TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical Outcome of Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Results of an Open Prospective, Multicenter Phase 2 Study of the North-Eastern German Society of Gynecological Oncology JF - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer JO - Int J Gynecol Cancer SP - 500 LP - 506 DO - 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000894 VL - 27 IS - 3 AU - Dominique Koensgen AU - Jalid Sehouli AU - Antje Belau AU - Martin Weiss AU - Matthias B. Stope AU - Vivien Großkopf AU - Michael Eichbaum AU - Peter Ledwon AU - Werner Lichtenegger AU - Marek Zygmunt AU - Günter Köhler AU - Alexander Mustea Y1 - 2017/03/01 UR - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/27/3/500.abstract N2 - Objective The aim of this study was to determine the response rate, toxicity, operability, and surgical complication rate of neoadjuvant concomitant radiochemotherapy (cRCH) (ifosfamide + carboplatin) followed by radical hysterectomy plus external-beam radiotherapy with curative intention in locally advanced primary inoperable stages IIB and IIIB squamous cell cervical cancer.Methods Patients with cervical cancer from 8 departments were enrolled. Patients received 3 cycles of ifosfamide 1.2 mg/m2 (+mesna 20%) plus carboplatin (area under the curve = 4), every 21 days, and concomitant external-beam radiotherapy (50.4 Gy [1.8 Gy/d]). Operability and remission were evaluated by clinical gynecological examination in general anesthesia (magnetic resonance imaging was optional), 4 weeks after the third cycle of cRCH. In case of achieved operability, a radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy was performed within 6 weeks after cRCH. If surgery was not performed because of incomplete remission or patient preferences, vaginal brachytherapy (15 Gy [5 Gy/d]) was given additionally.Results Forty-four patients were enrolled. Distribution of FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) tumor stage was as follows: IIB (19 patients) and IIIB (25 patients). All patients completed cRCH. Grade 3/4 hematologic toxicities (% of all cycles) were moderate: leukopenia, 7.3; thrombocytopenia, 2.4; and anemia, 3.2. In 13.8%, treatment cycles were delayed because of hematologic toxicity. Blood transfusions were given in 17.7% and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in 39.5%. Overall, grade 3/4 nonhematologic toxicities were seldom (6.5%). Clinical overall response rate was 95.2%. Operability was achieved in 85.7%. Surgery was performed in 83.3%. Pathological response rates were as follows: pathological complete remission, 33.3%; partial remission, 63.3%; stable disease, 3.3%.Conclusions Our study demonstrates that cRCH is an effective and tolerable regimen in locally advanced cervical cancer treatment. ER -