Collaborator:
University of Bern, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, University of Lausanne Hospitals, University Hospital, Geneva, University of Zurich,
Studienleiter
Olgun Elicin, M.D. Principal Investigator Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
1. Voice Handicap Index (Time Frame - up to 2 years): average of the VHI scores (range: 0-120) of each patient up to 24 months after randomization
Secondary outcome:
1. Roughness - Breathiness - Hoarseness (RBH) (Time Frame - 6, 12, 18, and 24 months): The perceptual impression of a vocal signal remains the gold standard in phoniatric diagnosis. By means of reading the phonetically balanced text "The Rainbow Passage" in English and "Die Sonne und der Wind" in German, French and Italian (versions in different languages provided in the protocol), the speaking voice is assessed by the investigator according to the parameters roughness - breathiness - hoarseness (RBH), using the scale of 0: normal, 1: mild, 2: moderate, 3: severe. In this study, the assessment will be carried out blind.
2. Jitter and shimmer (JS) (Time Frame - 6, 12, 18, and 24 months): JS are regarded as objective, quantitative characteristics of voice quality. They describe the variations in the fundamental note of a vocal signal. Jitter is the variation of the cycle-to-cycle frequency in held vowels (in Hz or. %, norm = 0-3%), shimmer is the cycle-to-cycle variation in the amplitude of held vowels (in dB, or. %, norm = 0-20%). In this study, the assessment will be carried out blind.
3. Glottal-to-Noise Excitation Ratio (GNE) (Time Frame - 6, 12, 18, and 24 months): GNE serves to describe the relationship of the voice signal to the noise signal (norm = 1-0) and is also a quantitative characteristic of voice quality. Jitter, shimmer and GNE correspond to the perceptual characteristics roughness - breathiness - hoarseness. In order to carry out jitter, shimmer and GNE, the test subjects hold the vowel /a/ mezzoforte for at least 5 seconds at their average speaking pitch. The vocal samples will be recorded and subsequently evaluated using the open source freeware software Praat (http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ by Paul Boersma and David Weenink - Phonetic Sciences, University of Amsterdam Spuistraat 210 1012VT Amsterdam, Netherlands). In this study, the assessment will be carried out blind.
4. Singing Power Ratio (SPR) (Time Frame - 6, 12, 18, and 24 months): The 'brilliant' sound of a voice is characterized in acoustic terms by a high degree of acoustic energy above 2 kHz. This can be calculated with the aid of the SPR. In the Fast-Fourier-Transformation, the amplitudes of the highest peaks between 2 and 4 kHz and of the highest peaks between 0 and 2 kHz are determined using a vocal sample and the one subtracted from the other. The lower the SPR, the more "sonorous" is the voice. For this, the test subjects hold the vowel /a/ mezzoforte for at least 5 seconds at their average speaking pitch. The vocal samples will be recorded and subsequently evaluated using Praat. In this study, the assessment will be carried out blind.
5. Loco-regional control of the disease (Time Frame - 2 and 5 years): Event: loco-regional failure after randomization
The time-to-event outcome loco-regional control will be evaluated using Kaplan-Meier curves and a Cox model adjusted for the randomization stratification factors.
6. Toxicity / Morbidity (Time Frame - 2 and 5 years): Treatment toxicity up to 5 years (based on CTCAE v.5.0) after randomization
Treatment toxicity up to 5 years will be summarized descriptively for each group, showing the overall number of events as well as number and percentage of patients with events.
7. Voice Handicap Index separately assessed at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months (Time Frame - 6, 12, 18, and 24 months): Voice Handicap Index separately assessed at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months
Active Comparator: Arm A: Transoral CO2-Laser Microsurgical Cordectomy (TLM) Transoral CO2-Laser Microsurgical Cordectomy defined by European Laryngological Society (Remacle M, Eckel HE, Antonelli A, et al. Endoscopic cordectomy. A proposal for a classification by the Working Committee, European Laryngological Society. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2000;257(4):227-231.)
Experimental: Arm B: Single Vocal Cord Irradiation (SVCI) Single Vocal Cord Irradiation defined by Kwa et al. and Al-Mamgani et al. (Kwa SLS, Al-Mamgani A, Osman SOS, Gangsaas A, Levendag PC, Heijmen BJM. Inter- and Intrafraction Target Motion in Highly Focused Single Vocal Cord Irradiation of T1a Larynx Cancer Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015;93(1):190-195. Al-Mamgani A, Kwa SLS, Tans L, et al. Single Vocal Cord Irradiation: Image Guided Intensity Modulated Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for T1a Glottic Cancer: Early Clinical Results. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015;93(2):337-343.)
Single Vocal Cord Irradiation (SVCI): The following planning aim will be pursued: full coverage of the PTV with at least 95% of the prescribed dose and a maximum (0.03 cc) PTV dose of <107%: 16 x 3.63 = 58.08 Gy in 5 fractions per week using 5 to 9 static IMRT or VMAT.
Arm A: Transoral CO2-Laser Microsurgical Cordectomy (TLM): The TLM has to be performed using a CO2 laser, coupled to an operative microscope, at 4-8W in ultrapulse mode. The type of cordectomy performed must be mentioned using the following classification according the classification of the European Laryngological Society.
The type of resection chosen should provide complete removal of the primary lesion with negative margins.
Surgery will generally be performed within 3 weeks after randomization and not more than 6 weeks after panendoscopy.
The extent of the cordectomy must include a complete anterior, posterior, inferior and supero-lateral mucosal and deep soft tissue margin.
Quelle: ClinicalTrials.gov
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