Radiation Therapy Plus Cisplatin and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Cervical Cancer

Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Stage IVA Cervical Cancer

Cervical Adenosquamous Carcinoma

Stage III Cervical Cancer

Cervical Adenocarcinoma

Stage IB Cervical Cancer

Stage IIB Cervical Cancer

Stage IIA Cervical Cancer

Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Cervical Small Cell Carcinoma

Treatments

Drug: Gemcitabine Hydrochloride

Radiation: Internal Radiation Therapy

Drug: Cisplatin

Radiation: Radiation Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

NETWORK

NIH

Identifiers

NCT00068549

U10CA027469 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

NCI-2012-02553 (Registry Identifier)

GOG-9912 (Other Identifier)

CDR0000327715

Details and patient eligibility

About

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of gemcitabine when given together with radiation therapy and cisplatin in treating patients with cervical cancer that has not spread beyond the pelvis. 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. Combining cisplatin with gemcitabine may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy and may kill more tumor cells.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the toxicity of pelvic radiotherapy and concurrent cisplatin and gemcitabine in patients with cervical carcinoma limited to the pelvis.

II. Determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of gemcitabine in combination with cisplatin and pelvic radiotherapy in these patients.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the progression-free and overall survival of patients treated with gemcitabine at the MTD in this regimen.

II. Determine the site of recurrence, local versus distant, in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, dose-escalation study of gemcitabine.

Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo external whole pelvis radiotherapy once daily on days 1-5, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27, and 29-34. After completion of external beam radiotherapy, patients undergo intracavitary radiotherapy and parametrial radiotherapy. The total elapsed time for completion of all radiotherapy is not more than 8 weeks.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of gemcitabine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose at which 1 of 6 patients experiences dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Enrollment

13 patients

Sex

Female

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Histologically confirmed primary invasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix
- Previously untreated disease
- Any cell type
- Stage IB_2, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, or IVA
Para-aortic lymph nodes negative by radiologic evaluation or by biopsy if CT scan is suspicious for adenopathy
No known metastases to scalene nodes or other organs outside the radiotherapy field
Study enrollment within 8 weeks of diagnosis
Performance status - GOG 0-2
Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times normal
SGOT no greater than 3 times normal
Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL
No renal abnormalities (e.g., pelvic kidney, horseshoe kidney, or renal transplantation) that would require modification of radiotherapy fields
No ureteral obstruction allowed unless treated with stent or nephrostomy tube
Not pregnant
Fertile patients must use effective contraception
No septicemia or severe infection
No circumstance that would preclude study completion or follow-up
No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer
No prior cytotoxic chemotherapy
No prior pelvic or abdominal radiotherapy
No prior therapy for this malignancy