A Pilot Study of Ultra-High Dose Rate (ConformalFLASH®), for Reirradiation of Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (C-FLASH-01)
17 september 2026 bijgewerkt door: IBA Proton Therapy, Inc.
This pilot study is designed to evaluate the feasibility of delivering ultra-high dose-rate conformal proton therapy (ConformalFLASH) in participants requiring re-irradiation for head and neck cancer who are not amenable to surgical resection.
ConformalFLASH treatment planning and delivery workflows are comparable to those of conventional Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), a standard approach for re-irradiation in this population.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Werving
Conditie
Interventie / Behandeling
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
C-FLASH-01 is a pilot study evaluating the feasibility of delivering ultra-high dose-rate conformal proton therapy (ConformalFLASH) to participants requiring re-irradiation for head and neck cancer who are not amenable to surgical resection.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) re-irradiation is a standard approach that enables highly conformal dose delivery over a limited number of fractions.
ConformalFLASH is an investigational approach that applies SBRT principles using proton therapy delivered at ultra-high dose rates (≥ 40 Gray Relative Biological Effectiveness (GyRBE)/second), with the potential to reduce normal tissue toxicity while maintaining tumor control.
Participants will undergo treatment planning and delivery consistent with standard SBRT workflows.
Treatment consists of five fractions (8 GyRBE per fraction) delivered over approximately 1.5 to 2 weeks.
The primary objective is to assess the feasibility of delivering conformal proton SBRT at dose rates ≥ 40 GyRBE/second, along with evaluation of acute toxicity.
Secondary objectives include assessment of treatment delivery accuracy, late toxicity, clinical outcomes, and patient-reported quality of life.
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Geschat)
10
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
In dit gedeelte vindt u de contactgegevens van degenen die het onderzoek uitvoeren en informatie over waar dit onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd.
Studiecontact
- Naam: Sophie Le Bail
- Telefoonnummer: +32 470 226 032
- E-mail: sophie.lebail@iba-group.com
Studie Contact Back-up
- Naam: Sofie Gillis
- Telefoonnummer: +32 499 985 686
- E-mail: sofie.Gillis@iba-group.com
Studie Locaties
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, 19104
- Werving
- The University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiation Oncology
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Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Alexander Lin, MD
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Contact:
- Ching Lai
- Telefoonnummer: 267-250-9244
- E-mail: Ching.Lai@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Contact:
- Karen Tang
- Telefoonnummer: 267-299-9618
- E-mail: Karen.Tang1@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Deelname Criteria
Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
- Volwassen
- Oudere volwassene
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Nee
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must sign an informed consent document that indicates they are aware of the investigational nature of the treatment in this protocol as well as the potential risks and benefits
- Patients ≥ 18 years old
- Patients ineligible for or decline upfront surgical resection
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of carcinoma of the head and neck
- Prior receipt of at least 45 GyRBE radiotherapy to the head and neck
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0-2 or evidence of similar in the electronic medical record
- Life expectancy of more than 12 weeks
- Ability to understand and the willingness to provide written informed consent and to follow the study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Receipt of prior head and neck radiotherapy within the prior 6 months
- Surgical resection of the current disease in the head and neck
- More than 3 areas of disease requiring reirradiation
- Disease focus exceeding 6.5 cm in greatest dimension
- Presence of distant metastatic disease
- Involvement of any of the following structures: skin, carotid artery, or mandible
- Receipt of concurrent chemotherapy during radiotherapy
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including medical and psychiatric, and social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Enrolled in any other investigational studies that involve administrations of another cancer therapeutic (such as surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy) during RT
- Pregnant and/or breastfeeding
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Behandeling
- Toewijzing: NVT
- Interventioneel model: Opdracht voor een enkele groep
- Masker: Geen (open label)
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Experimenteel: Treatment Arm
ConformalFLASH irradiation
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Subjects will be treated with SBRT (8 GyRBE x 5 fractions over 1.5-2 weeks), using pencil-beam scanning proton therapy, delivered at an average dose rate of ≥ 40 GyRBE/second, without chemotherapy.
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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ConformalFLASH treatment delivery feasibility
Tijdsspanne: Through treatment completion (within 1 month after last fraction)
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Delivery of ≥ 95% of the prescribed dose to ≥ 95% of the clinical target volume (CTV) at an average dose rate of ≥ 40 GyRBE/second
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Through treatment completion (within 1 month after last fraction)
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Acute toxicities
Tijdsspanne: Up to 3 months after treatment start
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Incidence of acute toxicity as assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 6.0
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Up to 3 months after treatment start
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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ConformalFLASH treatment delivery accuracy
Tijdsspanne: Through treatment completion (within 1 month after last fraction)
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Dose delivered to the clinical target volume (CTV) and organs at risk (OARs) as well as the average dose rate to the CTV
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Through treatment completion (within 1 month after last fraction)
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Late toxicities
Tijdsspanne: Beyond 3 months after start of treatment and up to 5 years
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Incidence of late toxicity as assessed by CTCAE version 6.0
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Beyond 3 months after start of treatment and up to 5 years
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Local Control
Tijdsspanne: 3 months and 1 year
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Absence of tumor recurrence or progression at the primary radiated disease site following initiation of study treatment, as assessed by imaging, supplemented by clinical examination and with biopsy confirmation when indicated
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3 months and 1 year
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Regional control
Tijdsspanne: 3 months and 1 year
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Absence of tumor recurrence or progression in regional lymph nodes following initiation of study treatment, as assessed by imaging, supplemented by clinical examination and with biopsy confirmation when indicated
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3 months and 1 year
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Metastasis-free survival
Tijdsspanne: 3 months and 1 year
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Time from first treatment to the first occurrence of distant metastatic disease or death from any cause.
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3 months and 1 year
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Overall survival
Tijdsspanne: 3 months and 1 year
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Time from first treatment to death from any cause
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3 months and 1 year
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Patient-reported quality of life
Tijdsspanne: Up to 5 years
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Effect of the treatment on patient-reported quality of life, using the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL).The UW-QOL consists of domains based upon discrete ordinal responses regarding their past 7 days. Scoring is scaled so that a score of 0 represents the worst possible response, and a score of 100 represents the best possible response. The UW-QOL comprises 12 single-question domains, each between 3 and 6 response options. These options are scaled evenly from 0 (worst) to 100 (best), according to the hierarchy of response. Each domain is scored individually, and an overall composite score can be derived. In addition, patients are asked to choose up to 3 of these domains that they consider most important to them. The UW-QOL also includes 3 global questions, one about how patient feel relative to before they developed their cancer, one about their health-related QOL and one about their overall QOL. |
Up to 5 years
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
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Sponsor
Medewerkers
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Alexander Lin, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Publicaties en nuttige links
De persoon die verantwoordelijk is voor het invoeren van informatie over het onderzoek stelt deze publicaties vrijwillig ter beschikking. Dit kan gaan over alles wat met het onderzoek te maken heeft.
Algemene publicaties
- Vargo JA, Ferris RL, Ohr J, Clump DA, Davis KS, Duvvuri U, Kim S, Johnson JT, Bauman JE, Gibson MK, Branstetter BF, Heron DE. A prospective phase 2 trial of reirradiation with stereotactic body radiation therapy plus cetuximab in patients with previously irradiated recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Mar 1;91(3):480-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.11.023. Epub 2015 Jan 30.
- Heron DE, Ferris RL, Karamouzis M, Andrade RS, Deeb EL, Burton S, Gooding WE, Branstetter BF, Mountz JM, Johnson JT, Argiris A, Grandis JR, Lai SY. Stereotactic body radiotherapy for recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: results of a phase I dose-escalation trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Dec 1;75(5):1493-500. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.075. Epub 2009 May 21.
- Lartigau EF, Tresch E, Thariat J, Graff P, Coche-Dequeant B, Benezery K, Schiappacasse L, Degardin M, Bondiau PY, Peiffert D, Lefebvre JL, Lacornerie T, Kramar A. Multi institutional phase II study of concomitant stereotactic reirradiation and cetuximab for recurrent head and neck cancer. Radiother Oncol. 2013 Nov;109(2):281-5. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.08.012. Epub 2013 Nov 18.
Studie record data
Deze datums volgen de voortgang van het onderzoeksdossier en de samenvatting van de ingediende resultaten bij ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieverslagen en gerapporteerde resultaten worden beoordeeld door de National Library of Medicine (NLM) om er zeker van te zijn dat ze voldoen aan specifieke kwaliteitscontrolenormen voordat ze op de openbare website worden geplaatst.
Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start (Werkelijk)
14 september 2026
Primaire voltooiing (Geschat)
1 december 2027
Studie voltooiing (Geschat)
1 december 2032
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
2 juni 2026
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
11 juni 2026
Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)
12 juni 2026
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)
18 september 2026
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
17 september 2026
Laatst geverifieerd
1 september 2026
Meer informatie
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Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- IBA-04-UP
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