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Twice High Dose External Beam Radiotherapy by Image-guided Tomotherapy for Organ-confined Prostate Cancer Treatment Emulating High Dose Radiation (HDR) Brachytherapy

Twice High Dose External Beam Radiotherapy by Image-guided Tomotherapy for Organ-confined Prostate Cancer Treatment Emulating HDR Brachytherapy: Single Institution Feasibility Study

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03553212
Acronym
THRIP
Enrollment
2
Registered
2018-06-12
Start date
2018-10-30
Completion date
2023-05-26
Last updated
2023-05-30

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Conditions

Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Radiotherapy; Complications, Tomotherapy

Keywords

Prostate cancer, organ-confined, external beam Radiotherapy, Image-guided tomotherapy

Brief summary

Feasibility trial of twice high dose radiotherapy using Tomotherapy in patients with organ confined Prostate Cancer histologically proven. The study involves 2 steps: A) Assessment of safety as proportion of patients with acute ≥G3 Genito-urinary (GU) and Gastro-intestinal (GI) side effects on the first 16 enrolled patients; B) evaluation of primary and secondary objectives on overall patients.

Detailed description

Twice High dose external beam Radiotherapy by Image-guided tomotherapy for organ-confined Prostate cancer treatment emulating HDR brachytherapy: Feasibility trial of twice high dose radiotherapy using Tomotherapy in patients with organ confined Prostate Cancer histologically proven. The study involves 2 steps: A) Assessment of safety as proportion of patients with acute ≥G3 Genito-urinary (GU) and Gastro-intestinal (GI) side effects on the first 16 enrolled patients; B) evaluation of primary and secondary objectives on overall patients. Thirty-one patients will be enrolled, with histologically confirmed very low , low and intermediate risk prostate cancer following the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) risk categories guidelines. Patient should not be eligible to prostatectomy or patient's should refuse to undergo surgery. Prescription dose to the target: 20-23 Gy in 2 fractions on the whole prostate gland +/- seminal vesicles and 24-27 Gy in 2 fractions as simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) on the dominant intraprostatic lesion (DIL) 2 weeks in all.

Interventions

RADIATIONtomotherapy

20-23 Gy in 2 fractions on the whole prostate gland +/- seminal vesicles and 24-27 Gy in 2 fractions as simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) on the dominant intraprostatic lesion (DIL) 2 weeks in all.

Sponsors

Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Feasibility trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Histologically confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma (a diagnostic biopsy with at least 10 cores is needed) * Low and intermediate-risk NCCN risk categories: low-risk ( cT1-2a, Gleason Score ≤ 6 PSA \<10 ng/ml) and among those with intermediate-risk features (clinical stage T2b-c or GS 7 or PSA 10-20 ng/ml) those patients with favorable ones (a single factor for intermediate risk and GLS 3 + 4 and \<50% of biopsy cores containing cancer) will be selected. (30). * Age ≥18 years * Good performance status , Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) \< 2) or Karnofsky performance status (KPS) \> 70 * No previous pelvic RT * Patient not eligible to prostatectomy or patient's refusal to undergo surgery. * NO previous prostatectomy or TURP * Good urinary flow (peak flow ≥ 10 ml/s) * Previous ADT is permitted * Prostate size ≤ 60 cc * International Prostate Symptom Score ≤ 15 * Male participants whose partner is of child bearing potential must be willing to ensure that they or their partner use effective contraception during the study and for 3 months thereafter * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

* Nodal involvement or distant metastases (cN1 or cM1) * Extracapsular tumor or locally advanced disease (cT3-cT4) * IPSS questionnaire \> 20 * Concomitant inflammatory bowel * Prior history of chronic prostatitis * Prior history of urethral stricture * Important systemic diseases or oral anticoagulant therapy ongoing * Non-conformity to dose constraints at the treatment planning * Other invasive cancer (apart from non-melanoma skin), unless the patient has been free from disease for at least 3 years; * Abnormal complete blood count. Any of the following: platelet count less than 75,000/ml, Hb level less than 10 gm/dl, WBC less than 3.5/ml, abnormal renal function tests (creatinine \> 1.5), severe renal impairment (GFR less than 30) * Placement of pacemakers and metallic vascular clips (all contraindication to performing prostate mpMRI).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
occurrence of Grade ≥3 early GU toxicitywithin 3 months after end of RadiotherapyEarly Grade ≥3 GU toxicity measured by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (RTOG/EORTC) toxicity scale, using a scoring range from 0 to 5 for, where 0 means an absence of radiation effects and 5 means the effects led to death
occurrence of Grade ≥3 early GI toxicitywithin 3 months after end of RadiotherapyEarly Grade ≥3 GI toxicity measured by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (RTOG/EORTC) toxicity scale, using a scoring range from 0 to 5 for, where 0 means an absence of radiation effects and 5 means the effects led to death

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to biochemical failure (TTBF)up to 8 yearsthe time frame from the beginning date of radiation therapy (RT) to the date of PSA failure;
Time to progression (TTP)up to 8 yearstime to progression (TTP), both local and distant defined as time from beginning date of RT to the date of progression of disease, both local and distant, or death whichever came first;
Overall Survival (OS)up to 8 yearsoverall survival, defined as the time from the start of treatment to the date of death from any cause, if data will be available, also cause specific survival will be calculated.
Occurrence of Grade ≥3 Late GU toxicitymore than 6 months after end of RadiotherapyLate Grade ≥3 GU toxicity measured by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (RTOG/EORTC) toxicity scale, using a scoring range from 0 to 5 for, where 0 means an absence of radiation effects and 5 means the effects led to death
Quality of urinary functionbefore treatment, at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months of follow upUrinary functions according to the International Prostate symptom Score (IPSS) questionnaire, which consists of 7 items. Each item is rated on a 0 to 5 score to produce a total I-PSS score with a range from 0 to 35 (asymptomatic to very symptomatic).
Quality of erectile functionbefore treatment, at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months of follow upErectile functions according to International Index of Erectile Function (IEEF-5) questionnaire, which consists of 5 items. Each item is rated on a 1 to 5. High scores represent better erectile function.
Quality of Life (QoL)before treatment, at 12 and 24 months of follow upTreatment-related quality of life (QoL) according to the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-Prostate) questionnaire; which consists of 39 items. Each item is rated on a 0 to 4 Likert type scale, and then combined to produce subscale scores. Higher scores represent better QoL.
Evaluation of Prostate Antigen Serum (PSA) failureup to 8 yearsEvaluation of PSA failure is defined according to the Consensus Statement of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) as elevation of PSA levels nadir +2 ng/ml and confirmed by one measurement (Phoenix criterion) or biochemical response through trimestral PSA level evaluation.

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026