Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot

Introduction Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide and most patients present with extensive disease. One-year survival is improving but remains low (37%) despite novel systemic anti-cancer treatments forming the current standard of care. Although new therapies improve surviv...

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Main Authors: Matthew Evison, Tim Batchelor, Chris A Rogers, Sarah Baos, Elizabeth A Stokes, Rosie Harris, Eric Lim, Chloe Beard, Janette Rawlinson, Nicola Mills, John Conibear, Paulo De Sousa, Thomas Newsom-Davis, Tara Barwick, Leah Fleming
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Tim Batchelor
Chris A Rogers
Sarah Baos
Elizabeth A Stokes
Rosie Harris
Eric Lim
Chloe Beard
Janette Rawlinson
Nicola Mills
John Conibear
Paulo De Sousa
Thomas Newsom-Davis
Tara Barwick
Leah Fleming
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Tim Batchelor
Chris A Rogers
Sarah Baos
Elizabeth A Stokes
Rosie Harris
Eric Lim
Chloe Beard
Janette Rawlinson
Nicola Mills
John Conibear
Paulo De Sousa
Thomas Newsom-Davis
Tara Barwick
Leah Fleming
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description Introduction Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide and most patients present with extensive disease. One-year survival is improving but remains low (37%) despite novel systemic anti-cancer treatments forming the current standard of care. Although new therapies improve survival, most patients have residual disease after treatment, and little is known on how best to manage it. Therefore, residual disease management varies across the UK, with some patients receiving only maintenance systemic anti-cancer treatment while others receive local consolidative treatment (LCT), alongside maintenance systemic anti-cancer treatment. LCT can be a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and/or ablation to remove all remaining cancer within the lung and throughout the body. This is intensive, expensive and impacts quality of life, but we do not know if it results in better survival, nor the extent of impact on quality of life and what the cost might be for healthcare providers. The RAMON study (RAdical Management Of Advanced Non-small cell lung cancer) will evaluate the acceptability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of LCT versus no LCT after first-line systemic treatment for advanced lung cancer.Methods and analysis RAMON is a pragmatic open multicentre, parallel group, superiority randomised controlled trial. We aim to recruit 244 patients aged 18 years and over with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer from 40 UK NHS hospitals. Participants will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive LCT alongside maintenance treatment, or maintenance treatment alone. LCT will be tailored to each patient’s specific disease sites. Participants will be followed up for a minimum of 2 years. The primary outcome is overall survival from randomisation.Ethics and dissemination The West of Scotland Research Ethics Committee (22/WS/0121) gave ethical approval in August 2022 and the Health Research Authority in September 2022. Participants will provide written informed consent before participating in the study. Findings will be presented at international meetings, in peer-reviewed publications, through patient organisations and notifications to patients.Trial registration number ISRCTN11613852.
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spelling doaj-art-574c8ae405a740c9bd3f2ee04bdf62112025-08-20T02:11:24ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-12-01131210.1136/bmjopen-2023-081650Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilotMatthew Evison0Tim Batchelor1Chris A Rogers2Sarah Baos3Elizabeth A Stokes4Rosie Harris5Eric Lim6Chloe Beard7Janette Rawlinson8Nicola Mills9John Conibear10Paulo De Sousa11Thomas Newsom-Davis12Tara Barwick13Leah Fleming14Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKCardiothoracic Surgery, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UKBristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKBristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKHealth Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKBristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UKDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UKBristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UKConsumer Forum, NCRI CSG (lung) Subgroup, BTOG Steering Committee, NHSE CEG, National Cancer Research Institute, London, UKNational Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UKBart`s Cancer Centre, Bart’s Health NHS Trust, St Bartholomew`s Hospital, London, UKCancer Services, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKDepartment of Oncology and National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UKDepartment of Radiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK1 Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKIntroduction Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide and most patients present with extensive disease. One-year survival is improving but remains low (37%) despite novel systemic anti-cancer treatments forming the current standard of care. Although new therapies improve survival, most patients have residual disease after treatment, and little is known on how best to manage it. Therefore, residual disease management varies across the UK, with some patients receiving only maintenance systemic anti-cancer treatment while others receive local consolidative treatment (LCT), alongside maintenance systemic anti-cancer treatment. LCT can be a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and/or ablation to remove all remaining cancer within the lung and throughout the body. This is intensive, expensive and impacts quality of life, but we do not know if it results in better survival, nor the extent of impact on quality of life and what the cost might be for healthcare providers. The RAMON study (RAdical Management Of Advanced Non-small cell lung cancer) will evaluate the acceptability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of LCT versus no LCT after first-line systemic treatment for advanced lung cancer.Methods and analysis RAMON is a pragmatic open multicentre, parallel group, superiority randomised controlled trial. We aim to recruit 244 patients aged 18 years and over with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer from 40 UK NHS hospitals. Participants will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive LCT alongside maintenance treatment, or maintenance treatment alone. LCT will be tailored to each patient’s specific disease sites. Participants will be followed up for a minimum of 2 years. The primary outcome is overall survival from randomisation.Ethics and dissemination The West of Scotland Research Ethics Committee (22/WS/0121) gave ethical approval in August 2022 and the Health Research Authority in September 2022. Participants will provide written informed consent before participating in the study. Findings will be presented at international meetings, in peer-reviewed publications, through patient organisations and notifications to patients.Trial registration number ISRCTN11613852.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/12/e081650.full
spellingShingle Matthew Evison
Tim Batchelor
Chris A Rogers
Sarah Baos
Elizabeth A Stokes
Rosie Harris
Eric Lim
Chloe Beard
Janette Rawlinson
Nicola Mills
John Conibear
Paulo De Sousa
Thomas Newsom-Davis
Tara Barwick
Leah Fleming
Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot
BMJ Open
title Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot
title_full Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot
title_fullStr Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot
title_full_unstemmed Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot
title_short Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot
title_sort multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first line systemic anti cancer treatment study protocol for the ramon multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/12/e081650.full
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