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Functional Lung Avoidance Planning Guided by Lung Perfusion PET/CT Versus Anatomical Planning for Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Functional Lung Avoidance Planning Guided by Lung Perfusion PET/CT Versus Anatomical Planning for Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07289646
Acronym
Pegasus 2
Enrollment
418
Registered
2025-12-17
Start date
2026-01-15
Completion date
2029-05-15
Last updated
2026-01-14

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

Conditions

68Ga-MAA, Lung Cancer (Diagnosis), Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Keywords

Stereotactic body radiotherapy, 68Ga-MAA lung perfusion, PET/CT, lung radiotherapy

Brief summary

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has an increasing role in the treatment of both primary and secondary lung tumors. However, lung SBRT remains associated with significant radiation induced lung injury (RILI). Indeed, the reported incidence of symptomatic radiation induced lung injury (grade≥2) in the published literature is up to 20%. A current challenge of lung SBRT is therefore to better preserve lung function and to reduce pulmonary toxicity. During standard lung SBRT planning, dose constraints are defined on the anatomical lung volume. This planning considers the lung as functionally uniform and does not take into account the variability of regional lung function distribution. Functional lung avoidance is an emerging concept in lung radiotherapy (RT). The technique aims at personalizing RT treatment planning to individuals' lung functional distribution, by sparing functional pulmonary areas while prioritizing delivery of high doses to non-functional regions. 68Ga-MAA lung perfusion PET/CT is a novel imaging modality for regional lung function assessment. As compared with conventional lung scintigraphy, lung perfusion PET/CT is inherently a vastly superior technology for image acquisition (higher sensitivity and spatial resolution, greater access to respiratory gated acquisition). A more accurate lung functional mapping improves the possibility of functional lung avoidance planning for SBRT. The hypothesis is that functional lung avoidance planning guided by 68Ga-MAA perfusion PET/CT, while delivering an optimal dose to the tumor, will reduce the frequency of RILI in patients treated with lung SBRT.

Interventions

RADIATIONConventional anatomical planning radiotherapy

Conventional anatomical planning will be performed

RADIATIONFunctional Lung avoidance planning

Functional Lung Avoidance guided by lung perfusion PET/CT imaging

Sponsors

University Hospital, Brest
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients aged \> 18 years planned to be treated in the radiotherapy department of the participating centers with SBRT for primary or secondary lung tumors will be eligible to participate into the study

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to give informed consent * Patientsunder guardianship or curatorship * Pregnant or breastfeeding women. * Contraindications to the radiolabeled product infused for lung perfusion PET/CT.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To determine whether a functional planning guided by lung perfusion PET/CT imaging is superior to a conventional anatomical planning with regards to the occurrence of grade 2 or higher lung toxicity during the year following lung SBRT.At year after baselineOccurrence of symptomatic RILI (grade≥2 lung toxicity as assessed using the CTCAE 5.0) during the year following lung SBRT. This evaluation will be performed by a medical oncologist blinded from the allocated arm.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
quality of life assessmentMeasured at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after baselineQuality of life as assessed by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30), with scores ranging from 0 to 100; higher scores indicate better quality of life for the global health status and functional scales, and worse symptoms for the symptom scales.
Grade 3 or higher RILIMeasured at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after baselineLung toxicity as assessed using the CTCAE 5.0, RTOG and Late effects in normal tissue-subjective objective management analysis (LENT-SOMA) scales
Local tumor control;Measured at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after baselineLocal tumor control;
Progression-free survival;Measured at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after baselineProgression-free survival
Overall survival.at 12 months after baselineOverall survival

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Decrease of lung perfusionat 3 months after baselineLung perfusion PET/CT imaging
Overall survivalat 12 months after baselineGrade≥2 lung toxicity during the year following lung SBRT

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactPierre-Yves Le Roux, Professeur
Pierre-yves.leroux@chu-brest.fr+33 2 98 22 31 17

Outcome results

None listed

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