Escalated Dose Proton Therapy Within the Multimodality Treatment of Glioblastoma Patients
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Escalated proton therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Glioblastoma. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Denmark
- Next step
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Official title
Escalated Dose Proton Therapy Within the Multimodality Treatment of Glioblastoma Patients - A Phase 1 Proton Dose Finding Trial -
Overview
The goal of this phase 1 dose finding study is to to assess the clinical tolerability and safety of escalated dose proton therapy in glioblastoma patients treated with multimodality treatment, according to treatment volume. The main questions it aims to answer are: * what is the maximum tolerated proton dose in glioblastoma patients? * is the maximum tolerated proton dose in glioblastoma patients dependent on treatment volume? * what is the recommended phase 2 proton dose in glioblastoma patients? Patients will be asked to undergo radiotherapy to step-wise escalated doses using proton therapy as part of their multimodality treatment. Patients will be monitored closely for treatment effects.
Detailed description
This is a prospective, single-arm, phase 1 proton dose finding trial, aiming to assess the clinical tolerability and safety of escalated dose proton therapy (PT) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients, according to treatment volume. Radiotherapy will be administered with protons for the entire treatment, escalating the proton fraction-dose with the overall treatment time unchanged. The escalated proton dose will be prescribed to a subvolume of the radiation target. Escalated PT will be employed within the multimodality treatment; surgical procedures and concomitant and adjuvant chemotherapy follow the standard-of-care.
Patients will be subdivided in two groups based on the volume of the radiation target: patients with a CTV2 volume of \<200 cc will be placed in group 1 and those with a volume ≥ 200 cc in group 2. Per group, proton dose will be escalated stepwise, which will be guided by a time to event continuous reassessment method (TiTE-CRM) to identify the MTD in this specific combination treatment.
The MTD in this trial is defined as the highest proton dose level at which no more than 30% of the patients develop dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) assessed up to 6 months after the start of PT.
Patient accrual to the main (dose escalation) part of the study ends when the MTD has been identified. If the statistically recommended MTD is declared, an expansion cohort to a total of 6 patients treated at the MTD and 6 patients at the MTD-1 (i.e. 1 dose level below MTD) will be considered. When all patients have been followed for toxicity for at least 1 year after the end of PT (and to a maximum of 2 years), the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) will be determined based on the full toxicity profile.
Interventions
- Radiation Escalated proton therapy
According to allocated dose level: level 1-8, 69-90 Gy in 30 fractions of 2.3-3.0 Gy, to a subvolume of the radiation target
Primary outcome measures
- Adverse Events [Time frame: up til 2 years after the end of proton therapy]
- Dose Limiting Toxicities [Time frame: up til 6 months after the start of proton therapy]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria (main):
- Newly diagnosed, contrast-enhancing GBM, IDHwt (WHO 2021 classification).
- Maximal safe surgical resection is required; any extent of surgical resection is allowed (including biopsy-only).
- Patient with target volume and location eligible for 60 Gy chemoradiotherapy.
- Minimum distance between GTV and critical OAR (brainstem, chiasm, optic nerves and tracts in case of serviceable vision) of 5 mm on MRI-scan.
- Age ≥ 18 years.
- Karnofsky Performance Status grade of ≥ 70.
- Adequate blood counts as assessed by treating physician.
- Absence of any contraindication to undergo MRI and/or to receive Gadolinium contrast agent.
- Before patient registration, written informed consent must be given according to Good Clinical Practice, and national/local regulations.
Exclusion criteria
- All eligibility criteria are formulated as inclusion criteria.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Denmark · 2 centers
- Aarhus University Hospital, Dept. of Oncology — Aarhus
- Danish Centre for Particle Therapy — Aarhus
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05768087 · 1-10-72-190-22