Complete pathological response following levonorgestrel intrauterine device in clinically stage 1 endometrial adenocarcinoma: Results of a randomized clinical trial
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Robledo, KP
Gebski, V
Armes, JE
Alizart, M
Cummings, M
Chen, C
Leung, Y
Sykes, P
McNally, O
Oehler, MK
Walker, G
Garrett, A
Tang, A
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PURPOSE: Intrauterine levonorgestrel (LNG-IUD) is used to treat patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma (EAC) and endometrial hyperplasia with atypia (EHA) but limited evidence is available on its effectiveness. The study determined the extent to which LNG-IUD with or without metformin (M) or weight loss (WL) achieves a pathological complete response (pCR) in patients with EAC or EHA. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This phase II randomized controlled clinical trial enrolled patients with histologically confirmed, clinically stage 1 FIGO grade 1 EAC or EHA; a body mass index > 30 kg/m2; a depth of myometrial invasion of less than 50% on MRI; a serum CA125 ≤ 30 U/mL. All patients received LNG-IUD and were randomized to observation (OBS), M (500 mg orally twice daily), or WL (pooled analysis). The primary outcome measure was the proportion of patients developing a pCR (defined as absence of any evidence of EAC or EHA) after 6 months. RESULTS: From December 2012 to October 2019, 165 patients were enrolled and 154 completed the 6-months follow up. Women had a mean age of 53 years, and a mean BMI of 48 kg/m2. Ninety-six patients were diagnosed with EAC (58%) and 69 patients with EHA (42%). Thirty-five participants were randomized to OBS, 36 to WL and 47 to M (10 patients were withdrawn). After 6 months the rate of pCR was 61% (95% CI 42% to 77%) for OBS, 67% (95% CI 48% to 82%) for WL and 57% (95% CI 41% to 72%) for M. Across the three treatment groups, the pCR was 82% and 43% for EHA and EAC, respectively. CONCLUSION: Complete response rates at 6 months were encouraging for patients with EAC and EHA across the three groups. TRIAL REGISTRATION: U.S. National Library of Medicine, NCT01686126.
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Gynecologic oncology
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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Oncology and carcinogenesis
Reproductive medicine
Endometrial cancer
Fertility preservation
Levonorgestrel intrauterine device
Metformin
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Janda, M; Robledo, KP; Gebski, V; Armes, JE; Alizart, M; Cummings, M; Chen, C; Leung, Y; Sykes, P; McNally, O; Oehler, MK; Walker, G; Garrett, A; Tang, A; et al., Complete pathological response following levonorgestrel intrauterine device in clinically stage 1 endometrial adenocarcinoma: Results of a randomized clinical trial, Gynecologic oncology, 2021, 161 (1), pp. 143-151