A Phase II Trial Measuring the Integration of Stereotactic Radiotherapy Plus Surgery in Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 5, 2022 updated by: David Palma, Lawson Health Research Institute

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is a new radiation treatment that delivers high-dose, precise radiation to small tumors in 1-3 weeks of treatment.

The study combines SABR and surgery to treat non-small cell lung cancer. SABR will be done first, with surgery done approximately 10 weeks later. There will be some extra imaging done before and after the SABR.

The purpose of this study is to determine how effective SABR is in killing the cancer cells, and if SABR can help make surgery more effective.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The advent of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) has provided a novel, promising treatment for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. SABR uses modern radiotherapy planning and targeting technologies to precisely deliver larger, ablative doses of radiotherapy.

The use of SABR as neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgery may provide a novel therapeutic opportunity. In oncology, the use of neoadjuvant radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy prior to surgery has become widespread for several types of cancer, and in many instances improves local control over and/or survival compared to surgery alone. Neoadjuvant radiotherapy provides several theoretical advantages, including potentially decreasing the rate of positive margins, decreasing the size of the required resection, or by sterilizing the tumor to avoid seeding of circulating tumor cells during surgery. Although radiologic outcomes after SABR illustrate local control rates of approximately 90% in many studies, the presence of residual post-treatment fibrosis may confound this assessment of recurrence.

The goal of this study is to evaluate a novel treatment approach: the combination of neoadjuvant SABR followed by surgical resection in patients with T1T2N0 non-small cell lung cancer, in order to measure the true pathologic rates of local control after SABR, to develop new imaging biomarkers or response, and to assess clinical outcomes, including toxicity, relapse patterns, and survival.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

40

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Ontario
      • London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4L6
        • London Regional Cancer Program of the Lawson Health Research Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 or older
  • Willing to provide informed consent
  • Histologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer
  • Tumor stage T1 or T2a (less than or equal to 5 cm)
  • No evidence of nodal disease (N0)
  • No evidence of distant metastases (M0)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 Life expectancy > 6 months
  • Adequate forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1), defined as a predicted post-operative FEV1 of 30% or greater

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Serious medical comorbidities or other contraindications to radiotherapy or surgery
  • Prior history of lung cancer within 5 years
  • Prior thoracic radiation at any time
  • Inability to attend full course of radiotherapy, surgery, or follow-up visits
  • Contrast allergy
  • Pregnant or lactating women

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy plus Surgery
Stereotactic body radiation therapy followed by surgical resection
Stereotactic body radiation therapy followed by surgical resection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Tumor response
Time Frame: 2.5 years
Percentage of patients who exhibit a lack of viable tumor after surgical resection
2.5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Predictive value of imaging biomarkers
Time Frame: 2.5 years
Predictive value of novel imaging biomarkers compared to pathologic outcome (complete response or non-complete response to treatment)
2.5 years
Tumor recurrence
Time Frame: 7 years
Time to local recurrence, regional recurrence, and distant recurrence of disease will be measured
7 years
Toxicity of the combined approach of SABR + surgery
Time Frame: 7 years
Toxicity of the combined approach of SABR plus surgical resection will be assessed according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.
7 years
Quality of life measures , including physical well-being, functional well-being, and lung-cancer subscale questions
Time Frame: 7 years
The FACT-TOI is a summary score derived from the FACT-L and is composed of 21 items, including physical well-being, functional well-being, and lung-cancer subscale questions
7 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: David Palma, MD, PhD, London Regional Cancer Program of the Lawson Health Research Institute

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 8, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 9, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

May 13, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 12, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 5, 2022

Last Verified

April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MISSILE NSCLC

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