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A Study of Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT) in People With Thymic Cancer That Has Spread to the Lining of the Lungs and Chest

Phase II Study of Hemithoracic Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT) for Patients With Pleural Metastases From Thymic Malignancies

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05354570
Enrollment
36
Registered
2022-04-29
Start date
2022-04-26
Completion date
2027-04-01
Last updated
2026-05-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pleural Metastases, Thymic Malignancies

Keywords

Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT), 22-098

Brief summary

The researchers are doing this study to find out whether hemithoracic intensity-modulated pleural radiation therapy (IMPRINT) is a safe treatment that causes few or mild side effects in people with pleural metastases from thymic malignancies. The researchers will also look at whether hemithoracic IMPRINT is effective against participants' cancer.

Interventions

RADIATIONIntensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT)

Radiation therapy will be administered over approximately 6 weeks at 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions, including an optional dose-painting SIB to gross residual disease up to 60 Gy while respecting normal tissue constraints.

Sponsors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

This is a single-arm Phase II single institution trial.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 79 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Provide written informed consent to participate on the study * Patients must have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of thymic malignancy. Thymic carcinoma is allowed. * Patients must have radiologic or pathologic evidence of pleural metastases. Patients may have de novo stage IVA or recurrent disease in the pleura. Gross disease in the fissure is allowed if resected. * No evidence of extrathoracic metastatic disease or contralateral pleural/pericardial disease. * Patient age ≥ 18 years but ≤ 80 years at the time of consent * Karnofsky performance status ≥ 80% * Preoperative or Postoperative Pulmonary Function Tests: DLCO \> 40% predicted (corrected for Hgb) and FEV1 ≥ 35% (corrected for Hgb) * Glomerular filtration rate (GFR): ≥50 mL/min/1.73 m2 (must be calculated using estimated creatinine clearance (CrCl) by the Cockcroft-Gault (C-G) equation (Nephron 1976;16:31-41): CrCl (mL/min) = \[140 - age (years)\] x weight (kg) \[x 0.85 for female patients\] 72 x serum creatinine (mg / dL) ° In cases of concern about decreased renal function and potential high radiation dose to the kidneys, an optional nuclear medicine kidney function scan may be performed prior to radiation therapy to determine the functional contribution of each kidney.

Exclusion criteria

* Continuous oxygen use * Patients with an acute flare of myasthenia gravis requiring addition of new medication in the past 6 months * Prior nephrectomy on the contralateral side of the pleural metastases * Prior thoracic radiation therapy preventing hemithoracic pleural IMRT. Prior thymic bed radiation is allowed. Prior pleural SBRT is allowed. * Patients undergoing extrapleural pneumonectomy. Other surgical resection approaches of the pleural nodules (ex: P/D, debulking/metastasectomy) are allowed. Surgical resection of the primary thymic tumor is allowed. * Acute congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within the past 30 days. * COPD requiring chronic oral steroid therapy of \> 10 mg prednisone daily or equivalent at the time of registration. Inhaled corticosteroids are allowed * Unstable angina requiring hospitalization and/or transmural myocardial infarction within the last 3 months * History of interstitial lung disease * Pregnant or lactating women * Men or women not using effective contraception

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
assess the rate of radiation pneumonitis2 yearsas indicated by the rate of grade 3 or higher radiation pneumonitis defined by the NCI Common Terminology Criteria (CTC) version 5.0.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
progression-free survival (PFS)12 monthPFS events will include death and/or progression of thymic malignancy due to local-regional or distant recurrence/progression. PFS will be calculated from the start of radiation treatment and will be estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTCharles Simone, MD
simonec1@mskcc.org212-639-3716
CONTACTAndrew Pagano, MD
paganoa@mskcc.org
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORCharles Simone, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 7, 2026