Phase I Study Evaluating the Treatment of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) With Carbon Ion Radiotherapy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 21
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)
研究概览
简要总结
Treatment options for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are often limited. In most cases, they are not amenable to local therapies including surgery or radiofrequency ablation. The multi-kinase inhibitor sorafenib has shown to increase overall survival in this patient group for about 3 months.
Radiation therapy is a treatment alternative, however, high local doses are required for long-term local control. However, due to the relatively low radiation tolerance of liver normal tissue, even using stereotactic techniques, delivery of sufficient doses for successful local tumor control has not be achieved to date.
Carbon ions offer physical and biological characteristics. Due to their inverted dose profile and the high local dose deposition within the Bragg peak precise dose application and sparing of normal tissue is possible. Moreover, in comparison to photons, carbon ions offer an increased relative biological effectiveness (RBE), which can be calculated between 2 and 3 depending on the HCC cell line as well as the endpoint analyzed.
Japanese Data on the evaluation of carbon ion radiation therapy showed promising results for patients with HCC.
In the current Phase I-PROMETHEUS-01-Study, carbon ion radiotherapy will be evaluated for patients with advanced HCC. The study will be performed as a dose-escalation study evaluating the optimal carbon ion dose with respect to toxicity and tumor control.
Primary endpoint is toxicity, secondary endpoint is progression-free survival and response.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •histologically confirmed HCC or diagnosis of HCC according to AASLD-guidelines
- •macroscopic tumor
- •liver-confined disease without extrahepatic disease as diagnosed by CT, MRT, ultrasound and bone scan
- •minimal distance of tumor edge to the intestines of 1cm
- •age ≥ 18 years of age
- •Karnofsky Performance Score ³60
- •For women with childbearing potential, (and men) adequate contraception.
- •Ability of subject to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial
- •Written informed consent (must be available before enrolment in the trial)
排除标准
- •refusal of the patients to take part in the study
- •previous radiotherapy of the hepatobiliary system
- •margin of < 1cm between tumor edge and intestines
- •Patients who have not yet recovered from acute toxicities of prior therapies
- •Known carcinoma < 2 years ago (excluding Carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin) requiring immediate treatment interfering with study therapy
- •Pregnant or lactating women
- •Participation in another clinical study or observation period of competing trials, respectively
研究组 & 干预措施
Carbon Ion Radiotherapy
Increasing Dose of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy 4 x 10 Gy E to 4 x 14 Gy E
干预措施: Carbon Ion Radiotherapy (Radiation)
结局指标
主要结局
Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)
时间窗: 3 months
Determination the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) of carbon ion radiotherapy
次要结局
- Progression-free Survival(Follow-up until progression up to 12 months)
研究者
Juergen Debus
Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Debus
University Hospital Heidelberg