Central-boost Ablative Radiation Therapy for Solid Tumors (CBART)

May 19, 2024 updated by: Zhang Huo Jun, Changhai Hospital

Central-boost Ablative Radiation Therapy for Large Tumors or Tumors Adjacent to Organs at Risk

In the case of large tumors or tumors closely adjacent to organs at risk, ablative doses offered by stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) could not be delivered. Therefore, a technique that could provide high radiation doses to tumors without increasing of risks of severe adverse effects is required.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Regarding the advanced stage tumor, especially tumors with large volumes or closely adjacent to organs at risk, patients are not candidates for surgical resection. Therefore, raduitherapy may be the optimal local therapy to ameliorate symptoms and be combined with systemic therapy, including chemotherapy, targeted therapy or immunotherapy. However, for those tumors, ablative doses could not be given due to large volumes and abutting to organs at risk.

In order to solve the problem, spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) is used. In details, it was performed based on grid or lattice, which creates several cylindrical high-radiation-dose areas in tumors. Nevertheless, the ablative dose areas are limited albeit with SFRT, which may not greatly improve tumor local. Hence, we create an inner and complete inner gross tumor volume that would be delivered ablative radiation doses, which is named as central-boost ablative radiation therapy (CBART). We aim to investigate the efficacy and safety of CBART in large tumors or tumors adjacent to organs at risk.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

67

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 Contact

Study Locations

    • Shanghai
      • Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200433
        • Recruiting
        • Huojun Zhang
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Huojun Zhang, M.D.
        • Contact:

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Aged 18-75 years.
  • Pathologically confirmed lung, liver, pancreas or retroperitoneal malignant tumor.
  • Oligometastasis in the case of metastatic tumor
  • the shortest diameter ≥2cm or the distance from the tumor to the organs at risk less than 5mm
  • ECOG of 0 to 1 point
  • No abnormality in blood routine test, liver and kidney function test and coagulation test (White blood cell count ≥4.0×10^9/L, neutrophil count ≥2.0×10^9, hemoglobin level ≥100g/L, platelet count ≥100×10^9/L, ALT and AST level < 2.5 times the upper limit of normal, total bilirubin and creatinine level within the normal, international normalized ratio <2)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of radiotherapy for the lesion
  • History of tumor within 5 years
  • ECOG ≥2 points
  • Significant abnormality in blood routine test, liver and kidney function test and coagulation test
  • Active inflammatory bowel disease in the case of pancreas or retroperitoneal tumor
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation within 6 months in the case of pancreas or retroperitoneal tumor
  • Infections required antibiotics
  • Heart or respiratory insufficiency
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women

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: stereotactic body radiation therapy
Central-boost ablative doses delivered by SBRT.
An inner and complete gross tumor volume (iGTV) is created within the gross tumor volume (GTV). For the liver or lung tumor, the convetional radiation dose is 35-45Gy/5f. Regarding the pancreatic tumor or retroperitoneal tumor, the radiation dose is 30-40Gy/5f. Hence, the radiation dose of iGTV should not be less than 120% of the dose of GTV.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
One-year local control will be determined.
Time Frame: 1 year
The proportion of patients without tumor local progression at one year. The progression is assessed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST; version 1.1), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall survival will be determined.
Time Frame: 2 years
The time from the enrollment to death.
2 years
Progression free survival will be determined.
Time Frame: 2 years
The time from the enrollment to documentation of any clinical or radiological disease progression or death, whichever occurred first. Progression is assessed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST; version 1.1), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.
2 years
Treatment related adverse events
Time Frame: 2 years
Treatment-related adverse effects are determined by National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0.
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Huojun Zhang, M.D., Changhai Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

May 12, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 19, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 19, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

May 23, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 23, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 19, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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