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Laparoscopic Surgery or Standard Surgery in Treating Patients With Endometrial Cancer or Cancer of the Uterus

NCT00002706 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2616

Last updated 2015-05-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized phase III trial is studying laparoscopic surgery to see how well it works compared to standard surgery in treating patients with endometrial cancer or cancer of the uterus. Laparoscopic surgery is a less invasive type of surgery for cancer of the uterus and may have fewer side effects and improve recovery. It is not known whether laparoscopic surgery is more effective than standard surgery in treating endometrial cancer.

Conditions

  • Endometrial Adenocarcinoma
  • Stage I Uterine Corpus Cancer
  • Stage I Uterine Sarcoma
  • Stage II Uterine Corpus Cancer
  • Stage II Uterine Sarcoma

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic Surgery

Undergo vaginal hysterectomy and BSO via laparoscopy

OTHER

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

PROCEDURE

Therapeutic Conventional Surgery

Undergo total abdominal hysterectomy and BSO via conventional laparotomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Gynecologic Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Joan Walker · Gynecologic Oncology Group

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1996-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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