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- Clinical Trial NCT04452357
Pulse-low-dose Rate (PLDR) Radiation in Pancreatic Cancer
RT-155: Utilizing Pulsed Low-dose-rate (PLDR) Radiation to Prevent de Novo Stromal Activation; a Neoadjuvant Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Phase I Trial
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Radiation, combined with radiosensitizing chemotherapies, is often used preoperatively for borderline resectable cases with the intent of facilitating a curative surgical intervention. This includes providing margin adjacent to un-resectable vessels and sterilizing regional lymph nodes. Unfortunately, due to the radiosensitivity of adjacent small bowel and stomach, the total dose of radiation used is modest due to the risk of toxicities associated with higher doses. Pulsed low-dose-rate (PLDR) radiation improves the safety of radiation through breaking it up into small pulses. This increases the repair of DNA damage in normal tissues while remaining effective in cancer cells. Multiple prior studies have shown PLDR to be safe in the setting of re-irradiation, where additional radiation with conventional techniques is associated with severe toxicity.
PLDR radiation will be given in 2 doses to 6 patients at each dose level:
Dose level 1: 56 Gy- given over 6 weeks Dose level 2: 66 Gy- given over 7 weeks Standard chemotherapeutic drug, gemcitabine, will be administered once a week for the duration of radiation.
This treatment will be followed by standard surgery to remove the cancer after consultation with a surgeon.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Joshua Meyer, MD
- Phone Number: 215-728-2667
- Email: Joshua.Meyer@fccc.edu
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Meghann Hainsworth
- Phone Number: 215-728-5506
- Email: Meghann.Hainsworth@fccc.edu
Study Locations
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically-confirmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Patients must have non-metastatic pancreatic cancer not appropriate for immediate surgical resection. This includes the following:
Any involvement (defined as loss of fat plane on contrast CT) of any of the following vessels*:
- Common hepatic artery
- Superior mesenteric artery
- Celiac axis
- Superior mesenteric vein
- Portal vein
Aorta
- These criteria will be judged by the operating surgeon in conjunction with a radiologist prior to enrollment.
- Poor performance status not immediately conducive to radical surgery
- Other clinical reasoning by the treating physicians that supports pre-operative chemoradiation
- Patients must have evaluable disease as measured by RECIST 1.1 criteria.
- Planned surgical resection at the time of enrollment (may be initially staged as resectable, borderline resectable, or locally-advanced/unresectable).
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, or ECOG, performance status 0-2.
Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, renal function.
- ANC ³ 1,500/ml and PLT ³ 100,000/ml
- Bilirubin less than 1.5 ULN
- AST and ALT < 3X ULN
- Serum Creatinine <1.5X ULN
- Prior chemotherapy allowed, but not mandatory. Patients who have undergone chemotherapy prior to participating in this study must have had a 2 week washout period at the time of signing the consent form.
- Women of childbearing potential must be non-pregnant (negative pregnancy test within 72 hours prior to registration. Postmenopausal woman must have been amenorrheic and nonlactating for at least 12 months to be considered of non-childbearing potential. Men and women of child bearing potential must be willing to exercise an effective form of birth control (abstinence/contraception) while on study and for 3 months after therapy is completed. Please refer to section 6.4 for additional detail.
- Age > 18 years
- Participants must sign a written informed consent and HIPAA consent prior to performance of study-specific procedures or assessments and must be willing to comply with treatment and follow up.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Radiological or cytologically confirmed metastatic disease
- Patients who have had any prior therapy for pancreatic cancer, except chemotherapy (see 6.1.7)
- Concurrent non-study chemotherapy or biologic therapy
- A history of ataxia telangiectasia or other documented history of radiation hypersensitivity
- Scleroderma or active connective tissue disease
- Active inflammatory bowel disease
- Serious, active infections requiring treatment with IV antibiotics
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
Study Plan
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 |
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Experimental: PLDR Chemoradiation
Patients will receive pulse-low-dose rate radiation, along with gemcitabine chemotherapy. 6 patients each will be accrued at two dose levels. PLDR radiation will be delivered as 10 fractions of 20 cGy, initiated once every 3 minutes. Dose levels will be selected as follows: Dose level 1: 56 Gy; Dose level 2: 66 Gy |
PLDR radiation will be delivered as 10 fractions of 20 cGy, initiated once every 3 minutes. Dose levels will be selected as follows: Dose level 1: 56 Gy; Dose level 2: 66 Gy Drug: Gemcitabine |
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Acute grade 3+ gastrointestinal toxicity possibly, probably or definitely related to radiation.
Time Frame: 11 weeks
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Number of participants with Grade 3 toxicity related to the treatment
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11 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- RT-155
- 18-1085 (Other Identifier: Fox Chase cancer Center)
Drug and device information, study documents
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