Proton Beam Radiation Therapy and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Stage IB, Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IVA Cervical Cancer and Positive Lymph Nodes

A Feasibility and Phase II Study of Proton Beam Radiotherapy for Patients With Cervical Cancer and FDG-PET Positive Para-aortic Lymph Nodes

RATIONALE: Specialized radiation therapy, such as proton beam radiotherapy, that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving proton beam radiation therapy together with cisplatin works in treating patients with stage IB, stage II, stage III, or stage IVA cervical cancer and positive lymph nodes.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Cervical Cancer; Stage IB Cervical Cancer; Stage IIA Cervical Cancer; Stage IIB Cervical Cancer; Stage III Cervical Cancer; Stage IVA Cervical Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: cisplatin; Radiation: radiation therapy treatment planning/simulation; Radiation: proton beam radiation therapy

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the feasibility of proton beam radiotherapy in patients with cervical cancer and FDG-positive para-aortic lymph nodes.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the incidence of acute toxicity of concurrent weekly cisplatin chemotherapy in addition to pelvic and para-aortic irradiation using proton radiotherapy with intracavitary brachytherapy in patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix with pelvic and para-aortic nodal involvement as demonstrated by FDG-PET.

II. To assess late complications from irradiation using proton beam therapy in place of conventional photon beam therapy.

III. To compare the dose distribution to tumor and surrounding normal structures using DVHs (Dose Volume Histograms) generated from the proton plan used to treat the patient and the photon plan generated for comparison purposes.

IV. To evaluate whether there is a benefit to concurrent weekly cisplatin chemotherapy in addition to pelvic and para-aortic proton beam radiotherapy with intracavitary brachytherapy as evidenced by time to local failure, time to distant failure, time to other failures and overall survival in patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix with pelvic and para-aortic nodal involvement as demonstrated by FDG-PET.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo CT, MRI, or FDG-PET imaging scans for radiotherapy treatment planning. Patients then undergo external proton beam radiotherapy once daily, 5 times per week, for up to 9 weeks. Patients also receive cisplatin IV once weekly for 6 weeks during radiotherapy. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then annually for 3 years.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Phase 2

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion

• Patients must have histologically documented carcinoma of the uterine cervix
• FIGO Stage IB to IVA
• Patients must have no distant metastases apart from positive lymph nodes by FDG PET
• Patients must have a Karnofsky Performance Status of >= 60
• Treatment plan includes cisplatin and patient has no medical contraindications to the administration of cisplatin
• Adequate bone marrow function: WBC >= 3000/mm^3; platelets >= 75,000 mm^3
• Adequate renal function: creatinine =< 2.0 mg/dl (urinary diversion is permitted to improve renal function)
• Patients must have bilirubin =< 1.5 mg/dl
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion

• FDG PET Scan evidence of distant disease
• No prior surgery for treatment of disease other than exploratory laparotomy or biopsy will be allowed
• No previous systemic chemotherapy will be allowed
• No prior pelvic radiation therapy is permitted other than transvaginal irradiation to control bleeding will be allowed
• Women of childbearing potential who have a positive result on screening serum pregnancy test

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm I; Patients undergo external proton beam radiotherapy once daily, 5 times per week, for up to 9 weeks. Patients also receive cisplatin IV once weekly for 6 weeks during radiotherapy.	Drug: cisplatin; Given IV; Other Names: CDDP; Neoplatin; DDP; CACP; CPDD; PDD; Radiation: radiation therapy treatment planning/simulation; Radiation: proton beam radiation therapy; Undergo external proton beam radiation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Feasibility
Acute toxicity, as assessed by NCI CTC Version 4.0	Within 60-90 days following completion of proton therapy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Late toxicity, as assessed by RTOG/EORTC late morbidity scoring system	More than 90 days after starting therapy
Clinical efficacy (time to local failure, time to distant failure, overall survival)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lillie Lin, Abramson Cancer Center of The University of Pennsylvania

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2011
• Study Completion: August 18, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 18, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 23, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): November 24, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 3, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2020
• Last Verified: September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Uterine Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Uterine Cervical Diseases; Uterine Diseases; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Antineoplastic Agents; Cisplatin
• Other Study ID Numbers: UPCC 22808; NCI-2009-01350