Safety, Efficacy, and Dosing of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Hepato-cellular Carc/Colo-rectal Liver Metastases

A Dose-finding, Safety and Preliminary Efficacy Study of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Hepato-cellular Carcinoma and Metastatic Disease to the Liver.

The purpose of this study is to determine a tolerable dose of radiation delivered by the CyberKnife system in two groups of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Liver Neoplasms; Colonic Neoplasms; Metastatic Cancer to Liver
• Intervention / Treatment: Radiation: Stereotactic Radiosurgery using the CyberKnife System.

Detailed Description

The CyberKnife system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat lesions, tumors and conditions anywhere in the body when radiation treatment is indicated. In order to treat tumors during the respiratory cycle (vs. increasing the margin of treatment around the tumor to compensate for movement or requiring the patient to breath hold during the delivery of each beam), the Synchrony™ option, a system option that enables dynamic radiosurgery during respiration, will be used. The purpose of this study is to determine a tolerable dose of radiation delivered by the CyberKnife in two groups of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Group 1: Patients with HCC and Childs A cirrhosis, and patients with colorectal liver metastases. Group 2: Patients with Childs B cirrhosis. Patients will be irradiated with radiation doses using the CyberKnife system in 3-5 radiation fractions using guidance from fiducials placed by interventional radiology. Treatments will be delivered with standard CyberKnife procedures to account for respiratory motion and set up variations. The fiducial location will be the prime determinant of the delivery site and respiratory motion and fiducial markers will be placed via percutaneous approach by interventional radiology.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
      • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Greenville, North Carolina, United States, 27858
      • East Carolina Medical School

Participation Criteria

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:

1. Hepatocellular carcinoma (as defined by biopsy or alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) greater than 1000ng/dL with appropriate imaging) or liver metastases from colorectal cancer or other tumor (as defined by biopsy or elevated Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) or a positive positron emission tomography (PET) scan in conjunction with a mass on CT or MRI in a patient with previously resected cancer). Patients with at least one measurable liver lesion and no more than 3 are eligible if they meet all other eligibility criteria including the dose constraints on the composite plan.
2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1.
3. Patients are not candidates for definitive surgical resection because of tumor location, hepatic function, or other medical or personal reasons.
4. Patients with HCC who are being considered for liver transplant may be entered as a bridge to transplant if it is considered by the transplant team that an ablative therapy would be of value while awaiting transplant.
5. If cirrhosis is present, patients will have Child-Pugh score of A or B (see Appendix A in the Master Protocol).
6. Patients will have tumors not optimally treated with radio-frequency ablation by interventional radiology, or by GI/transplant surgery. This could be for reasons of size, tumor location, or other reasons.
7. Ability to place fiducial markers in the vicinity of the tumor to allow for radiographic tracking of respiratory motion and tumor localization. Fiducial placement will generally be done by interventional radiology.
8. Estimates of hepatic tolerance must meet the criteria as defined in Section III. This eligibility will not be able to made definitively until the patient has agreed to participate. in the study and the appropriate scan analyses and dosimetry have been performed. No more than one decrement in dose from the planned dose level will be allowed for an individual patient because of exceeding the maximal liver doses before the patient is declared ineligible for study.

9. Adequate bone marrow and renal function as assessed by the following:

   • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1000/mm3
   • Platelet count > 80,000/mm3
   • Creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance > 45 mL/min based on Cockcroft-Gault formula).
10. Patients with extra hepatic metastatic disease are eligible if it is the opinion of the treating physician that local therapy to the liver may produce worthwhile clinical benefits
11. Patient is able to understand fully the potential risks and benefits of this approach and signs an appropriate informed consent.
12. Male and female of >18 years of age. Male or female patients capable of reproduction must agree to use medically acceptable methods of contraception, such as an intrauterine device, diaphragm, with spermicide, condom with spermicide or abstinence. Inclusion of females of childbearing potential requires a negative pregnancy test within 14 days prior to study initiation.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Child-Pugh Class C cirrhosis
2. Patients with clinically apparent central nervous system (CNS) disease.
3. Medical or psychiatric illness that would not allow the patient to tolerate the proposed treatment including inability to lie flat for an extended period of time, severe claustrophobia or other reasons.
4. Uncontrolled or significant cardiovascular disease including: myocardial infarction within 6 months, uncontrolled angina within 6 months, Class III-IV New York Heart Association (NYHA) congestive heart failure, grade 3 cardiac valve dysfunction
5. Evidence of decompensated liver disease as evidenced by: clinically significant ascites refractory to diuretic therapy) evidence of hepatic encephalopathy, coagulopathy not corrected by conservative measures.
6. A history of CTCAE Grade 3 bleeding esophageal or gastric varices within the past 2 months. Prior variceal bleed permitted if patient has undergone banding or sclerotherapy and there has been no evidence of bleeding for 2 months. Patients at risk for varices (based on the following: known history of esophageal or gastric varices; evidence of hepatic cirrhosis and/or portal hypertension including biopsy-proven cirrhosis, hypersplenism, or radiographic findings of varices) will be screened for esophageal varices. If varices are identified that require intervention (banding), patient will not be eligible until varices adequately treated.
7. Prisoners or patients who are compulsorily detained (involuntarily incarcerated) for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical (e.g., infectious disease) illness must not be enrolled into this study.
8. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness.
9. Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures.
10. A patient with Child-Pugh Class A will not be eligible for study if the liver dose constraint described in Section 3.2 cannot be met after two decrements in dose per fraction as described above.
11. A patient with Child-Pugh Class B will not be eligible for study if the liver dose constraint described in Section 3.2 cannot be met after two decrements in dose per fraction as described above.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Good liver function.; Patients with good liver function as defined by no more than Child-Pugh Class A.	Radiation: Stereotactic Radiosurgery using the CyberKnife System.; Radiation: Stereotactic Radiosurgery using the CyberKnife System. The CyberKnife system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat lesions, tumors and conditions, anywhere in the body when radiation treatment is indicated. To address movement of target lesion during the respiratory cycle, the Synchrony™ option will be used. The Synchrony option precisely tracks tumors in or near the target organ as they move, enabling the highly focused beams of radiation to destroy the tumors with minimal injury to adjacent normal tissue. The Synchrony option records the breathing movements of a patient's chest and combines that information with sequential x-ray pictures of tiny markers inserted inside or in the proximity of the tumor to enable precise delivery of radiation during any point in the respiration cycle. The CyberKnife system with the Synchrony option enables reduced normal tissue exposure by using smaller treatment margins and increased accuracy.; Other Names: Radiotherapy; CyberKnife; Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Experimental: Compromised liver function.; Patients with compromised liver function as defined by patients with Child-Pugh Class B.	Radiation: Stereotactic Radiosurgery using the CyberKnife System.; Radiation: Stereotactic Radiosurgery using the CyberKnife System. The CyberKnife system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat lesions, tumors and conditions, anywhere in the body when radiation treatment is indicated. To address movement of target lesion during the respiratory cycle, the Synchrony™ option will be used. The Synchrony option precisely tracks tumors in or near the target organ as they move, enabling the highly focused beams of radiation to destroy the tumors with minimal injury to adjacent normal tissue. The Synchrony option records the breathing movements of a patient's chest and combines that information with sequential x-ray pictures of tiny markers inserted inside or in the proximity of the tumor to enable precise delivery of radiation during any point in the respiration cycle. The CyberKnife system with the Synchrony option enables reduced normal tissue exposure by using smaller treatment margins and increased accuracy.; Other Names: Radiotherapy; CyberKnife; Stereotactic Radiosurgery

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Tolerability of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) Based on Number of Cumulative Acute Toxicities Occurring Within 90 Days of Treatment and Related to SBRT.	To determine a tolerable dose, cumulative acute toxicity was collected (defined as toxicity occurring within 90 days of treatment initiation). Adverse events were graded by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0. Tolerability was based on hepatic toxicity. A grading (severity) scale is provided for each adverse event (AE) term. Grade 1 Mild; asymptomatic or mild symptoms; clinical or diagnostic observations only; intervention not indicated. Grade 2 Moderate; minimal, local or noninvasive intervention indicated; limiting age-appropriate instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Grade 3 Severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening; hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization indicated; disabling; limiting self care ADL. Grade 4 Life-threatening consequences; urgent intervention indicated. Grade 5 Death related to AE.	90 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Local Tumor Control to Doses of Radiation in Patients With Liver Cancer or Metastases to the Liver	1 year local control defined as percentage of patients with freedom from local progression at a median follow-up time of 12.7 months. Progressive disease is defined as increase by >= 50% of product of the two perpendicular diameters of an irradiated lesion.	12.7 months
Percentage of Local Response to Doses of Radiation in Patients With Liver Cancer or Metastases to the Liver	Complete response (CR) is defined as disappearance of the target lesion, partial response (PR) as regression of measureable disease, progressive disease (PD) as increase by >= 50% in product of the two perpendicular diameters of an irradiated lesion, and stable disease (SD) as all others not meeting criteria for CR, PR, or PD.	6 months
Overall Survival of Patients With Liver Cancer or Metastases to the Liver	Overall survival is defined as percentage of patients remaining alive from start of study treatment to 1 year.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Joel Tepper, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Website for University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: April 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 18, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): January 28, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 9, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 3, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): February 8, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 26, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 29, 2018
• Last Verified: June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Hepatocellular Carcinoma; HCC; Liver Cancer; mCRC; Metastatic Colon Cancer; Child-Pugh; Liver Function; Metastatic Cancer to Liver; Metastatic Colo-rectal Cancer
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Neoplasms by Site; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Liver Diseases; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Neoplasms; Neoplastic Processes; Colorectal Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Liver Neoplasms; Colonic Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: LCCC 0809