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NCT Number: NCT04068155

Alpha Radiation Emitters Device (DaRT) for the Treatment of of Malignant Cutaneous Tumors

A unique approach for cancer treatment employing intratumoral diffusing alpha radiation emitter device for Malignant Cutaneous Tumors

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Key information

About this study

This will be a prospective, open label, single arm, multi- center study, assessing the safety and effectiveness of diffusing alpha emitters radiation therapy (DaRT) delivered through radioactive seeds inserted into the tumor.

This approach combines the advantages of local intratumoral irradiation of the tumor, as used in conventional brachytherapy, with the power of the alpha radiation emitting atoms, that will be introduced in quantities considerably lower than radiation therapy already used in patients.

Cutaneous lesions with histopathological confirmation of malignancy will be treated using DaRT seeds.

Reduction in tumor size 9-11 weeks following DaRT insertion will be assessed. Safety will be assessed by the frequency, severity and causality of all Adverse Events (AE).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects with histopathological confirmation of newly diagnosed (Cohort A) or locally recurrent (Cohort B) malignant cutaneous lesions of the following histopathologies:
  • SCC
  • BCC
  • Lentigo maligna melanoma (Dubreuilh melanoma)
  • Carcinosarcoma
  • Acceptable tumor locations include the following:
  • Skin (facial, scalp, extremities, torso)
  • Lips
  • Eyelids
  • Subjects with a tumor size ≤ 7 centimeters in the longest diameter.
  • Target lesion technically amenable for full tumor coverage with the Alpha DaRT seeds.
  • Measurable disease according to RECIST v1.1.
  • Subjects over 18 years old.
  • Subjects' ECOG Performance Status Scale is < 2.
  • Subjects' life expectancy is more than 6 months.
  • Platelet count ≥100,000/mm3.
  • International normalized ratio of prothrombin time ≤1.8.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) will have evidence of negative pregnancy test.
  • Subjects are willing to sign an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject has a tumor with histology of one of the following:
  • Keratoacanthoma
  • Merkel cell carcinoma
  • Sarcoma other than carcinosarcoma
  • Metastatic disease (according to the TNM staging system - M1 patients are excluded)
  • Patients with significant comorbidities that the treating physician deems may conflict with the endpoints of the study (e.g., poorly controlled autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, etc.).
  • Patients undergoing systemic immunosuppressive therapy excepting intermittent, brief use of systemic corticosteroids.
  • Volunteers participating in another interventional study in the past 30 days which might conflict with the endpoints of this study or the evaluation of response or toxicity of DaRT.
  • High probability of protocol non-compliance (in opinion of investigator).
  • Subjects not willing to sign an informed consent.
  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Treatment and study plan

DaRT- Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy

Device

Seed(s) loaded with Radium-224 for local intratumoral irradiation with the destructive power of alpha particles

Primary outcomes

  1. The objective response rate to DaRT treatment

    Time frame: up to 9-11 weeks

    Assessment of tumor response rate using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) (Version 1.1)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Tumor volume

    Time frame: up to 9-11 weeks

    Assessment of the reduction in tumor volume based on imaging tests

  2. DaRT seeds placement

    Time frame: Day of DaRT insertion procedure

    Assessment of the DaRT seed placement by localization of the DaRT seed in the tumor using CT imaging

  3. Change in quality of life as assessed by the Skindex-16 questionnaire

    Time frame: up to 9-11 weeks

    Assessment of patient reported health-related Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes using the Skindex-16 questionnaire

  4. Disease-Free Survival (DFS) rate

    Time frame: up to 24 months

    Assessment of Disease-Free Survival

  5. Change in quality of life as assessed by the Skin Cancer Index (SCI) questionnaire

    Time frame: up to 9-11 weeks

    Assessment of patient reported health-related Quality of Life (QoL) outcomes using the Skin Cancer Index (SCI) questionnaire.

Other outcomes

  1. Adverse Events

    Time frame: up to 24 months

    Assessment of the frequency, severity and causality of adverse events related and not related to the DaRT treatment. Adverse events will be assessed and graded according to Common Terminology and Criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) version 5.0.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Amnon Gat

CONTACT

[email protected]

Liron Dimnik

CONTACT

[email protected]

+972-2-373-7000

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Alpha Tau Medical LTD.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Safety and Effectiveness Study of Intratumoral Diffusing Alpha Radiation Emitters for the Treatment of Malignant Cutaneous Tumors

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2028
First posted
Aug 28, 2019
Registry last updated
Jun 16, 2026

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