubin < 1.5 times the upper limit normal
- Calculated creatinine clearance normal
- Functional contra-lateral kidney to the side involved by the RPS as assessed by intravenous pyelogram
- Adequate cardiac function (NYHA class I-II)
- ECG normal (without clinically significant abnormalities)
No history of any of the following disorders:
- Bowel obstruction
- Mesenteric ischemia
- Severe chronic inflammatory bowel disease
- Negative pregnancy test
- Not pregnant or nursing concurrently and for at least 1 month after the surgery
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during the study treatment period and for at least 1 month after the surgery
- No co-existing malignancy within the past 5 years, except for adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
- No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- No prior surgery (excluding diagnosis biopsy), radiotherapy, or systemic therapy
- No prior abdominal or pelvic irradiation for another prior malignancy or other disease
- No concurrent systemic anticancer treatment (chemotherapy, molecular-targeted therapy)
- No postoperative radiotherapy planned
Sites / Locations
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School
- Hopitaux Universitaires Bordet-Erasme - Institut Jules Bordet (101)
- U.Z. Gasthuisberg
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal - Hopital Notre-Dame
- University Copenhagen
- Institut Bergonie
- Centre Leon Berard
- Institut Gustave Roussy
- Universitaetsklinikum
- UniversitaetsMedizin Mannheim
- Klinikum der Universitaet
- Technische Universitaet Muenchen
- Centro Di Riferimento Oncologico
- Istituto Clinico Humanitas
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
- Istituto Oncologico Veneto
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni Van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis
- University Medical Center Groningen
- Leiden University Medical Centre
- Radboud University Medical Center
- Radium Hospitalet
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center
- Hospital General Vall d'Hebron
- Hospital Universitario San Carlos
- Karolinska University Hospital
- Queen Elizabeth Medical Center
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Bristol Haematology And Oncology Centre
- General Western Hospital
- Beatson-Gartnavel General Hospital
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - St. James'S University Hospital
- University College Hospital
- Royal Marsden Hospital - Chelsea, London
- Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- Freeman Hospital
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - City Hospital campus
- Weston Park Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Surgery alone
Preoperative radiotherapy followed by en-bloc surgery
En-bloc resection of surrounding tissues and organs when located within 1 to 2 cm from the surface tumor, even when not infiltrated.
3D-CRT or IMRT to a dose of 50.4 Gy/28 daily fractions