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RecruitingNCT04220749

Radiotherapy vs. Trans-Oral Surgery for HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

A Phase II Randomized Trial for HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Radiotherapy vs. Trans-Oral Surgery (ORATOR)

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
68 (estimated)
Sponsor
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this randomized phase II study is a formal comparison of radiotherapy versus trans-oral surgery as the primary treatment of HPV-negative patients with early-stage oropharyngeal carcinoma.

Detailed description

This study is designed as a randomized phase II study. Patients will be randomized between current standard of care treatment (Arm 1) vs. TOS (Arm 2) in a 1:1 ratio. Additionally, patients will be stratified according to T stage (T1 vs. T2); N stage (N0/1 vs. N2/3) The randomized phase II design is required for three reasons: 1. The randomization will provide an appropriate control group to serve as a comparator for the experimental arm. Historical or contemporaneous non-randomized controls would not be appropriate due to the multitude of biases that could be introduced by patient selection and other confounders. 2. A small sample size will allow for adequate power to assess for progression-free survival, and also an assessment of quality of life, overall survival and toxicity. 3. The results will allow for a decision as to whether a multi-institutional phase III trial is warranted, and inform the design of such a trial.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
RADIATIONRadiationStandard of Care: Radiation +/- Chemotherapy
PROCEDURETrans-Oral Surgery (TOS) + Neck DissectionTrans-Oral Surgery (TOS) + Neck Dissection (plus radiation, if required)

Timeline

Start date
2020-06-25
Primary completion
2028-02-01
Completion
2028-02-01
First posted
2020-01-07
Last updated
2020-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04220749. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.