NCT01510002

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether prophylactic central neck dissection is beneficial for patients with papillary thyroid cancer staged preoperatively as node negative.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
640

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jan 1993

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 1, 1993

Completed
18.7 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 1, 2011

Completed
3 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2011

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

January 9, 2012

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 13, 2012

Completed
Last Updated

January 13, 2012

Status Verified

January 1, 2012

Enrollment Period

18.7 years

First QC Date

January 9, 2012

Last Update Submit

January 10, 2012

Conditions

Keywords

papillary thyroid cancercentral neck dissectionsurvivallocoregional controlmorbidity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • overall survival

    up to 10 years

  • disease-specific survival

    up to 10 years

  • locoregional control

    up to 10 years

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • number of patients with negative serum thyroglobulin levels

    up to 10 years

  • postoperative morbidity rate (hypoparathyroidism and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury).

    up to 12 months

Study Arms (2)

TT

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Extracapsular total thyroidectomy

Procedure: Total thyroidectomy

TT+CND

EXPERIMENTAL

Extracapsular total thyroidectomy puls prophylactic central neck dissection

Procedure: Total thyroidectomy + prophylactic central neck dissection

Interventions

Extracapsular total thyroidectomy

TT

Extracapsular total thyroidectomy plus prophylactic central neck dissection

TT+CND

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • a pathological diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer,
  • in a patient with negative cervical lymph nodes on pre-, or intraoperative evaluation

You may not qualify if:

  • incidental diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer following hemithyroidectomy and requiring completion thyroidectomy,
  • one-stage lymph nodes dissection based on therapeutic intent,
  • previous thyroid surgery,
  • incomplete follow-up information,
  • incomplete histopathology report,
  • ASA grade higher than 3 (American Society of Anesthesiology)

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Jagiellonian Univerity, Medical College, 3rd Department of General Surgery

Krakow, Malopolska, 31-202, Poland

Location

Related Publications (8)

  • Forest VI, Clark JR, Ebrahimi A, Cho EA, Sneddon L, Gao K, O'brien CJ. Central compartment dissection in thyroid papillary carcinoma. Ann Surg. 2011 Jan;253(1):123-30. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181fc9644.

    PMID: 21135696BACKGROUND
  • Mulla M, Schulte KM. Central cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer: a systematic review of imaging-guided and prophylactic removal of the central compartment. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2012 Jan;76(1):131-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04162.x.

    PMID: 21722150BACKGROUND
  • Popadich A, Levin O, Lee JC, Smooke-Praw S, Ro K, Fazel M, Arora A, Tolley NS, Palazzo F, Learoyd DL, Sidhu S, Delbridge L, Sywak M, Yeh MW. A multicenter cohort study of total thyroidectomy and routine central lymph node dissection for cN0 papillary thyroid cancer. Surgery. 2011 Dec;150(6):1048-57. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.003.

    PMID: 22136820BACKGROUND
  • Alvarado R, Sywak MS, Delbridge L, Sidhu SB. Central lymph node dissection as a secondary procedure for papillary thyroid cancer: Is there added morbidity? Surgery. 2009 May;145(5):514-8. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.01.013. Epub 2009 Mar 27.

    PMID: 19375610BACKGROUND
  • Grodski S, Cornford L, Sywak M, Sidhu S, Delbridge L. Routine level VI lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid cancer: surgical technique. ANZ J Surg. 2007 Apr;77(4):203-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04019.x.

    PMID: 17388820BACKGROUND
  • Moo TA, Umunna B, Kato M, Butriago D, Kundel A, Lee JA, Zarnegar R, Fahey TJ 3rd. Ipsilateral versus bilateral central neck lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Ann Surg. 2009 Sep;250(3):403-8. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b3adab.

    PMID: 19661784BACKGROUND
  • Barczynski M, Konturek A, Stopa M, Cichon S, Richter P, Nowak W. Total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease: is it really worthwhile? Ann Surg. 2011 Nov;254(5):724-29; discussion 729-30. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182360118.

    PMID: 22005150BACKGROUND
  • Barczynski M, Konturek A, Stopa M, Nowak W. Prophylactic central neck dissection for papillary thyroid cancer. Br J Surg. 2013 Feb;100(3):410-8. doi: 10.1002/bjs.8985. Epub 2012 Nov 27.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Thyroid Cancer, Papillary

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adenocarcinoma, PapillaryAdenocarcinomaCarcinomaNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsThyroid NeoplasmsEndocrine Gland NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteHead and Neck NeoplasmsEndocrine System DiseasesThyroid Diseases

Study Officials

  • Marcin Barczynski, MD, PhD

    Jagiellonian University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
CROSSOVER
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

January 9, 2012

First Posted

January 13, 2012

Study Start

January 1, 1993

Primary Completion

September 1, 2011

Study Completion

December 1, 2011

Last Updated

January 13, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-01

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