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NCT Number: NCT06137274

Phase 2 Trial of Adaptive Radiotherapy Boost for HNSCC

The purpose of the study is to determine if it is feasible to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to adjust a portion of radiation therapy for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma . The technique under study will be used to personalize the study treatment based on response, keeping all treatments within standard of care guidelines.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

George Yang, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
  • ECOG performance status of 0, 1
  • Patients with histologically or cytologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, or unknown primary in the neck.
  • Patients with measurable disease, either at primary site or neck per RECIST 1.1.
  • For patients planned to receive chemotherapy, adequate hematologic, hepatic and renal function as outlined in protocol.
  • International normalized ratio of prothrombin time (INR) and prothrombin time (PT) within 28 days before randomization must be WNL for the lab. Patients who are therapeutically treated with an agent such as warfarin may participate if they are on a stable dose and no underlying abnormality in coagulation parameters exists per medical history.
  • Negative serum pregnancy test within before starting study treatment in woman with childbearing potential.

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Patients who have had prior radiotherapy to the head and neck or prior systemic therapy for the index cancer.
  • Patients who had undergone definitive surgery for the index cancer.
  • Patients with distant metastatic disease
  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.

Treatment and study plan

Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Radiation

All patients will be treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plans.

Other names: IMRT

Magnetic Resonance Guidance

Other

All patients will undergo combined CT and/or MR simulation and will be treated with a sequential-boost technique.

Other names: View Ray

Primary outcomes

  1. Improvement in Mean OAR Dose Reduction

    Time frame: Up to 15 months

    Feasibility of MR adaptive boost technique, as defined as achieving a reduction of mean OAR (parotids, submandibular glands, pharynx, oral cavity, tubarial glands, larynx, esophagus, and thyroid) doses greater than 7.5% compared to unadapted CT based plan. If 18 of 25 patients are meet the mean OAR criteria the approach will be considered feasible.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of patients achieving a complete anatomic response

    Time frame: Up to 15 months

    Percentage of patients achieving a complete anatomic response by CT Neck and Chest and/or PET/CT will be tabulated. The 95% CI by the exact binomial distribution will be reported.

  2. Percentage of patients achieving a complete metabolic response

    Time frame: Up to 15 months

    Percentage of patients achieving a complete metabolic response by CT Neck and Chest and/or PET/CT will be tabulated. The 95% CI by the exact binomial distribution will be reported.

Study contacts

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

Ashley Brennaman

CONTACT

[email protected]

813-745-5467

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Phase 2 Trial of Adaptive Radiotherapy Boost for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Nov 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Apr 1, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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