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An International Multi Center Phase III Study of Chemoradiotherapy Versus Chemoradiotherapy Plus Hyperthermia for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer

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What is being tested

cisplatin

+ hyperthermia treatment

+ brachytherapy

DrugProcedureRadiation
Who is being recruted

Urogenital Diseases+10

+ Genital Diseases

+ Uterine Cervical Diseases

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 3
Interventional
Study Start: March 2003
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Summary

Principal SponsorMark Dewhirst
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: March 1, 2003

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

OBJECTIVES: Compare local control, failure-free survival, and overall survival of patients with locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix treated with cisplatin and radiotherapy alone, versus cisplatin and radiotherapy with hyperthermia . OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, disease stage (IIB or IIIA vs IIIB or IVA) and age (< 60 years vs ≥ 60 years). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. LIMITATIONS: There are integrity issues with the currently available data, involving international institutions, in that several pieces of information relating to patient accrual and outcomes cannot be verified. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to report outcome measures for this study. Baseline measures of age and gender are reported for the entire study cohort. Participant flow is reported by treatment arm assignment, which was available for a majority of patients in the currently available data. Adverse events are reported for the entire cohort, as some adverse events could not be classified within a particular treatment arm.

Official TitleAn International Multi Center Phase III Study of Chemoradiotherapy Versus Chemoradiotherapy Plus Hyperthermia for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
NCT00085631
Principal SponsorMark Dewhirst
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

101 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Urogenital DiseasesGenital DiseasesUterine Cervical DiseasesUterine Cervical NeoplasmsFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsGenital Diseases, FemaleGenital Neoplasms, FemaleNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteUrogenital NeoplasmsUterine DiseasesUterine NeoplasmsFemale Urogenital Diseases

Criteria

Inclusion criteria: Invasive cervical carcinoma (squamous, adeno or adenosquamous histologies, small cell histology excluded) * age \>18years * International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics ((FIGO) stage IB2, IIA-IVA, FIGO stages IA, IB1 with positive pelvic lymph nodes or parametria either on imaging techniques or pathologically involved at the time of surgery. patients undergoing surgical removal of the cervix and uterus are not eligible, parametria either on imaging techniques or pathologically involved at the time • Performance status Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG)/World Health Organisation (WHO) 0, 1 or \>/=70%respectively White Blood count (WBC) ≥ 3,000, platelets ≥ 100,000, Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) \> 1500 • serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal, transaminase ≤ 3 times upper limit of normal calculated creatinine clearance \>60milliliters (mls)/liter ( Cockcroft) OR creatinine \</= 2.0mgs% paraaortic adenopathy absent or 1.5 centimeter (cm) in greatest dimension on Computerised Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan; No history of myocardial infarction in the last 6 months no symptomatic angina pectoris negative pregnancy test in patients under 50 Hemoglobin \>12.0 Gd/dl or \>7.5 mmo;/L with transfusion if needed written written informed consent Exclusion criteria: surgical resection of the primary tumor (i.e. Total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH)/ Bilateral salpingoophorectomy (BSO) * patients with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators * patients with significant metallic foreign bodies (i.e. hip replacements, bone metallic rods,orthopedic plates, etc.) * prior radiotherapy or chemotherapy

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Patients received cisplatin IV and concurrently underwent hyperthermia treatment over 60-90 minutes on day 1. Patients also underwent external beam radiation therapy once daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeated weekly for 5-6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of chemoradiotherapy and hyperthermia, patients underwent brachytherapy to the cervix for 2-3 days.

Group II

Active Comparator
Patients received cisplatin and undergo external beam radiation therapy (and brachytherapy) as in arm I.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

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Duke Cancer Institute

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