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Preoperative Radiotherapy for Sarcomas of the Extremities With Intensity-Modulation, Image-Guidance and Small Safety-margins

Phase 2
Conditions
Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Limb
AJCC Stage II and III
Interventions
Radiation: IMRT/IGRT, Tumor resection, Brachytherapy
Registration Number
NCT01552239
Lead Sponsor
Technical University of Munich
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Modern radiotherapy techniques in a neoadjuvant setting have the potential to minimize morbidity and maximize efficacy. An additional boost dose can be provided locally by HDR-brachytherapy in patients with positive margins after tumor resection.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the safety and efficacy of a combination of modern radiotherapy elements applied to the tumor and small volumes of surrounding normal tissue (IMRT, IGRT; brachytherapy in case of positive resection margin) and see how well it works in treating patients with High-Risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremities.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria

Histologic and radiographic proof of localized high-risk soft tissue sarcoma meeting the following criteria:

  • Lesion originates in extremity

    • upper extremity lesions may occur from the medial border of the scapula to tumors as far distal as the finger tips
    • lower extremity regions include hip girdle tumors commencing at the iliac crest, excluding lesions arising from within the pelvis, and extends to include lesions as far distal as the toes
  • AJCC Stage II or III disease (except T1a-tumors or N1)

  • Primary presentation or local recurrence

  • after biopsy or inadequate surgery resulting in residual tumor in cross-sectional imaging

  • Tumors must be considered resectable according to cross sectional imaging, or potentially resectable after preoperative radiotherapy

  • ECOG Performance Status 0-2

  • Informed Consent

Exclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of the following:

    • Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
    • Soft tissue Ewing's sarcoma
    • Extraskeletal osteo- or chondrosarcoma
    • Aggressive fibromatosis (desmoid tumors)
    • Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
  • Regional nodal disease or unequivocal distant metastasis

  • Life expectancy < 1 year

  • Pregnancy

  • Major medical illness that would preclude study treatment

  • History of major wound complication or recurrent skin infection

  • Known HIV positivity

  • < 2 weeks elapsed from prior surgery or cytotoxic chemotherapy

  • persisting acute toxicities > grade 1 in tumor-bearing limb resulting from prior treatment with anti-cancer modalities

  • Cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted therapy or investigational agents concurrent to study treatment

  • Prior radiotherapy to the site of present STS.

  • Chronic requirement for treatment with immuno¬suppressive agents or steroids.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1 ArmIMRT/IGRT, Tumor resection, BrachytherapyStratum A: R0, primary wound closure Stratum B: R0, secondary wound closure Stratum C: R1, tertiary wound closure
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Wound Complication Rate3 months

Wound Complication Rate up to 3 months after tumor resection

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Efficacy2 years

Efficacy:

Rate of margin-free resection Local control rate (LC) Metastasis-Free Survival (MFS) Disease-Free Survival (DFS) Disease-Specific Survival, Overall Survival (OS) Limb Preservation Rate (LP)

Safety2 years

Acute toxicity as measured by CTCAE v. 4.03 Late toxicity (skin, soft tissue, joint, bone, neural toxicity) as measured by CTCAE v. 4.03

Limb Functionality2 years

as measured by the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) rating scale and the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS)

Quality of Life2 years

as measured by QLQ C30

Translational2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Klinikum rechts der Isar

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Munich, Germany

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