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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT01590355
Ethics application status
Date submitted
1/05/2012
Date registered
2/05/2012
Date last updated
8/03/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Phase II Randomized Trial for Early-stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx: Radiotherapy vs Trans-oral Robotic Surgery (ORATOR)
Scientific title
A Phase II Randomized Trial for Early-stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx: Radiotherapy vs Trans-oral Robotic Surgery (ORATOR)
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ORATOR
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ORATOR
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Early-Stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Non melanoma skin cancer
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Kidney
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Head and neck

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Other - Radiotherapy
Treatment: Surgery - Transoral Robotic Surgery + Neck Dissection

Active comparator: Radiotherapy plus or minus Chemotherapy - Radiotherapy plus or minus chemotherapy with surgical treatment for salvage of persistent disease

Experimental: Transoral Robotic Surgery + Neck Dissection - Transoral robotic excision will be carried out using the da Vinci surgical robot. The spatula cautery will be used to remove the tumours with 1 cm margins. At the time of surgery circumferential margins will be taken and sent for frozen section analysis. The resection will proceed until negative margins are obtained if feasible.


Treatment: Other: Radiotherapy
Gross Tumour and Nodes: 70 Gy in 35 fractions over 7 weeks. High-risk nodal areas: 63 Gy in 35 fractions over 7 weeks. Low-risk nodal areas: 56 Gy in 35 fractions over 7 weeks

Treatment: Surgery: Transoral Robotic Surgery + Neck Dissection
Transoral robotic excision will be carried out using the da Vinci surgical robot.
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Treatment: Other
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Surgery
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Quality of Life
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1-year post treatment
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Overall Survival
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At the end of 3 years and at the end of 5 years
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Progression-free survival
Timepoint [2] 0 0
At the end of 3 years and at the end of 5 years
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Quality of life at other time points
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Every 6 months for 5 years from 1st date of treament
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Toxicity
Timepoint [4] 0 0
5 years from date of first treatment
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Swallowing Function
Timepoint [5] 0 0
5 years from date of first treatment

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* age 18 or older
* willing to provide informed consent
* ECOG performance status 0-2
* Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma primary rumour site in the oropharynx (includes tonsil, soft palate, base of tongue, walls of oropharynx)
* Tumour stage:T1 or T2, with likely negative resections at surgery
* Nodal stage: N0, N1, or N2 (less than or equal to 4 cm in maximum dimension in any plane, on either side of the neck), without extranodal extension on pre-randomization imaging.
* Patient assessed at head and neck multidisciplinary clinic (with assessment by radiation oncologist and surgeon) and presented at multidisciplinary tumour board prior to randomization.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Serious medical comorbidities or other contraindications to radiotherapy, chemotherapy or surgery
* Prior history of head and neck cancer within 5 years
* Prior head and neck radiation at any time
* Metastatic disease
* Inability to attend full course of radiotherapy or follow-up visits
* Neck disease with unknown primary site
* Prior invasive malignant disease unless disease-free for at least 5 years or more, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer
* unable or unwilling to complete QoL questionnaires

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/06/2012
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
1/09/2023
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
68
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Royal Adelaide Hospital - Adelaide
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
5000 - Adelaide
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
Canada
State/province [1] 0 0
British Columbia
Country [2] 0 0
Canada
State/province [2] 0 0
Ontario
Country [3] 0 0
Canada
State/province [3] 0 0
Quebec

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Lawson Health Research Institute
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The historical standard treatment for early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx is radiation therapy. Some patients require chemotherapy with the radiation, and some patients require surgery if the tumour or lymph nodes have not responded after radiation.

This study will compare radiation therapy with a new surgical treatment called transoral robotic surgery (TORS). TORS is a new surgical approach using a robot to assist the surgeon in removing the tumour, potentially with fewer side effects than older surgical techniques.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01590355
Trial related presentations / publications
Nichols AC, Theurer J, Prisman E, Read N, Berthelet E, Tran E, Fung K, de Almeida JR, Bayley A, Goldstein DP, Hier M, Sultanem K, Richardson K, Mlynarek A, Krishnan S, Le H, Yoo J, MacNeil SD, Winquist E, Hammond JA, Venkatesan V, Kuruvilla S, Warner A, Mitchell S, Chen J, Corsten M, Johnson-Obaseki S, Odell M, Parker C, Wehrli B, Kwan K, Palma DA. Randomized Trial of Radiotherapy Versus Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Long-Term Results of the ORATOR Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Mar 10;40(8):866-875. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01961. Epub 2022 Jan 7.
Nichols AC, Theurer J, Prisman E, Read N, Berthelet E, Tran E, Fung K, de Almeida JR, Bayley A, Goldstein DP, Hier M, Sultanem K, Richardson K, Mlynarek A, Krishnan S, Le H, Yoo J, MacNeil SD, Winquist E, Hammond JA, Venkatesan V, Kuruvilla S, Warner A, Mitchell S, Chen J, Corsten M, Johnson-Obaseki S, Eapen L, Odell M, Parker C, Wehrli B, Kwan K, Palma DA. Radiotherapy versus transoral robotic surgery and neck dissection for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (ORATOR): an open-label, phase 2, randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2019 Oct;20(10):1349-1359. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30410-3. Epub 2019 Aug 12. Erratum In: Lancet Oncol. 2019 Dec;20(12):e663. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30725-9.
Nichols AC, Yoo J, Hammond JA, Fung K, Winquist E, Read N, Venkatesan V, MacNeil SD, Ernst DS, Kuruvilla S, Chen J, Corsten M, Odell M, Eapen L, Theurer J, Doyle PC, Wehrli B, Kwan K, Palma DA. Early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: radiotherapy vs. trans-oral robotic surgery (ORATOR)--study protocol for a randomized phase II trial. BMC Cancer. 2013 Mar 20;13:133. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-133.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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David Palma, MD, PhD
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London Regional Cancer Program of the Lawson Health Research Institute
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Contact person for public queries
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01590355