Hypofractionated Radiotherapy With Hyperthermia in Unresectable or Marginally Resectable Soft Tissue Sarcomas (SINDIR)

January 27, 2021 updated by: Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
After a screening, which consists of biopsy, physical examination, initial diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI-MRI) or body computed tomography (CT) scan, blood tests and case analysis on Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meeting, a patient will receive the hypofractionated radiotherapy 10x 3.25 Gy with regional hyperthermia (twice a week) within two weeks. The response analysis in CT or DWI-MRI and toxicity assessment will be performed after at least 6 weeks. At the second MDT meeting, a final decision about resectability of the tumor will be made. In case of resectability or consent for amputation, if required, a patient will be referred to surgery. In case of unresectability or amputation refusal, the patient will receive the second part of the treatment which consists of 4x 4 Gy with hyperthermia (twice a week).

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

There is a lack of standard treatment of unresectable and marginally resectable sarcomas. Results of commonly used approaches are unsatisfactory, especially in patients who are not candidates for neoadjuvant chemotherapy due to poor performance status, comorbidities, radioresistant pathology or disease progression on the commonly used chemotherapy regimens. The addition of regional hyperthermia to irradiation and in the prolonged gap between the end of hypofractionated 10x 3.25 Gy radiotherapy and surgery may allow obtaining the long-term local control with the maintenance of a good treatment tolerance.

Hypofractionation represents a variation of radiotherapy fractionation in which the total dose is divided into fewer fractions with an increased fraction dose. Such treatment may lead to additional biological effects when compared to conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (eg. vascular damage, increased immunogenicity, and antigenicity). The main advantages of hypofractionation are those related to the decreased overall treatment time which is more convenient for both patients and physicians, increased compliance and makes the treatment more cost-effective. Intriguing, such an approach may provide an additional benefit when treating non-radiosensitive tumors with a low alpha/beta ratio (eg. sarcomas).

Hyperthermia is a method of increasing the temperature in the tumor to damage cancer cells with minimum injury to the normal cells. It should be combined with another treatment modality (radio- or chemotherapy) rather than used alone. Its efficacy was proven in clinical trials. The treatment tolerance is usually very good.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

  • Poland
    • Mazovian
      • Warsaw, Mazovian, Poland, 02-781
        • Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center

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:

  • Able to provide informed consent; age ≥18 years old
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 - 2
  • Histologic diagnosis of locally advanced soft tissue sarcoma
  • Marginally resectable or unresectable tumor (assessed at Multidisciplinary Tumor Board)
  • Radioresistant sarcoma subtype (low-grade tumor or radioresistant histology) or contradictions to chemotherapy (assessed at Multidisciplinary Tumor Board) or progression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Radiation-induced sarcoma or previous radiation to the affected volume
  • Histologic diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma (except pleomorphic subtype), osteogenic sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma/PNET, aggressive fibromatosis
  • Contraindications to radiotherapy or hyperthermia
  • Distant metastases

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: Radiotherapy with hyperthermia
10x 3.25 Gy + hyperthermia + surgery or radiotherapy boost (4x 4 Gy + hyperthermia)
Radiation: Hypofractionated radiotherapy

Preoperative hypofractionated 10x 3.25 Gy radiotherapy (5 consecutive days in a week, two weeks) prescribed on planned target volume (tumor volume + elective margins + setup/error margin) with daily image guidance with cone beam-CT or kV-portal position verification.

Radiotherapy boost 4x 4 Gy within one week in case of unresectability after 6 weeks.

Other: Hyperthermia
Deep hyperthermia (Celsius TCS or BSD-2000) according to local protocol combined with radiotherapy, twice a week.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Feasibility of the treatment schedule
Time Frame: Up to 3 months
The exact 95% confidence interval for an estimated feasibility proportion of 80% (23 of 30 patients) does not include (60-80%) a value of 50%. Thus, for a sample size of 30 patients, the feasibility of 80% is above chance level performance (50%).
Up to 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
One-year local control rate
Time Frame: 12 months after treatment completion
12 months after treatment completion
One-year progression-free survival
Time Frame: 12 months after treatment completion
12 months after treatment completion
One-year sarcoma-specific survival
Time Frame: 12 months after treatment completion
12 months after treatment completion
Rate of late toxicities
Time Frame: Two years after treatment completion
Rate of late toxicities of a planned schedule of therapy according to CTCAE 5.0
Two years after treatment completion

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mateusz J Spałek, MD PhD, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology in Warsaw

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 14, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 14, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

June 18, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 1, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 27, 2021

Last Verified

December 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SINDIR1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Yes

IPD Plan Description

All IPD that underlie results in a publication as supplementary materials

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Data will be available since a publication (as a study supplementary material)

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Based on journal policy, open access is preferred

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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