Radiation Therapy, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With High-Risk Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, Stage IA Uterine Corpus Cancer, Stage IB Uterine Corpus Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Endometrial Adenocarcinoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Histologically-documented high-risk endometrioid adenocarcinoma with no visible residual disease, defined by the following criteria:
- Surgical stage I disease with < 50 myometrial invasion and grade 3 tumor (IAG3) with lymphovascular space involvement;
- Surgical stage I disease with >= 50% myometrial invasion and grade 2 or 3 tumor (IBG2, IBG3);
- Any surgical stage II disease (II);
- Any surgical stage III disease (IIIA, IIIB, IIIC); and
- Any surgical stage IV disease with no residual macroscopic tumor
- Surgical staging to include total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, peritoneal washings, and lymph node samplings as per standard Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) criteria
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of < 2
- Written voluntary informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and/or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) > 2.5 times the institutional upper limit of normal
- Total serum bilirubin > 1.5 mg/dl
- History of chronic or active hepatitis
- Serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dl
- Platelets < 100,000/mm^3
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1500/mm^3
- Hemoglobin < 8.0 g/dl (the patient may be transfused prior to study entry)
- Patient has severe or uncontrolled concurrent medical disease (e.g. uncontrolled diabetes, unstable angina, myocardial infarction within 6 months, congestive heart failure, etc.)
- Patient with any prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for pelvic malignancy
- Patients with dementia or altered mental status that would prohibit the giving and understanding of informed consent at the time of study entry
- Patients with any history of cancer with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer are excluded if there is any evidence of other malignancy being present within the past five years
Sites / Locations
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Treatment (paclitaxel, carboplatin, radiation therapy)
CHEMOTHERAPY (weeks 1-9, 13-21): Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses during weeks 1-9 and 3 courses during weeks 13-21. RADIATION THERAPY (weeks 8-13 or 8-15): Patients with stage I disease undergo HDR brachytherapy once weekly for a total of 5 fractions during weeks 8-13. All other patients undergo EBRT QD 5 days a week for a total of 25 fractions during weeks 8-12 and HDR brachytherapy once weekly for a total of 3 fractions during weeks 13-15.