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NCT Number: NCT06472570

Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Head and Neck Region Tumours

The goal of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the stereotactic boost applied in patients with H&N tumours.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

1st Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch,

Gliwice, Gliwicw, 44-102, Poland

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Pawel Polanowski

CONTACT

[email protected]

48322788313

Pawel Polanowski, PhD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

Aims of the study:

  • Evaluation of the efficacy of the stereotactic boost applied in patients with head and neck tumours.
  • Evaluation of the safety of the stereotactic boost applied in patients with head and neck tumours.
  • Evaluation of the influence of the stereotactic radiotherapy boost on blood parameters reflecting tumour response (interleukin 6 (Il-6), thymidine kinase (TK), Fms-related tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1)), and normal tissue response (C-reactive protein (CRP)).

In the case of beneficial findings, the stereotactic radiosurgery boost in the course of radio(chemo)therapy in patients with head and neck tumours will be able to replace traditional techniques of radiation, and radical schemes of treatment will be possible for future development.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) or adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the H&N region qualified for radical treatment with (definitive or adjuvant (adjuvant radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy in postoperative cases of R2 resection or early locoregional recurrence unsuitable for reoperation)) radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy.
  • Patients with other malignant tumours of the H&N region (sarcomas, neuroendocrine carcinomas, differentiated carcinomas, undifferentiated carcinomas, or basaloid carcinomas) qualified for radical treatment with (definitive or adjuvant (adjuvant radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy in postoperative cases of R2 resection or early locoregional recurrence unsuitable for reoperation)) radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy.
  • Patients with nonmalignant tumours of the H&N region (tumour mixtus or paraganglioma) demanding definitive or adjuvant radiotherapy.
  • Age: 18-80 years. Biomedicines 2022, 10, 1484 5 of 12
  • Performance status: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0-2.
  • Conscious agreement to participate in the clinical trial.

Exclusion criteria

  • Do not meet the inclusion criteria.
  • Decompensated diabetes mellitus.
  • Myocardial infarction occurred up to 6 months before.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Mental disorder preclusive of making a conscious agreement

Treatment and study plan

Stereotactic radiotherapy boost

Radiation

A stereotactic radiosurgery boost is given in two cases:

  • Upfront boost-on the first day of overall treatment time (OTT) (to 6 days before beginning conventional radiotherapy).
  • Direct boost-on Days 43-49 of OTT in relation to conventional radiotherapy to total dose (TD) 70 Gy, i.e., up to 6 days after a dose of 60 Gy.

Treatment is conducted as radiotherapy alone or radiochemotherapy based on cisplatin 100 mg/m2 or 40 mg/m2 in a 21-day or 7-day cycle, respectively

Patients who start the treatment from induction chemotherapy may have a chance to qualify for an upfront or direct boost, depending the evaluation of the response to systemic treatment

Prescribed doses of stereotactic boost are in the range of 10-18 Gy

Primary outcomes

  1. Response to treatment

    Time frame: one month after the end of treatment, every 3 months in the first year, every 4 months in the second year, and every six months in the third-fifth years

    Response to treatment in imaging tests and clinical examination-local control (LC) and locoregional control (LRC).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of efficacy

    Time frame: 5 years after the end of treatment

    Evaluation of overall survival (OS) time

  2. Evaluation of efficacy

    Time frame: 5 years after the end of treatment

    Evaluation of progression-free survival time (PFS)

  3. Evaluation of efficacy

    Time frame: 5 years after the end of treatment

    Evaluation of disease-free survival time (DFS)

  4. Evaluation of safety Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE)v4.0.

    Time frame: 5 years after the end of treatment

    Acute and late side effects according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 4.0.

  5. Treatment tolerance

    Time frame: an average of 3 months

    Evaluation of quality of live anf reatment tolerance using QLQ-C30 (Quality of Life Questionnaire C30).

Study contacts

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

Krzysztof Skladowski

CONTACT

[email protected]

48322788329

Paweł Polanowski, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

48322788313

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Escalating a Biological Dose of Radiation in the Target Volume Applying Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Head and Neck Region Tumours

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2030
Study completion
2030
First posted
Jun 25, 2024
Registry last updated
Jun 25, 2024

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