Feasibility of Primer Shot Radiotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer - PRIMER

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Intro/rationale: Radiotherapy employs uniform, equally spaced weekday fractions that do not account for changes in tumor radiosensitivity. However, radiobiological characteristics evolve during the radiotherapy schedule as reoxygenation increases radiosensitivity. In tumor-response simulations and preclinical experiments, it was superior to prime the tumor with one radiotherapy fraction, followed by a treatment break permitting mitotic cell death and reoxygenation of tumor cells. Objective: To determine the safety and feasibility of primer shot fractionation for NSCLC. Study design: A prospective non-randomized feasibility trial to test the safety of primer shot fractionation in a 3+3 phase with increasing treatment breaks, followed by an expansion cohort. Study population: Patients with NSCLC stage 2-4, referred for palliative radiotherapy of the primary tumor and possibly (lymph node) metastases. Patients are allowed to receive systemic treatments, except for VEGFR-inhibitors. The 3+3 phase is followed by an expansion phase of 22 patients. Intervention: All treatments are 5x6 Gy to all targets. Patients receive an increasing primer shot treatment break. In the 3+3 phase, the break between the first and the second radiotherapy fraction is: 1, 2 and 3 weeks. The maximum tolerated break length will be used for the expansion cohort. Main study parameters/endpoints: The main study endpoint is the ability of patients to finish the radiotherapy schedule as planned. Secondary endpoints are tumor response at the end of treatment and 3 months thereafter, and acute toxicity. Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: Based on simulations and preclinical data, primer shot treatment breaks increase tumor control. However, the increased overall treatment time could potentially increase the chance a patient drops out before the radiotherapy schedule is finished. Because of the gradually prolonged break, this risk is relatively small and acceptable for this population. Additionally, patients are asked to fill in PRO-CTCAE lung subset questionnaires at the start of treatment and during follow-up. They will also receive 1 additional CT with contrast at fraction 5.

What you commit to

• Study type: Interventional
• Planned participants: 34
• From 8 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2028
• 1 site in 1 country
• Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.