Added-value of SPECT/CT in Patients Undergoing LM/SL for Gynecological Cancers

NCT00773071 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: R-06-37712576
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Nodal staging is a key-step in pre-treatment assessment of gynecological cancers. In recent years, lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy (LM/SL) as a minimally invasive pelvic lymph nodes staging has been successfully evaluated in women with early stage of vulvar cancer, cervical cancer, and endometrial cancer. Such a technique may offer several valuable advantages: a) it is readily applicable in clinical routine using a safe, inexpensive, and reproducible protocol; b) it may help to avoid the cost and the morbidity of unnecessary lymphadenectomy in the majority of cases with uninvolved sentinel lymph nodes; c) it has the potential to guide the surgeon to nodal regions that are not routinely dissected (i.e. pre-sacral, para-aortic nodes) and to identify micro-metastases that would have been ignored otherwise; d) it also offers the basis for sophisticated pathological analysis to detect sub-microscopic nodal metastases using either immunohistochemical or molecular biological techniques. So far, within the abdomen and the pelvis, the LM/SL technique alone is often blinded to the accurate localization of SLNs. The integration of computed tomography (CT) to single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) devices in a single gantry (SPECT/CT) has allowed a significant gain in terms of diagnostic accuracy and anatomic precision; clinical examples include malignant melanoma, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, and bladder cancer. In a seminal series of 26 patients with cervical cancer (Zhang et al., 2006), SPECT/CT was recently found superior to conventional planar imaging for detection of SLN and accurate localization. A more recent study (Kushner al., 2007) has also highlighted the technical feasibility and the clinical added-value of a low-dose SPECT/CT in a series of 20 patients with early stage cervical cancer (IA2-IIA) who underwent LM/SL. In the light of the encouraging data from literature and our own preliminary clinical experience, we hypothesized that the use of LM/SL plus SPECT/CT may be of clinical interest in patients with gynecological cancers.

Conditions

Cervical Cancer; Vulvar Cancer

Keywords

Cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, LM/SL, SPECT/CT

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Sensitivity, predictive value, anatomic localization, and impact on management of SPECT/CT guided LM/SL versus CLND

  6 months -1 year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Patient tolerability and operating time for SPECT/CT guided LM/SL versus CLND

  6 months - 1 year

Study Arms (1)

A

EXPERIMENTAL

Single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) guided lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy (LM/SL) vs. complete lymph node dissection (CLND) All cervical cancer and vulvar cancer patients will undergo CLND according to the standard of care in gynecologic cancers as recommended by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). Patients with FIGO IA2 and IB1 cervical cancers will be scheduled for radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. Patients with FIGO IB and II vulvar cancers and those of patients with FIGO III with clinically negative regional lymph nodes will be scheduled for vulvectomy and inguinal lymph node dissection.

Device: SPECT/CT guided LM/SL

Interventions

SPECT/CT guided LM/SL DEVICE

Pre-operatively, SLNs will be detected by low-dose SPECT/CT (99mTc-cystein rhenium colloids, 1cc/1mCi). Intra-operatively, a blue-dye (Patent Blue, 2cc) and a gamma-probe guidance will be used to detect the SLN nodes. All blue-stained and/or hot lymph nodes with a radioactivity greater than 10% of the hottest node will be considered as SLNs. Serial sections of SLNs will be analyzed by H-E staining. In cases of negative H-E, the SLNs will be further analyzed by immunochemistry (CKAE1/CKAE3, and high molecular weight Cytokeratin 34BE12). Non-SLNs will be analyzed as usual in routine by H-E.

Also known as: Sentinel lymph node detection

A

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients with histologically proven gynecological cancers
• Patients with FIGO IA2 and IB1 cervical cancers
• Cervical cancer patients will be scheduled for radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection
• Patients with FIGO IB and II vulvar cancers and those of patients with FIGO III with clinically negative regional lymph nodes
• Vulvar cancer patients will be scheduled for vulvectomy and inguinal lymph node dissection
• Informed consent signed by the patient, the gynaecologist, and the nuclear medicine physician referees

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with no histological evidence of gynecological cancer
• Patient with regionally advanced disease or metastatic disease
• Patients with clinically and/or radiologically evident regional lymph node metastases
• Patients who are not scheduled for radical surgery and lymph node dissection
• Patients with physical and/or psychological contraindications
• Recent study in Nuclear Medicine with long half-time isotopes (i.e. T ½ \>48h; 111In, 67Ga, 201Tl, 131I ) performed within 1 week preceding the LM/SL
• Pregnant or lactating patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

• London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's: lead
• University of Western Ontario, Canada: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

375, South Street Hospital - Dpt. of Nuclear Medicine

London, Ontario, N6A4G5, Canada

Location

Related Publications (14)

• Kushner DM, Connor JP, Wilson MA, Hafez GR, Chappell RJ, Stewart SL, Hartenbach EM. Laparoscopic sentinel lymph node mapping for cervix cancer--a detailed evaluation and time analysis. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Sep;106(3):507-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.04.031. Epub 2007 Jun 8.

  PMID: 17560635 BACKGROUND

• Zhang WJ, Zheng R, Wu LY, Li XG, Li B, Chen SZ. [Clinical application of sentinel lymph node detection to early stage cervical cancer]. Ai Zheng. 2006 Feb;25(2):224-8. Chinese.

  PMID: 16480592 BACKGROUND

• Belhocine T, Kridelka F, Thille A, De Barsy C, Foidart-Willems J, Hustinx R, Rigo P. Staging of primary cervical cancers: the role of nuclear medicine. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2003 Jun;46(3):275-84. doi: 10.1016/s1040-8428(03)00027-1.

  PMID: 12791427 BACKGROUND

• Van der Zee AG, Oonk MH, De Hullu JA, Ansink AC, Vergote I, Verheijen RH, Maggioni A, Gaarenstroom KN, Baldwin PJ, Van Dorst EB, Van der Velden J, Hermans RH, van der Putten H, Drouin P, Schneider A, Sluiter WJ. Sentinel node dissection is safe in the treatment of early-stage vulvar cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 20;26(6):884-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.0566.

  PMID: 18281661 BACKGROUND

• Levenback CF. How safe is sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with vulvar cancer? J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 20;26(6):828-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.7124. No abstract available.

  PMID: 18281651 BACKGROUND

• Levenback CF. Status of sentinel lymph nodes in cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Oct;107(1 Suppl 1):S18-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.07.039. Epub 2007 Aug 29. No abstract available.

  PMID: 17761270 BACKGROUND

• van de Lande J, Torrenga B, Raijmakers PG, Hoekstra OS, van Baal MW, Brolmann HA, Verheijen RH. Sentinel lymph node detection in early stage uterine cervix carcinoma: a systematic review. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Sep;106(3):604-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.05.010. Epub 2007 Jul 12.

  PMID: 17628644 BACKGROUND

• Benedet JL, Bender H, Jones H 3rd, Ngan HY, Pecorelli S. FIGO staging classifications and clinical practice guidelines in the management of gynecologic cancers. FIGO Committee on Gynecologic Oncology. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2000 Aug;70(2):209-62. No abstract available.

  PMID: 11041682 BACKGROUND

• Martinez A, Zerdoud S, Mery E, Bouissou E, Ferron G, Querleu D. Hybrid imaging by SPECT/CT for sentinel lymph node detection in patients with cancer of the uterine cervix. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Dec;119(3):431-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.08.001. Epub 2010 Sep 6.

  PMID: 20822803 BACKGROUND

• Pandit-Taskar N, Gemignani ML, Lyall A, Larson SM, Barakat RR, Abu Rustum NR. Single photon emission computed tomography SPECT-CT improves sentinel node detection and localization in cervical and uterine malignancy. Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Apr;117(1):59-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.12.021. Epub 2010 Feb 1.

  PMID: 20117827 BACKGROUND

• Diaz-Feijoo B, Perez-Benavente MA, Cabrera-Diaz S, Gil-Moreno A, Roca I, Franco-Camps S, Fernandez MS, Garcia-Jimenez A, Xercavins J, Martinez-Palones JM. Change in clinical management of sentinel lymph node location in early stage cervical cancer: the role of SPECT/CT. Gynecol Oncol. 2011 Mar;120(3):353-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2010.12.336. Epub 2011 Jan 6.

  PMID: 21215440 BACKGROUND

• Freudenberg LS, Gortz E, Hagen C, Harms E, Koska WW, Marlowe RJ, Shadouh S, Stock C. Lymphatic mapping using SPECT/CT in vulvar carcinoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2010 Dec;35(12):950-2. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181f9de96. No abstract available.

  PMID: 21206229 BACKGROUND

• Kobayashi K, Ramirez PT, Kim EE, Levenback CF, Rohren EM, Frumovitz M, Mar MV, Gayed IW. Sentinel node mapping in vulvovaginal melanoma using SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Dec;34(12):859-61. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181becdaf.

  PMID: 20139817 BACKGROUND

• Belhocine TZ, Prefontaine M, Lanvin D, Bertrand M, Rachinsky I, Ettler H, Zabel P, Stitt LW, Sugimoto A, Urbain JL. Added-value of SPECT/CT to lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy in gynaecological cancers. Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2013;3(2):182-93. Epub 2013 Mar 8.

  PMID: 23526734 DERIVED

Related Links

• The University of Western Ontario website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Vulvar Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Uterine Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Uterine Cervical Diseases; Uterine Diseases; Genital Diseases, Female; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Vulvar Diseases

Study Officials

• Irina Rachinsky, MD, MSc

  The University of Western Ontario - Nuclear Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Jean-Luc Urbain, MD, PhD

  The University of Western Ontario - Nuclear Medicine

  STUDY CHAIR

• Monique Bertrand, MD, PhD

  The University of Western ontario - Gynaecology

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Helen Ettler, MD

  The University of Western Ontario -Pathology

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2008
• First Posted: October 16, 2008
• Study Start: April 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2012
• Study Completion: February 1, 2012
• Last Updated: June 8, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-06

Locations

CA (1)