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The Role of Short Course of Palliative Radiation in Metastatic Cancer Rectum

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Metastatic Cancer Rectum
Interventions
Radiation: short course radiotherapy
Registration Number
NCT06521827
Lead Sponsor
Assiut University
Brief Summary

Short-course radiotherapy (SCRT), which allows the delivery of 25 Gy in five daily fractions, has emerged as an attractive strategy for rectal cancer treatment. Surgery can safely be deferred after SCRT, allowing an opportunity to deliver chemotherapy (ChT) preoperatively rather than postoperatively. In cases of metastatic disease, this represents an effective treatment option to improve local control and avoid colostomy in a subset of patients.

Detailed Description

All patients will be under go complete history and physical examination, proctoscopy and biopsy, followed by metastatic work up include chest X ray, pelvic abdominal CT.

Radiotherapy:

Target volume: all the gross primary disease and gross nodal involved plus 2 cm safety margin will be included. not involved node will not be included.

Dosage: total dose of 25 Gy over 5 fractions through 1 weak will be given. Time: Radiotherapy will be given first and chemotherapy will be given after 1 weak rest to avoid the over lapping toxicity.

Chemo therapy:

To be started after 1 weak rest after radiotherapy. CAPOX (oxaliplatin given intravenously at 130 mg/m2 on day 1, followed by oral capecitabine 1000 mg/m2 twice daily on days 1-14, in a 3-week cycle). or folfox (leucovorin calcium (IV 200 mg/m2 on day 1,2,15,16 ) + 5 fluorouracil (IV 600 mg/m2 on day 1,2,15,16)+ oxaliplatin (IV 85 mg/m2 on day 1, 15) plus target agent according to RAS status if wild for bevacizumab ( IV 5 ml/kg on day 1, 15) or cetiximab (IV 250 mg/m2 on day 1,8,15, 22) or vectibex (IV 6mg/kg on day 1,15)

Surgery:

Surgery if complete bowel obstruction as palliation or as treatment if controlled metastatic sites and primary

Follow up:

CT pelvi-abdomen will be done after 3 cycle of chemotherapy to assess the response then after end of CTH every 3 month in first year. Toxicity of RTH will be collected before and after RTH.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Adenocarcinoma pathological evidence in rectal carcinoma.
  2. Metastatic unresectable rectal cancer.
  3. Symptomatic disease for at least one of the following signs: bleeding, pain, tenesmus, obstruction,
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Previous radiotherapy.
  2. Concomitant chemotherapy.
  3. Previously created stoma.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
short course radiotherapyshort course radiotherapypatients with metastatic rectal cancer will receive short course of radiotherapy befor staring chemotherapy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The role of short course of palliative radiation in metastatic cancer rectum.one year

The role of short course of palliative radiation in metastatic cancer rectum.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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