NCT07022535

Personalised Timing of Interval Debulking Surgery in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Personalised Timing of Interval Debulking Surgery Based on KELIM After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer - a Pilot Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

About 70% of epithelial ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed at advanced stage. When primary optimal surgery is not possible, neoadjuvant chemotherapy will followed by interval debulking surgery is one treatment option. However, there is no consensus on the optimal timing of the surgery. CA125 is a well-known tumor marker in ovarian cancer. Its kinetic change has been proven to correlate with the patients' response to chemotherapy and chance of optimal resection. This study aims to utilize the kinetic change of CA125 to customize the timing of surgery for individual patients.

Detailed description

Recruited patients will have additional CA125 at 4th (before administration of chemotherapy), and 5th week after the first cycle of chemotherapy. CA-125 ELIMination Rate Constant K (KELIM) will be determined. Patients with KELIM =\>1 will receive radiological assessment and undergo internal debulking surgery if the disease is operable. Patients with KELIM \<1 will have alternative management, such as addition of bevacizumab or changing to dose-dense chemotherapy, and defer the interval debulking surgery

Conditions

• Ovarian Cancer
• Fallopian Tube Cancer
• Peritoneal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	KELIM	(i) Patients with KELIM \>=1 will receive radiological assessment and undergo interval debulking surgery if the disease is operable. (ii) Patients with KELIM \<1 will have alternative management, such as addition of bevacizumab or changing to dose-dense chemotherapy, and defer the interval debulking surgery
DRUG	Carboplatin plus Paclitaxel	Chemotherapy as neaodjuvant chemotherapy
PROCEDURE	Interval debulking surgery	Interval debulking surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-28
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2025-06-15
• Last updated: 2025-07-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong