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UnknownNCT03474926

Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract

Prospective Randomized Phase II Trial: Comparing the Prognostic Value of Routine Lymphadenectomy Versus Lymphadenectomy Only for Lymph Nodes Enlargement Found in Preoperative Imaging or During Surgery Undergoing Nephroureterectomy in Patients With Primary Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
504 (estimated)
Sponsor
RenJi Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
15 Years – 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Recent studies showed the therapeutic benefit of lymphadenectomy in advanced stage urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract, but there is still a lack of prospective studies. Thus, the current guideline recommends lymph node dissection for invasive upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) on the basis of insufficient evidence. Also, the preoperative judgment of muscle invasive pathological stage T 2+,or N+ is difficult from preoperative imaging. In the investigators' clinical practice, the surgeons performed dissection of regional lymph nodes only in patients with enlargement of lymph nodes found in preoperative imaging or during surgery. The aim of this multi-institutional study was to examine the role of lymphadenectomy in urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURERoutine Template-based lymphadenectomyTemplate-based LND was carried out in all patients in this group. The anatomical extent of LND is described in previous study. Lymph node specimens were sampled "en bloc" with surrounding adipose tissue, and were sent to pathological examination as individual packets with the surrounding adipose tissue.
PROCEDURELND only for lymph nodes enlargement found in preoperative image or during surgeryLND was carried out only in patients who have lymph nodes enlargement in preoperative imaging (e.g. CTU or enhanced MRI) or who were found lymph nodes enlargement during surgery

Timeline

Start date
2018-02-22
Primary completion
2023-02-22
Completion
2023-02-22
First posted
2018-03-23
Last updated
2018-05-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: China

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