Single Fraction or Multi-fraction Palliative Radiation Therapy for the Improvement of Quality of Life in Patients With Metastatic Gynecologic Cancers

A Randomized Phase II Trial of Palliative Pelvic Radiation Therapy to Improve Health Related Quality of Life in Gynecologic Malignancies

This phase II trial studies if a single session of palliative radiation therapy can help improve symptoms of gynecologic cancers that have spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and that affect quality of life as well or more so than multiple sessions (which is the standard of care). Palliative radiation therapy may help patients with metastatic gynecologic cancers live more comfortably. Researchers also want to learn how radiation affects the immune system and to compare the effects of giving one radiation treatment to giving multiple radiation treatments.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Metastatic Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Other: Questionnaire Administration; Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy; Radiation: 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy; Radiation: Volume Modulated Arc Therapy

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine whether single fraction palliative radiation therapy (SFRT) improves health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) over multi-fraction palliative radiotherapy (MFRT).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine whether single fraction palliative radiation therapy (SFRT) improves individual domains of health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) over multi-fraction palliative radiotherapy (MFRT).

II. To determine whether SFRT increases clinically meaningful HR-QOL improvement over MFRT.

III. To determine whether SFRT provides non-inferior symptom burden improvement to MFRT.

IV. To describe radiation related toxicity rates within 21 days and within year for patients receiving SFRT and MFRT.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. To describe T-cell repertoire of patients receiving SFRT and MFRT. II. To describe vaginal microbiome of patients receiving SFRT and MFRT. III. To describe gut microbiome of patients receiving SFRT and MFRT. IV. To describe financial burden of patients undergoing palliative pelvic radiation with either SFRT or MFRT.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM A: Patients undergo standard of care radiation therapy in the form of 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), or volume modulated arc therapy (VMAT) at the physician's discretion for 1 fraction in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with < 30% decrease in the Symptom Inventory Scale (SIS) may receive an additional fraction on day 21 at the physician's discretion.

ARM B: Patients undergo standard of care radiation therapy in the form of 3D CRT, IMRT, or VMAT at the physician's discretion over 2 weeks for 10 fractions in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for up to 1 year.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 108
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Lauren Colbert; Phone Number: 832-652-6033; Email: lcolbert@mdanderson.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • New Jersey
    • Camden, New Jersey, United States, 08103
      • Recruiting
      • Cooper Hospital University
      • Contact: Megan Mezera, M D; Phone Number: 856-735-6109; Email: mezera-megan@CooperHealth.edu
      • Principal Investigator: Megan Mezera, M D
  • Ohio
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43215
      • Recruiting
      • OhioHealth
      • Contact: Megan DeHaan, M D; Phone Number: 614-566-5560; Email: megan.dehaan@ohiohealth.com
      • Principal Investigator: Megan DeHaan, M D
  • Texas
    • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
      • Recruiting
      • M D Anderson Cancer Center
      • Contact: Lauren Colbert; Phone Number: 832-652-6033; Email: lcolbert@madanderson.org
      • Principal Investigator: Lauren Colbert

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histologically or cytologically documented gynecologic cancer with prior or current evidence of metastatic disease
• Measurable pelvic disease with any pain and/or bleeding
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =< 3
• Estimated life expectancy > 3 months at discretion of treating physician
• Female participants of childbearing potential must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception for the course of the study through 120 days after the last dose of study medication
• Patient able to provide properly obtained written informed consent
• Gynecologic Section Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance (QA) for eligibility for single fraction radiation treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior pelvic radiation therapy that would make treatment unsafe at the discretion of the treating physician
• Systemic therapy concurrently or within 21 days of first dose of radiation
• Concurrent participation in another interventional radiation therapy trial concurrently or within 30 days of study consent. Note: Patients who are participating in systemic clinical trials and non-interventional clinical trials (e.g., QOL, imaging, observational, follow-up studies, etc.) are eligible, regardless of the timing of participation
• Known second malignancy that requires active treatment (at the discretion of the primary investigator)
• Documented psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
• Pregnant or breastfeeding at any point starting with the pre-screening or screening visit through 120 days after the last dose of trial treatment

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm A (radiation therapy); Patients undergo standard of care radiation therapy in the form of 3D CRT, IMRT, or VMAT at the physician's discretion for 1 fraction in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with < 30% decrease in the SIS may receive an additional fraction on day 21 at the physician's discretion.	Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Ancillary studies; Other Names: Quality of Life Assessment; Other: Questionnaire Administration; Ancillary studies; Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy; Undergo IMRT; Other Names: IMRT; Intensity Modulated RT; Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy; Radiation, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy; Radiation: 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy; Undergo 3D CRT; Other Names: 3-dimensional radiation therapy; 3D CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY; 3D CRT; 3D-CRT; Conformal Therapy; Radiation Conformal Therapy; Radiation, 3D Conformal; Radiation: Volume Modulated Arc Therapy; Undergo VMAT; Other Names: VMAT
Active Comparator: Arm B (radiation therapy); Patients undergo standard of care radiation therapy in the form of 3D CRT, IMRT, or VMAT at the physician's discretion over 2 weeks for 10 fractions in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.	Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment; Ancillary studies; Other Names: Quality of Life Assessment; Other: Questionnaire Administration; Ancillary studies; Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy; Undergo IMRT; Other Names: IMRT; Intensity Modulated RT; Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy; Radiation, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy; Radiation: 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy; Undergo 3D CRT; Other Names: 3-dimensional radiation therapy; 3D CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY; 3D CRT; 3D-CRT; Conformal Therapy; Radiation Conformal Therapy; Radiation, 3D Conformal; Radiation: Volume Modulated Arc Therapy; Undergo VMAT; Other Names: VMAT

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Absolute change in index value of EuroQol 5 Dimensions - 5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) score	An index value will be calculated for each participant according to page 13 of the user guide. Scores will be summarized using descriptive statistics. Will use a 2-sample t-test to compare the change scores between the single fraction palliative radiation therapy (SFRT) and multi-fraction palliative radiation therapy (MFRT) groups.	Baseline up to 21 days post-radiation therapy

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Absolute change in mobility	Each dimension is rated on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 represents no problem present or patient can care for self and 5 represents extreme problems present or unable to care for self. Improvement within each dimension will be assessed by the absolute change of heath state. A decrease in the raw score by 1 or more points denotes improvement within the dimension.	Baseline up to 21 days post-radiation therapy
Absolute change in self-care	Each dimension is rated on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 represents no problem present or patient can care for self and 5 represents extreme problems present or unable to care for self. Improvement within each dimension will be assessed by the absolute change of heath state. A decrease in the raw score by 1 or more points denotes improvement within the dimension.	Baseline up to 21 days post-radiation therapy
Absolute change in activity	Each dimension is rated on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 represents no problem present or patient can care for self and 5 represents extreme problems present or unable to care for self. Improvement within each dimension will be assessed by the absolute change of heath state. A decrease in the raw score by 1 or more points denotes improvement within the dimension.	Baseline up to 21 days post-radiation therapy
Absolute change in pain	Each dimension is rated on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 represents no problem present or patient can care for self and 5 represents extreme problems present or unable to care for self. Improvement within each dimension will be assessed by the absolute change of heath state. A decrease in the raw score by 1 or more points denotes improvement within the dimension.	Baseline up to 21 days post-radiation therapy
Absolute change in anxiety	Each dimension is rated on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 represents no problem present or patient can care for self and 5 represents extreme problems present or unable to care for self. Improvement within each dimension will be assessed by the absolute change of heath state. A decrease in the raw score by 1 or more points denotes improvement within the dimension.	Baseline up to 21 days post-radiation therapy
>= 6 point increase in EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale	Will summarize the number of patients with clinical meaningful health-related (HR)-quality of life (QOL) improvement using frequencies and proportions. The proportion of patients with clinically meaningful HR-QOL improvement will be compared between SFRT and MFRT using a chi-squared test.	Baseline up to 21 days post-radiation therapy
Decrease in Symptom Inventory (SIS)	Will be calculated as the average of the worst pain, least pain, pain on average, pain right now and scores from the vaginal bleeding questions. The change in SIS score from baseline to 21 days post radiation therapy will be calculated for each patient and evaluated between the SFRT and MFRT groups using a t-test. Will be calculated as the average of the worst pain, least pain, pain on average, pain right now and scores from the vaginal bleeding questions. The change in SIS score from baseline to 21 days post radiation therapy will be calculated for each patient and evaluated between the SFRT and MFRT groups using a t-test.	At 21 days post-radiation therapy
Incidence of adverse events	Assessed per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0. Radiation related toxicity event rates within 21 days and within one year for patients receiving SFRT and MFRT will be summarized using frequencies and proportions. Proportions between SFRT and MFRT will be compared using a chi-squared or Fisher's exact test.	Within 21 days and up to 1 year

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
T-cell repertoire	Will describe T-cell clonality, diversity, clonal overlap, productive and nonproductive frequencies using descriptive statistics. Informal comparisons may be completed to generate hypotheses for future studies.	Up to 1 year
Vaginal microbiome	Will use alpha and beta diversity metrics for both 16S and whole-genome sequencing (WGS), including overall diversity, richness and evenness and species-specific microbial dynamics. Will be summarized using descriptive statistics. Informal comparisons may be completed to generate hypotheses for future studies.	Up to 1 year
Gut microbiome	Will use alpha and beta diversity metrics for both 16S and WGS sequencing, including overall diversity, richness and evenness and species-specific microbial dynamics. Will be summarized using descriptive statistics. Informal comparisons may be completed to generate hypotheses for future studies.	Up to 1 year
Financial burden	Will be assessed using the Economic Strain and Resilience in Cancer Financial Toxicity Questionnaire. The scores for each question will be summarized using descriptive statistics. An overall average score will be calculated by calculating the mean score of the seven questions. At the end of the questionnaire, the patient is asked to rate their overall financial situation as much better, better, nearly the same, worse, or much worse. The frequency of each answer to the global question will be tabulated.	Up to 21 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lauren Colbert, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• MD Anderson Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 11, 2021
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 13, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 13, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): August 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 16, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 15, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Genital Diseases, Female; Genital Neoplasms, Female
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020-0517 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center); NCI-2020-05684 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No