Palliative Radiation for Advanced Cervical Cancer

NCT03997110 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 230

Last updated 2026-02-17

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Summary

The present study is proposed to compare a rapid fractionation schedule of 1 week compared to a protracted schedule of 6-8 weeks for palliation for locally advanced cervical cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

Short course palliative radiation.

Week 1: Patients in the experimental arm will be treated with short course radiotherapy (25Gy/5#). The dose fractionation of 25 Gy in 5# over a week will be used. Week 4: Patients who have almost complete clinical response will be evaluated for brachytherapy will receive the appropriate brachytherapy procedure depending on the tumor response to a dose of 6-8Gy x 2-3#. The patients who will be found unsuitable for brachytherapy will be kept under observation. Week 12: After treatment completion, response assessment will be done using following parameters: • Pain assessment using numerical pain rating scale on 0-10 • Vaginal bleeding- yes/no • Vaginal discharge- yes/ no • Analgesic use- WHO ladder and dosing • QOL QC30, QLQC15 Pall, QLQC Cervix 24 • Disease response • Acute toxicity. Follow up: Patients follow up will be utilizing standard of care imaging and lab investigations used for the patients. Patients will be evaluated every 3 months for the study duration.

RADIATION

Long course palliative treatment.

Week1: All the patients will receive external sitting of radiation treatment, first fraction of 10 Gy. Week4: All the patients will receive external sitting of radiation treatment, second fraction of 10 Gy. Week7: Patients who have almost complete clinical response will be evaluated for brachytherapy will receive the appropriate brachytherapy procedure depending on the tumor response to a dose of 6-8Gy x 2-3#.The patients who will be found unsuitable for brachytherapy will receive another sitting of external radiation, third fraction of 10 Gy. Week 12: After treatment completion response assessment will be done using following parameters: • Pain assessment using numerical pain rating scale on 0-10 • Vaginal bleeding- yes/ no • Vaginal discharge- yes/no • Analgesic use- WHO ladder and dosing • QOL QC30, QLQC15 Pall, QLQC Cervix 24 • Disease response • Acute toxicity

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tata Memorial Centre

    collaborator OTHER
  • Tata Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Supriya Sastri · Tata Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-19
Primary Completion
2026-07-01
Completion
2026-08-01

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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