Less invasive staging for endometrial cancer put to the test
NCT ID NCT02598219
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 3 trial compares a less invasive sentinel node biopsy approach to standard staging methods in 262 women with early-stage endometrial cancer at intermediate or high risk of recurrence. The goal is to see if the sentinel node policy reduces surgical complications while still accurately detecting cancer spread. Participants receive a radioactive tracer injection into the cervix before surgery to map the first lymph nodes the cancer might reach.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pre-operative sentinel node mapping with radionucleide (Nanocis, Nanocoll, or Rotop-nanoHSA)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that sentinel node biopsy is safer and equally effective as standard staging for certain endometrial cancers, potentially becoming the new standard of care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 3 trial, but results are not yet available. The approach may not detect all cancer spread, and individual outcomes may vary.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
-
262 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Nov 2015
- Finished
-
Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with early endometrial carcinoma with early FIGO clinical stage I-II (clinical examination, abdomino-pelvic MRI/Ultrasound - or CT scan if MRI not possible - and endometrial biopsy or curettage), then stratification of the recurrence risk as defined by last European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) guidelines : * Intermediate-risk endometrioid (type 1): FIGO stage IA/T1a grade 3, or IB grade 1 or 2 * Or High risk endometrioid (type 1) : FIGO stage IB/T1b grade 3, or II grade 1 or 2 or 3 * Or High risk non endometrioid (type 2) : FIGO stages I-II 2. Without any suspicious pelvic, paraaortic, distant node at preoperative MRI 3. Age ≥ 18 years 4. Performance status (OMS) ≤ 2 5. No contraindication to surgery 6. Absence of known hypersensitivity to colloidal rhenium sulphide and technetium (nanocolloid) or one of its excipients, to human albumin preparations, to Nanocoll® and Rotop-nanoHSA® and their excipients, to injectable dyes (blue dye or indocyanine green if available) or one of their excipients, to triphenylmethane derivatives 7. Signed and dated informed consent 8. Effective contraception for patients with reproductive potential 9. Patient affiliated with a health insurance system Exclusion Criteria: 1. Preoperative workup with : * Previous hysterectomy (by nature, this trial cannot be offered as a secondary staging procedure) * non carcinoma (for example sarcoma, trophoblastic tumor) * Low-risk endometrioid carcinoma as defined by the ESMO: 2009 FIGO stage IA grade 1-2 * Metastatic disease at preoperative workup * Suspicious adenopathy at preoperative workup 2. Pregnant and/or breastfeeding woman 3. No understanding of the trial 4. Patient deprived of liberty or in guardianship 5. Inexperience of the trial site in pelvic sentinel node detection
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Endometrial carcinoma are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Centre Georges François Leclerc
Dijon, France
-
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire
Besançon, 25000, France
-
Centre Jean Perrin
Clermont-Ferrand, 63011, France
-
Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, 69008, France
-
Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, 59020, France
-
Centre Paul Strauss
Strasbourg, 67065, France
-
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Paris, 75015, France
-
Hôpital Jeanne de Flandres, CHRU Lille
Lille, 59037, France
-
Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris, 75013, France
-
Hôpital Mère-Enfant, CHU Limoges
Limoges, 87042, France
-
ICM Val d'Aurelle
Montpellier, 34298, France
-
Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux, 33076, France
-
Institut Claudius Regaud
Toulouse, 31059, France
-
Institut Paoli Calmettes
Marseille, 13273, France
-
Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, René Gauducheau
Saint-Herblain, 44805, France
-
Polyclinique Urbain V
Avignon, 84036, France
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Blood test aims to catch Cancer's return earlier
- Can fewer, stronger radiation doses spare the bowel in gynecologic cancers?
- Can one surgery treat endometrial cancer and obesity together?
- Why is endometrial cancer often advanced in brazil? a new study digs into the data
- Can immunotherapy plus hormones spare the womb in early endometrial cancer?
- Digital therapy aims to tame the fear that haunts cancer survivors