Clinical trial NCT05709769: Radiomics-based Malnutrition for Cervical Cancer.
Official title: Development and Validation of a CT-Based Radiomics Nomogram for the Prediction of Postoperative Malnutrition in Stage IB1-IIA2 Cervical Cancer (Nutrition Helper-1).
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Cervical Cancer
Malnutrition
Keywords: Cervical Cancer
Malnutrition
Radiomics
Nomogram
Prediction
Lead sponsor: Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-02-02
Enrollment: 150
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: After radical surgery, CC patients are recommended to undergo adjuvant pelvic RT/CRT based on their pathological risk factors. The patients are immobilized in an immobilization device prior to RT, and a scheduled abdomen-pelvis CT scan is routinely conducted to plan RT. Radiomic features are extracted from the non-enhanced CT images and used for building the nomogram prediction model.

Brief summary: Loss of skeletal muscle, is one of the most prevalent symptoms of malnutrition, and has been frequently reported as a negative factor in cancer patients at any disease stage. In this study, we are planning to firstly analyze the radiomics features of psoas extracted at the level of the third lumbar vertebra (L3) and then, develop a CT-based radiomics nomogram prediction model for predicting malnutrition based on their Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) scores in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO, 2014 version) stage IB1-IIA2 cervical cancer (CC) who received postoperative radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy (RT/CRT).

Detailed description: Cervical cancer is still a significant health problem worldwide. Based on the pathological findings after surgery, patients with intermediate or high risk factors for recurrence are recommended to receive adjuvant pelvic RT and/or platinum (cisplatin or carboplatin) based CRT to reduce the risk of tumor recurrence. However, around 30% of individuals with CC will still eventually develop tumor relapse, necessitating the investigation of better supportive care, like nutritional support, to improve therapeutic tolerance and reduce toxic reactions in these patients. In this respect, how to early identification of malnutrition by PG-SGA tool is crucial.

Meanwhile, CT-based radiomics approaches have been successfully applied to generate imaging biomarkers as decision support tools for clinical practice. In our recently accepted research (not yet publish on line, abstract available at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1113588/abstract), we firstly analyzed the radiomics features of psoas extracted at the level of L3 and then, developed a nomogram prediction model for patients with FIGO stage IB1-IIA2 CC who received postoperative RT/CRT. Our results demonstrated that this nomogram prediction model showed promising ability for detecting malnutrition based on their PG-SGA scores. The aim of the current study is designed to verify the prediction accuracy of the developed radiomics-based nomogram prospectively.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients received pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical hysterectomy, and pathological diagnosis of CC;
2. Patients had stage IB1-IIA2 CC based on the 2014 FIGO staging system for cervical cancer;
3. Patients received postoperative RT/CRT within one week after admission at the ZJPPH;
4. Patients must have Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0-2;
5. No treatments prior to radical surgery;
6. Normal marrow function and the blood tests must be collected within 7 days from enrollment with a hemoglobin of ≥ 80g/L (can be transfused with red blood cells pre-study), an white blood cell (WBC) counts of ≥ 3.0×109/L，a neutrophil count of ≥ 2.0×109/L, , a platelet count of ≥100×109/L, a total bilirubin (TBil) of ≤ 1.0 upper normal limitation (UNL), a creatinine (Cr) of ≤ 1.0 UNL, alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) and aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) of ≤ 2.5 UNL, Alkaline phosphatase (AKP) ≤5.0 UNL. and no major electrocardiogram abnormalities.
7. Patient does not have a known allergy to platinum (cisplatin or carboplatin) or compounds of similar biologic composition.
8. Patients must be with good compliance and agree to accept nutritional therapy;
9. Informed consent signed. -

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Poor image quality or visible artifacts around the L3 psoas;
2. Prior treatments of chemotherapy or irradiation;
3. Poor bone marrow, liver and kidney functions, which would make chemotherapy or radiotherapy intolerable;
4. Participating in other clinical trials;
5. Pregnancy, breast feeding, or not adopting birth control;
6. Clinically significant and uncontrolled major medical conditions including but not limited to: active uncontrolled infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, Unstable angina pectoris or cardiac arrhythmia, psychiatric illness/ social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements; any medical condition, which in the opinion of the study investigator places the subject at an unacceptably high risk for toxicities;
7. The subject has had another active malignancy within the past five years;
8. Poor image quality or visible artifacts around the L3 psoas. -

Primary outcomes:
measure: Construction and Validation
timeFrame: 06/30/2023-10/31/2026
Secondary outcomes:
measure: GLIM criteria
timeFrame: 02/01/2023-10/31/2026
Other outcomes:
measure: Correlation
timeFrame: 02/01/2023-10/31/2026
Locations:
city: Hangzhou
country: China
facility: Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
state: Zhejiang
Study officials:
affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
name: Yongshi Jia, M.D.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Song T, Xu H, Shi L, Yan S. Prognostic Analysis and Comparison of the 2014 and 2018 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Staging System on Overall Survival in Patients with Stage IIB-IVA Cervix Carcinoma. Int J Womens Health. 2022 Mar 6;14:333-344. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S348074. eCollection 2022.