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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT01543542
Other study ID # R-10-204
Secondary ID 16776
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received February 16, 2012
Last updated May 5, 2016
Start date April 2010
Est. completion date April 2016

Study information

Verified date May 2016
Source Lawson Health Research Institute
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Canada: Ethics Review Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Helical tomotherapy is a novel radiation treatment machine that combines two existing technologies: spiral radiotherapy treatments combined with simultaneous computed tomotherapy imaging of the body. This new machine can potentially allow radiation treatments to be focused more precisely, and delivered more accurately than with existing radiation machines. In this study, helical tomotherapy will be used to provide radiation treatments (whole brain radiotherapy, daily over 10 treatments) that are commonly used to treat cancer metastatic to the brain. In addition, the individual spots of cancer (metastases) in the brain will be treated to a higher dose (approximately 2 times higher) than the dose to the whole brain. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of whole brain radiation with lesion boosting with the helical tomotherapy machine.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 91
Est. completion date April 2016
Est. primary completion date April 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Histological diagnosis of primary cancer

- Contrast enhanced MRI demonstrating 1-3 metastases within 6 weeks of enrollment

- Age greater than or equal to 18

- Karnofsky performance status greater than or equal to 70

- Patient available for subsequent follow-up appointments and testing as well as health-related quality of life questionnaires

- Anticipated survival (independent of the brain metastases) greater than 3 months

- Patient informed consent obtained

- Metastatic suitable for synchronous boost

- Extracranial disease controlled or to be treated

Exclusion Criteria:

- Underlying medical condition precluding adequate follow-up

- Prior cranial radiotherapy

- Concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Radiation:
Whole Brain XRT 30Gy/10 fractions with
30 Gy of whole brain external beam radiation delivered in 10 fractions. Simultaneous in-field boost of brain lesions to 60 Gy.

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada Alberta Health Services, Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton Alberta
Canada London Regional Cancer Program of the Lawson Health Research Institute London Ontario
Canada Centre Hospitalier De L'Universite de Montreal Montreal Quebec
Canada McGill University Health Centre Montreal Quebec
Canada The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre Ottawa Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Lawson Health Research Institute Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Overall survival At approximately end of year 4 (study completion) No
Primary Local disease control rate at 6 months At approximately 2.5 years No
Primary CNS disease control rate at 6 months At approximately 2.5 years No
Secondary Assessment of RTOG versus RECIST versus Volumetric MRI criteria At approximately end of year 4 (study completion) No
Secondary Health related quality of life At approximately end of year 4 (study completion) No
Secondary Karnofsky performance status AT approximately end of year 4 (study completion) No
Secondary Mini mental status exam cognition At approximately end of year 4 (study completion) No
Secondary Acute toxicity At approximately end of year 4 (study completion) Yes
Secondary Late toxicity At approximately end of year 4 (study completion) Yes
Secondary Changes in MRI endpoints Assessment in changes of diffusional weighted imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Changes at 3 months post-treatment and 6 months post-treatment will be compared to baseline (pre-treatment). Measured at baseline, and 3 months and 6 months post-treatment No