Can hormone pills replace chemo for aggressive endometrial cancer?
NCT ID NCT07831902
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers are testing whether radiotherapy followed by oral progestin tablets works as well as radiotherapy plus chemotherapy for people with high-risk endometrial cancer that lacks specific molecular markers. The trial enrolls about 600 participants and randomly assigns them to either the standard chemotherapy approach or radiotherapy followed by two years of daily progestin. The goal is to see if the hormone-based approach can control cancer while causing fewer side effects and improving quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- oral progestin tablets (medroxyprogesterone acetate or megestrol acetate)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, women with high-risk endometrial cancer could receive a treatment that controls the disease with fewer side effects than chemotherapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, so the approach is still being tested. Progestin may not control cancer as well as chemotherapy in this group, and hormonal side effects are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2034
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Written informed consent and consent for data sharing for the overarching RAINBO programme 2. Histologically confirmed diagnosis of endometrial cancer (EC) of the following histotypes: endometrioid endometrial carcinoma, serous endometrial carcinoma, uterine clear cell carcinoma, dedifferentiated and undifferentiated endometrial carcinoma, uterine carcinosarcoma and mixed endometrial carcinomas of the aforementioned histotypes 3. Full molecular classification performed following the diagnostic algorithm described in WHO 2020 (5th Edition, IARC, Lyon, 2020, adapted from Vermij et al. 2020) 4. Hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with or without lymphadenectomy or sentinel node biopsy, without macroscopic residual disease after surgery 5. No distant metastases as determined by pre-surgical or post-surgical imaging (CT scan of chest, abdomen and pelvis within 8 weeks of randomisation). Whole-body PET-CT scan is acceptable if this is part of standard of care at participating sites 6. Age ≥ 18 years 7. WHO performance status 0 or 1 8. Expected start of adjuvant treatment within 10 weeks after surgery 9. Patients must be accessible for treatment and follow-up 10. Consent for the donation of a tissue block for translational research for the overarching RAINBO programme 11. FIGO (2018) stage II EC with substantial LVSI or stage III NSMP tumours 12. p53 wildtype, MMR proficient EC with no somatic pathogenic POLE variant (i.e. NSMP) 13. ER+ by IHC (10% threshold applied) or Allred score of ≥3 14. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1.5 x 109 /l 15. Platelets ≥ 100 x 109 /L 16. Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x UNL (or ≤ 3 x ULN for cases of known Gilbert's syndrome) 17. AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 x UNL Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previous malignancy, except for non-melanoma skin cancer, in the past 5 years 2. Prior pelvic radiation 3. Active or recent arterial thromboembolic disease (e.g. angina, myocardial infarction) within previous 6 months 4. Thromboembolic event, e.g. pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis, within previous 6 months 5. Impaired renal function: ≤50ml/min (EDTA clearance, or measured creatinine clearance) or creatinine clearance ≤60 ml/min (calculated according to Cockcroft gault) 6. Uncontrolled cardiac disease (defined as cardiac function which would preclude hydration during cisplatin administration and any contraindication to paclitaxel) 7. Peripheral neuropathy, ≥ grade 2 8. Inflammatory bowel disease 9. Known history of porphyria 10. History of active immune deficiency syndromes or uncontrolled HIV infection: HIV positive patients receiving effective antiretroviral therapy and CD4 count \>200 may be included 11. Patients who have received a live attenuated vaccine within 2 weeks prior to planned treatment start 12. Any other condition which as per section 4.3 of the relevant SmPC or in the opinion of the investigator contraindicates the use of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and/or oral progestin tablets 13. The patient is currently participating in another interventional clinical trial or has received an investigational drug (either approved or not approved) in any prior clinical study within 5 half-lives prior to screening
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
12 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bartholemew's Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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Cheltenham General
RECRUITINGCheltenham, United Kingdom
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Churchill
RECRUITINGOxford, United Kingdom
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James Cook University Hospital
RECRUITINGMiddlesbrough, United Kingdom
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Leicester Royal Infirmary
RECRUITINGLeicester, United Kingdom
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Queen Alexandra Hospital
RECRUITINGPortsmouth, United Kingdom
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Royal Marsden (Chelsea)
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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Royal Marsden (Sutton)
RECRUITINGSutton, United Kingdom
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Royal United Hospitals Bath
RECRUITINGBath, United Kingdom
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The Christie
RECRUITINGManchester, United Kingdom
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University College London Hospital (UCLH)
RECRUITINGLondon, United Kingdom
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University Hospital Southampton
RECRUITINGSouthampton, United Kingdom
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