Dose Escalation of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Cancer

September 10, 2018 updated by: University of Chicago

A Study of Dose Escalation of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Cancer

Patients with metastatic cancer are generally treated with chemotherapy, which has improved median survival compared to best supportive care. Despite this, patients continue to have persistent disease at sites that were initially involved with cancer. Radiation therapy is an effective modality for treating localized cancer but generally has been only used for palliation of symptoms once a patient develops metastatic disease. Since patients often have persistent disease after chemotherapy, the goal of this trial is to use increasing doses of radiation therapy to all sites of involved disease in order to determine the safety and efficacy of hypofractionated radiation therapy.

The purpose of this study is to establish a maximum tolerated dose, dose-limiting toxicities, and recommended phase 2 dose of hypofractionated radiation therapy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

63

Phase

  • Phase 1

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

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
        • University of Chicago

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:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of cancer (including epithelial carcinoma, sarcoma, and melanoma)
  • Age 18 years and older
  • Life expectancy of > 3 months
  • Patients with AJCC (6th edition, 2002) stage IV cancer with distant metastases and without pleural or pericardial effusion at diagnosis and before start of study
  • Patients with 1-5 sites of maximum tumor dimension (for each individual site) of ≤ 10 cm or < 500 cc volume and amenable to radiation therapy as seen on standard imaging
  • Unidimensionally measurable disease (based on RECIST) is desirable but not strictly required
  • Brain metastases must have been treated prior to enrollment on study, preferably with stereotactic radiosurgery
  • ECOG performance status ≤ 2 or Karnofsky Performance Status ≥ 60%
  • No prior radiation therapy to currently involved tumor sites
  • Room air saturation > 90%
  • Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dl
  • ANC >=1,500/microliter
  • Platelets >=100,000/microliter
  • Total bilirubin within institutional limits
  • Albumin > 2.9 g/dl
  • Alkaline phosphatase < 2.5x upper limit of normal
  • AST and ALT < 2.5 x upper limit of normal
  • Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness
  • Patients with clinically significant pulmonary dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, or any history of clinically significant CHF are excluded. Exclusion of patients with active coronary heart disease will be at the discretion of the attending physician
  • Patients with significant atelectasis such that CT definition of gross tumor volume is difficult to determine
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding
  • Patients must have no uncontrolled active infection other than that not curable with treatment of their cancer.
  • Patients may not be receiving any other investigational drugs during RT

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: Radiation therapy
Radiation: Hypofractionated RT

RT to site of metastatic disease for three fractions separated by 3 to 8 days. Doses of radiation will increase as follows in order to determine the MTD in Gy:

For all sites the dose levels are as follows:

  1. 8 Gy/ fraction x 3 fractions = 24 Gy
  2. 10 Gy/fraction x 3 fractions = 30 Gy
  3. 12 Gy/fraction x 3 fractions = 36 Gy
  4. 14 Gy/fraction x 3 fractions = 42 Gy
  5. 16 Gy/fraction x 3 fractions = 48 Gy
  6. 18 Gy/fraction x 3 fractions = 52 Gy
  7. 20 Gy/fraction x 3 fractions = 60 Gy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dose-limiting toxicities
Time Frame: 30-90 days
The dose limiting toxicities occurring within the initial observation period will be defined.
30-90 days
maximum tolerated dose of hypofractionated RT
Time Frame: 30-90 days
30-90 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Chicago

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 2, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 4, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

October 6, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 12, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 10, 2018

Last Verified

September 1, 2018

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 13619B

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