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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Jul 11;7:CD007102. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007102.pub3
Trial name or title Methotrexate or dactinomycin in treating patients with low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (NCT01535053)
Methods Multicentre phase III RCT; open label
Participants 384
Interventions Arm I: methotrexate IM on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 and leucovorin calcium PO on days 2, 4, 6, and 8 OR single to agent methotrexate IV on days 1 to 5
Arm II: dactinomycin IV over 15 minutes on day 1.
Cycles repeated every 14 days for up to 13 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Women receive 3 courses after hCG < 5 mIU/Ml
Outcomes Primary: Complete response rate
Secondary: post protocol surgery; post-protocol multi-agent treatment; severe adverse events; QoL
Starting date January 2012. Estimated completion August 2016
Contact information Dr Julian Schink
Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
Ph: 312-472-4684
Notes

IM = intramuscular; IV = intravenous; PO = by mouth; QoL = quality of life; RCT = randomised controlled trial