REDEL Trial: Reduced Elective Nodal Dose for Anal Cancer Toxicity Mitigation (REDEL)

To determine the efficacy of reduced elective nodal radiation in anal cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation in reducing toxicity compared to standard nodal irradiation.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Anal Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Radiation: Radiation (reduced elective nodal dose (30.6 Gy); Drug: Capecitabine; Drug: Mitomycin c

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center, single arm prospective trial to evaluate whether reduced elective nodal dose (30.6 Gy) reduces toxicity as defined by the CTCAE Toxicity Index compared to historic patients treated with standard nodal dose on NRG/RTOG0529 and patient reported GI toxicity using the validated PRO-CTCAE scale for diarrhea compared to historic patients treated on UC-GI-1601.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 33
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Ohio
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45219
      • University of Cincinnati Medical Center
    • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
      • Ohio State University Medical Center
  • Vermont
    • Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05405
      • University of Vermont

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥18 years.

2. Patients must have stage T1-4N+M0 or T3/T4N0M0 locally advanced anal cancer as evidenced by a PET scan AND either a CT with contrast of the abdomen/pelvis or an MRI with contrast of the pelvis. All imaging must be from within 60 days prior to registration.

   1. Note: Patients with T2N0 disease will be allowed if the primary tumor is >4 cm. Patients with Stage I-T1N0M0 or Stage II-T2N0M0 (tumor ≤ 4cm) will be ineligible for participation.
   2. Patients with perianal cancer that is HPV associated (P16+) will be eligible if the tumor extends to the anal verge and the CTV will include the mesorectal, internal/external iliac, and inguinal lymph nodes.
   3. Patients with excision of the primary tumor but with node positive disease or residual disease at the primary if T3T4N0 will be eligible.
3. ECOG performance status 0 or 1 (or Karnofsky ≥70, see Appendix A).
4. Patients must be able to receive concurrent treatment with capecitabine and Mitomycin C in the opinion of the investigator.
5. Creatinine Clearance must be > 30 ml/min.
6. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any prior pelvic radiation.
2. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to capecitabine.

3. Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness that in the opinion of the investigator would prevent receipt of radiation or capecitabine.

   a. Note: HIV-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial.

4. Pregnant or breastfeeding women are excluded from this study.
5. Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen in the opinion of the investigator.
6. Patients with active autoimmune or connective tissue disease requiring systemic treatment are excluded from this study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Reduced Elective Dose + Concurrent Capecitabine/Mitomycin C; Reduced elective nodal dose (30.6 Gy); (28- 30 fractions given M-F for approximately 5.5 to 6 weeks) Capecitabine 825 mg/m2 BID on days with RT Mitomycin C 10 mg/m2 slow IV push Days 1 and 29	Radiation: Radiation (reduced elective nodal dose (30.6 Gy); 28-30 fractions Monday through Friday of intended chemoradiation depending on the total dose required (50.4-54 Gy) which will occur over approximately 5.5 to 6 weeks.; Drug: Capecitabine; 825 mg/m2 BID (Oral Twice daily on days with RT); Drug: Mitomycin c; 10 mg/m2 slow IV push Day 1 and 29

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assess Toxicity Index for all GI, GU, Dermatologic, and Hematologic CTCAE events from treatment initiation through 90 days post treatment	Toxicity Index for all GI, GU, Dermatologic, and Hematologic CTCAE events from treatment initiation through 90 days post treatment. In patients treated with IMRT enrolled to NRG/RTOG 0529, the mean GI/GU/Derm/Hem TI was 3.858 (SD=0.892) assessed during this time period with standard nodal dose using a simultaneous integrated boost technique. Thirty-three patients will allow an effect size of 0.4 with 80% power and one-sided alpha of 0.05. This effect size is larger than the difference in toxicity observed compared to the historic standard of 3D-conformal radiation with IMRT (current standard) and thus felt to represent a clinically meaningful difference. The CTCAE Toxicity index will be determined for all Dermatologic, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, and hematologic events within 90 days from treatment initiation that are possible, probably, or definitely attributable to treatment.	90 days post treatment
Assess patient reported GI toxicity using PRO-CTCAE Diarrhea	PRO-CTCAE Diarrhea will be used to assess patient reported GI toxicity for the primary endpoint at weeks 3, 5, and 9 (approximately 1-month post-treatment). Any high grade PRO-CTCAE Diarrhea (frequently/almost constantly) in week 3-9 was reported in 71% of patients on a prior trial in this population (UC-GI-1601) with standard nodal dose. With n=33 at alpha =0.05 (actual alpha=0.033) and power=0.80, we can detect a reduction in the proportion of patients reporting any PRO-CTCAE high grade diarrhea (week 3, 5, 9) of at least 22.3%.	9 weeks post treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Colostomy-Free-Survival - measured by follow up without colostomy	Colostomy-Free-Survival - Time from treatment completion to any colostomy or last follow up without colostomy.	3 years (Patients followed 3 years post Treatment)
Disease Free Survival measured by digital rectal exam	Disease Free Survival - Failure to achieve complete response (CR) at 6 months or subsequent recurrence. There will be a documented clinical response assessment of the primary anal tumor primarily by using digital rectal exam at 3 and 6 months to define clinical complete response along with a review of imaging at 6 months. Any residual tumor at 6 months would be considered "failure to achieve a complete response" and would be considered a DFS event. Resolution of the primary tumor after chemoradiation and recurrence of tumor (any size) would be considered a DFS event. Persistence of disease in grossly enlarged lymph node (GTV Gross Nodes) at 6 months or resolution and then recurrence (any size) would be considered DFS event. New lesions in the elective nodal space or any other location will be considered a DFS event.	3 and 6 months post treatment
Local Regional Recurrence	Local Regional Recurrence - All failures within the PTVs for the primary tumor, for the involved Lymph Nodes, or for the Elective Lymph Nodes, including both patients who failed to achieve CR at 6 months and those occurring more than 6 months after completion of chemoradiation after initial CR.	6 months post treatment
Overall Survival - measured by survival or death at follow up	Overall Survival - Time from registration to death or last follow up	3 years (Patients followed 3 years post Treatment)
Proportion of patients requiring a treatment break due to toxicity; measured by more than 3 consecutive fractions missed.	Treatment breaks- The proportion of patients requiring a treatment break due to toxicity (more than 3 consecutive fractions missed) will be monitored and reported. In RTOG 0529, 50% of patients treated with standard nodal dose required a treatment break.	Measured during the 5.5 - 6 week treatment period

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Cincinnati

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 14, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 14, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 14, 2029

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 5, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 15, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 18, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 16, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Toxicity Mitigation; Reduced Elective Nodal Dose
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Intestinal Diseases; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Digestive System Neoplasms; Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Colorectal Neoplasms; Intestinal Neoplasms; Rectal Diseases; Anus Diseases; Rectal Neoplasms; Anus Neoplasms; Organic Chemicals; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring; Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides; Physical Phenomena; Indoles; Deoxycytidine; Cytidine; Pyrimidine Nucleosides; Pyrimidines; Nucleosides; Uracil; Pyrimidinones; Quinones; Azirines; Deoxyribonucleosides; Fluorouracil; Mitomycins; Indolequinones; Capecitabine; Mitomycin; Radiation
• Other Study ID Numbers: UCCC-GI-23-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes