Immune Responses in Prostate, Lung, Melanoma and Breast Cancer Patients Following Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) or Brachytherapy

Success of cancer immunotherapy is limited by the ability of solid tumors to evade local and systemic antitumoral immune responses. Several mechanisms of tumor immune evasion have been identified, including low intratumor expression of antigens and elevated expression of inhibitory co-regulatory molecules. An effective immunotherapy is one which would induce necrotic cell death and accompanying proinflammatory cytokine induction. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) or Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) or brachytherapy, which is capable of delivering high, conformal radiation doses (>8 Gy) of tumor ablative radiation may be an effective means of conditioning a tumor bed to a state favorable to the initiation of robust antitumoral immune responses.

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Key information

Conditions

Prostate Cancer Breast Cancer Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Genital Diseases Genital Diseases, Male Genital Neoplasms, Male Lung Cancer Lung Diseases Lung Neoplasms Male Urogenital Diseases Melanoma Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Neuroectodermal Tumors Neuroendocrine Tumors Nevi and Melanomas Prostatic Diseases Prostatic Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Skin Diseases Skin Neoplasms Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases Thoracic Neoplasms Urogenital Diseases Urogenital Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Hormone Refractory, Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Melanoma or Breast Cancer

Exclusion criteria

-Life expectancy of less than 3 months

Treatment and study plan

SBRT

Radiation

IMRT

Radiation

Brachytherapy

Radiation

Primary outcomes

Change in immune biomarkers from baseline and after radiation treatments for breast, prostate, and lung cancers.

Time frame: Before and after SBRT, IMRT, or brachytherapy

Changes in baseline circulating tumor reactive immune markers after radiotherapy.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Observational Study of Immune Responses in Prostate, Lung, Melanoma and Breast Cancer Patients Following Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) or Brachytherapy

Acronym: SBRT

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Jan 29, 2013
Registry last updated: Aug 27, 2025

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