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Adenocarcinoma of the PancreasNCT01357525

SBRT for Close or Positive Margins After Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

A study testing Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in people with Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas, run by David A. Clump, MD, PhD at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The current study seeks to further investigate the impact of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy following pancreatic resection with a close or positive margin. The investigators hope to improve local control, and through the use of a shortened treatment schedule, allow patients to begin systemic therapy earlier. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 99 years
Conditions the study is for
Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
What is being tested?
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
50 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
6 Feb 2013to 1 Jun 2018
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 99 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Histologically or cytologically proven adenocarcinoma of the pancreas that has been resected with a close (<2.5mm) or positive margin based on surgical and pathological findings.
  • Subjects will be staged according to the 2010 AJCC staging system (Appendix E) with pathologic stage T1-4, N0-1 being eligible; and have a primary tumor of the pancreas (i.e., pancreatic head, neck, uncinate process, body/tail
  • PTV must be encompassed in a reasonable SBRT "portal" as defined by the treating radiation oncologist
  • Karnofsky performance status > 70 (ECOG 0-1)
  • Age > 18
  • Estimated life expectancy > 12 weeks
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  • Patient must have adequate renal function as defined by serum creatinine<1.5mg/dl obtained within 28 days prior to registration
  • Patient must have adequate hepatic function as defined by total bilirubin <1.5 xIULN(institutional upper limit of normal) and either SGOT or SGPT <2.5xIULN, obtained within 28 days prior to registration.
  • Patient must be able to swallow enteral medications. Patient must not require a feeding tube. Patient must not have intractable nausea or vomiting, GI tract disease resulting in an inability to take oral medication, malabsorption syndrome, or uncontrolled inflammatory bowel disease (Chron's, ulcerative colitis).
  • Ability to provide written informed consent
  • Patient must not have uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, history of myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident within 3 months prior to registration, uncontrolled diarrhea, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
  • Patient must not be pregnant because of the risk of harm to the fetus. Nursing women may participate only if nursing is discontinued, due to the possibility of harm to nursing infants from the treatment regimen. Women/men of reproductive potential must agree to use an effective contraception method.

Who cannot join

  • Non-adenocarcinomas, adenosquamous carcinomas, islet cell carcinomas, cystadenomas, cystadenocarcinomas, carcinoid tumors, duodenal carcinomas, distal bile duct, and ampullary carcinomas are not eligible.
  • Evidence of distant metastasis on upright chest x-ray (CXR), computed tomography (CT) or other staging studies
  • Subjects with recurrent disease
  • Prior radiation therapy to the upper abdomen or liver
  • Prior chemotherapy
  • Subjects in their reproductive age group should use an effective method of birth control. Subjects who are breast-feeding, or have a positive pregnancy test will be excluded from the study
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  • Any co-morbidity or condition of sufficient severity to limit full compliance with the protocol per assessment by the investigator
  • Concurrent serious infection
  • Previous or current malignancies of other histologies within the last 5 years, with the exception of cervical carcinoma in situ, adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and treated low-risk prostate cancer.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232

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About this study

Official title: SBRT for Close or Positive Margins After Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma A Prospective Evaluation in Select Patients With Resected Pancreas Cancer

The current study seeks to further investigate the impact of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy following pancreatic resection with a close or positive margin. The investigators hope to improve local control, and through the use of a shortened treatment schedule, allow patients to begin systemic therapy earlier.

Read the detailed description

Radiation simulation will be done in Shadyside Radiation Oncology department Contrast-enhanced CT based simulation will be obtained prior to any adjuvant treatment (2-4 weeks post-op depending on healing). The target volume will be identified based on fiducial marker placement at time of surgery as well as a detailed discussion and image review with the operating surgeon. This are will be contoured on axial CT images obtained at 1.25 mm slice thickness. These volumes will then be reconstructed into a 3-dimensional image set for SBRT planning. Subjects will be simulated in the treatment position (supine with arms raised) on the CT scanner table the appropriate immobilization. Optiray® contrast will be administered intravenously at a flow rate of 2.5 mL/s. A helical CT scan of the abdomen will be acquired with intravenous contrast starting 30 seconds prior to CT acquisition.

A 4D CT data acquisition for the same axial extent will be obtained. The images will then be electronically transferred from the CT workstation via DICOM3 to the appropriate treatment planning workstation in the department of radiation oncology. Based on axial CT images, fiducial marker placement, review of the pathology report, and a detailed discussion with the operating surgeon, contours will be drawn of the clinical target volume (CTV), which is defined as the area at risk for microscopic disease. The planning target volume (PTV) will be equivalent to the CTV unless motion is detected on the 4D motion study. If there is motion, the amount of motion in the superior-inferior, lateral, and anterior-posterior directions will be the margin given. Surrounding normal and critical structures will also be contoured by the treating radiation oncologist including the kidneys, liver, small bowel, spinal cord, and stomach if necessary.

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Planning An SBRT plan will be created by a medical physicist based on the PTV contoured on the CT scan. The plan will be to deliver fractionated SBRT to the isodose line best encompassing the PTV.

Careful evaluation of each plan will be conducted by the radiosurgical team to ensure that normal tissues and critical structures tolerances are maintained.

The maximum dose (in Gy) within the treatment volume (MD), prescriptions dose (PD), and the ratio of MD/PD (as a measure of heterogeneity within the target volume), prescription isodose volume (PIV in mm3), tumor volume (TV in mm3), and the ratio of PIV/TV (as a measure of dose conformity of the treatment relative to the target) will be recorded.

Evaluation during treatment The subjects will be carefully followed while on active treatment and post-treatment for 24 months, or until death.

Treatment following SBRT All patients will have been seen in a multi-disciplinary pancreatic cancer clinic. As such, they will be set up with a medical oncologist. Following completion of SBRT as described in this protocol, the patient's medical oncologist may, at his/her discretion, administer systemic therapy according to the current standard of care or the UPMC pathways.

Being tested
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
Keywords
Pancreas, Resected

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)Radiation

    Also called CyberKnife, Trilogy, True Beam, Radiosurgery

    An SBRT plan will be created by a medical physicist based on the PTV contoured on the CT scan. The plan will be to deliver fractionated SBRT to the isodose line best encompassing the PTV:

    12 Gy x 3 fractions (36 Gy total)

Study groups in NCT01357525
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Stereotactic Body RadiotherapyOtherNot described
Receives: Radiation: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Local Progression-free Survival (LPFS) at 1-year

    Percentage of patients that did not experience progressive disease (PD) in the target lesion. Death or development of distant disease was not regarded as an event. For patients that underwent surgical resection, local progression was defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  2. Local Progression-free Survival (LPFS) at 2-years

    Percentage of patients that did not experience progressive disease (PD) in the target lesion. Death or development of distant disease was not regarded as an event. For patients that underwent surgical resection, local progression was defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  3. Local Progression-free Survival (LPFS)

    Percentage of patients without disease progression in target lesion from time from enrollment until one month. Death or development of distant disease is not regarded as an event. For patients that undergo surgical resection, local progression will be defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  4. Regional Progression-free Survival (RPFS)

    Time duration that patients that did not experience progressive disease (PD) in the target lesion. Death or development of distant disease was not regarded as an event. For patients that underwent surgical resection, local progression was defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  5. Regional Progression-free Survival (RPFS) at 2-years

    Percentage of patients that did not experience progressive disease (PD) in the target lesion. Death or development of distant disease was not regarded as an event. For patients that underwent surgical resection, local progression was defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  6. Distant Metastasis-free Survival (DMFS) at 2 Years

    Percentage of patients that did not experience distant metastasis. Death or development of distant disease was not regarded as an event. For patients that underwent surgical resection, local progression was defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  7. Distant Metastasis-free Survival (DMFS)

    Percentage of patients without distant disease metastasis (progression of disease beyond local target lesion).

    Measured: Up to 24 months

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Acute Toxicities Associated With SBRT

    Percentage of patients that experienced acute toxicity (defined as toxicity occurring within 3 months of completion of SBRT). Toxicities were graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 4.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  2. Late Toxicities Associated With SBRT

    Percentage of patients that experienced late toxicity (defined as toxicity occurring after 3 months of completion of SBRT). Toxicities were graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 4.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  3. 2-year Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Percentage of patients that did not experience disease progression at 2 years. For patients that undergo surgical resection, local progression will be defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  4. Time to Progression (TTP)

    The time from enrollment to disease progression. For patients that undergo surgical resection, local progression will be defined as disease recurrence detected on follow-up imaging (CT or FDG-PET/CT) that is located within the SBRT target volume.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  5. Overall Survival (OS)

    The length of time from enrollment to confirmed death from any cause.

    Measured: Up to 24 months

  6. Overall Survival (OS) at 1-year

    Percentage of patients alive at 1-year (death from any cause).

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  7. Overall Survival (OS) at 2-years

    Percentage of patients alive at 2-years (death from any cause).

    Measured: Up to 12 months

  8. Quality of Life (QoL) FACT-G

    The FACT-G is a 27 item questionnaire that assesses physical, social/family, emotional, and functional well-being, provided to patients and self-administered prior to SBRT, after completion of SBRT, and at each follow-up. The survey takes 5 minutes to complete and employs as five-point scale from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very much). Subscale scores added to obtain total score. Scoring range is between 0-108 points. Negatively worded items are reverse scored prior to summing so that higher subscale and total scores indicate better QoL.

    Measured: Up to 24 months (before treatment (baseline), shortly after neo-adjuvant treatment, shortly after surgery, shortly after SBRT, shortly after Adjuvant treatment)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 May 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study start6 Feb 2013
  3. Primary completion1 Apr 2018
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2018

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
50 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01357525
Sponsor's protocol ID
HCC 10-123
Status last verified
Oct 2021
First submitted
18 May 2011
Last updated
24 Nov 2021
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in people with Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas, run by David A. Clump, MD, PhD at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Nov 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 24 Nov 2021). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Local Progression-free Survival (LPFS) at 1-year (time frame: Up to 12 months). The study lists 7 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Nov 2021.

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