Minimally Invasive Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Stage IIIC-IV Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer, LANCE Trial

Recruiting now · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma, Fallopian Tube Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Fallopian Tube Endometrioid Tumor, Fallopian Tube Serous Neoplasm, Fallopian Tube Transitional Cell Carcinoma, Ovarian Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Ovarian Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinoma, Ovarian Transitional Cell Carcinoma, Primary Peritoneal Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, Primary Peritoneal Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, Primary Peritoneal Serous Adenocarcinoma, Primary Peritoneal Transitional Cell Carcinoma, Stage IIIC Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIC Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IIIC Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IV Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVA Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Fallopian Tube Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Ovarian Cancer AJCC v8, Stage IVB Primary Peritoneal Cancer AJCC v8

In brief

This phase III trial compares minimally invasive surgery (MIS) to laparotomy in treating patients with stage IIIC-IV ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer who are receiving chemotherapy before and after surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy). MIS is a surgical procedure that uses small incision(s) and is intended to produce minimal blood loss and pain for the patient. Laparotomy is a surgical procedure which allows the doctors to remove some or all of the tumor and check if the disease has spread to other organs in the body. MIS may work the same or better than standard laparotomy after chemotherapy in prolonging the return of the disease and/or improving quality of life after surgery.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT04575935
Run by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
People needed: 580
Starts: 2020-08-05
Expected to finish: 2028-12-31
Last updated by the study team: 2026-03-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Age ≥ 18 years old
Stage IIIC or IV, high-grade (serous, endometrioid, clear-cell, transitional carcinomas), invasive epithelial ovarian carcinoma, primary peritoneal carcinoma, or fallopian-tube carcinoma or pathology consistent with high-grade mullerian carcinoma.
Patient is considered by treating physician to be a surgical candidate after completion of 3 to 4 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy, or an investigational neoadjuvant regimen given according to protocol, with complete radiologic resolution of any disease outside the abdominal cavity. Pleural effusions are acceptable per the local PI's discretion.
Normalization of CA-125 according to individual participating center reference range (Note: Among patients with a normal CA-125 at initiation of therapy, the CA-125 cannot exceed 35 U/mL at the completion of NACT prior to interval debulking surgery.) or has a CA-125 value ≤500 and is scheduled to undergo a diagnostic laparoscopy prior to debulking surgery. a. For patients undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy, surgeon considers that optimal debulking is feasible either by MIS or laparotomy.
Timeframe of < 6 weeks (42 days) from the last cycle of NACT to interval debulking surgery. Overall timeframe may be extended per MD Anderson PI discretion.
ECOG performance status 0-2
Signed informed consent and ability to comply with follow-up
Negative pregnancy test by blood or urine (within 14 days prior to surgery)
Disease free of other active malignancies in the previous five years, except basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin

You may not qualify if…

Evidence of tumor not amenable to minimally invasive resection on pre-operative imaging (CT, PET-CT, or MRI) including but not limited to the following findings that may preclude minimally invasive resection per surgeon's assessment. • Failure of improvement of ascites during NACT (trace ascites is allowed) • Small bowel or gastric tumor involvement • Colon or rectal tumor involvement • Diaphragmatic tumor involvement • Splenic or hepatic surface or parenchymal tumor involvement • Mesenteric tumor involvement • Tumor infiltration of the lesser peritoneal sac
History of psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially preventing compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule
Inability to tolerate prolonged Trendelenburg position or pneumoperitoneum as deemed by participating institution's clinicians
Any other contraindication to MIS as assessed by the clinician

Where it is running

Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC | H5Zuid 154 — Amsterdam, Netherlands (enrolling)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Florida — Weston, Florida, United States (enrolling)
Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
NYU Langone Health — Mineola, New York, United States (enrolling)
Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
Duke — Durham, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)
Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)
St. Luke's University Health Network — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
Lyndon Baines Johnson General — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)
Houston Methodist — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)
M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine-Sylvester Cancer Center — Miami, Florida, United States (enrolling)
Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre - Calgary — Calgary, Canada (enrolling)
University Health Network - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre — Toronto, Canada (enrolling)
Sant'Orsola Hospital di Bologna — Bologna, Italy (enrolling)
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS — Rome, Italy (enrolling)
Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (Mexico) — Tlalpan, Mexico (enrolling)
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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