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A Study Comparing Adaptive Biological Imaging - Voxel Intensity - Based Radiotherapy (Adaptive Dose Escalation) Versus Standard Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified June 2015 by University Hospital, Ghent.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Sponsor:
University Hospital, Ghent
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University Hospital, Ghent
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01341535
First received: April 11, 2011
Last updated: June 2, 2015
Last verified: June 2015
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Purpose
The investigators hypothesize that treatment adaptation to biological and anatomical changes, occurring during treatment, can increase the chance of cure at minimized or equal radiation-induced toxicity in head and neck cancer patients. This trial compares standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), using only pre-treatment planning 18F-FDG-PET/CT scans to adaptive 18F-FDG-PET-voxel intensity based IMRT or volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) using repetitive per-treatment planning 18F-FDG-PET/CT scans for head and neck cancer.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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| Primary Non-operated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity, Oropharynx, Hypopharynx and Larynx. | Radiation: Adaptive dose-painting-by-numbers Radiation: standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) | Phase 2 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | A Two-arm Phase II Randomized Study, Comparing Adaptive Biological Imaging - Voxel Intensity - Based Radiotherapy (Adaptive Dose Escalation) Versus Standard Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer. |
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Further study details as provided by University Hospital, Ghent:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To obtain 25 % increase in local control at 1 year with adaptive dose escalation comparing to standard treatment. [ Time Frame: at 1 year ]18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Regional (elective neck) and distant control. [ Time Frame: after 1 year ]18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed.
- Topography of local and/or regional relapse. [ Time Frame: during the first year post-treatment ]18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performedduring the first year post-treatment time point of local and/or regional relapse
- Tumor response [ Time Frame: 3 months post-treatment ]18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed
- Acute toxicity [ Time Frame: up to 12 months of follow-up ]
- Overall disease-specific, disease-free survival. [ Time Frame: at 1 year ]
- Late toxicity [ Time Frame: up to 12 months of follow-up ]
- Time point of local and/or regional relapse. [ Time Frame: during the first year post-treatment ]18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed.
| Estimated Enrollment: | 100 |
| Study Start Date: | September 2011 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2015 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Experimental: adaptive dose-painting-by-numbers
This patient group will be treated by adaptive dose-painting-by-numbers, while patients in the control arm will receive standard treatment. Patients will have a 50 % chance of being allocated to the experimental arm and a 50 % chance of being allocated to the control arm. |
Radiation: Adaptive dose-painting-by-numbers
Adaptive dose escalation by dose-painting-by-numbers.
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Active Comparator: standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)
This patient group will be treated by standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), while patients in the experimental arm will receive adaptive dose-painting-by-numbers. Patients will have a 50 % chance of being allocated to the experimental arm and a 50 % chance of being allocated to the control arm. |
Radiation: standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)
Standard radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx or larynx
- Primary unresectable tumor and/or patients that refused surgery
- Stages T1-4; T3-4 N0 or T(any) N1-3 for glottic cancer
- Multidisciplinary decision of curative radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy
- Karnofsky performance status >= 70 %
- Age >= 18 years old
- Informed consent obtained, signed and dated before specific protocol procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- High risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
- Treatment combined with brachytherapy
- Prior irradiation to the head and neck region
- History of prior malignancies, except for cured non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ carcinoma of the cervix or other cancer curatively treated and with no evidence of disease for at least 5 years.
- Distant metastases
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault) =< 60 mL/min
- Mental condition rendering the patient unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study
- Patient unlikely to comply with protocol, i.e. uncooperative attitude, inability to return for follow-up visits, and unlikely to complete the study.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01341535
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Contacts
| Contact: Wilfried De Neve, Ph.D., M.D. | Wilfried.Deneve@ugent.be |
Locations
| Belgium | |
| Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Ghent | Recruiting |
| Ghent, Belgium, 9000 | |
| Contact: Wilfried De Neve, Ph.D., M.D. Wilfried.Deneve@ugent.be | |
| Principal Investigator: Wilfried De Neve, Ph.D., M.D. | |
| Clinique & Materinité Sainte Elisabeth | Recruiting |
| Namen, Belgium | |
| Contact: Jean-François Daisne, MD | |
| Principal Investigator: Jean-François Daisne, M.D. | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Hospital, Ghent
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Wilfried De Neve, Ph.D., M.D. | University Hospital, Ghent |
More Information
Additional Information:
| Responsible Party: | University Hospital, Ghent |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01341535 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
2010/567 |
| Study First Received: | April 11, 2011 |
| Last Updated: | June 2, 2015 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Head and Neck Neoplasms Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Neoplasms by Site |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 23, 2017