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RecruitingNCT03606291IHRUpdated May 9, 2022

NSCLC Isotoxic Hypofractionated Radiotherapy

An interventional study of isotoxic hypofractionation in Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, sponsored by The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-09.

Sponsored by The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Feb 2023, 3 years 9 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Feb 2019; still recruiting 7 years 9 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Radiotherapy plays an important role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and concurrent chemoradiation is considered to be the standard treatment for locally advanced NSCLC. However, due to the patient's physical condition, comorbidities and other reasons, only about 1/3 of patients can receive concurrent chemoradiation. Radiotherapy alone or sequential chemoradiation has become the treatment protocol for most patients. Hypofractionated radiotherapy can be used in NSCLC because it can shorten the over treatment time and may potentially reduce the effect of accelerated repopulation and obtain higher biological effective dose(BED).So far, the vast majority of radiotherapy prescriptions have given a uniform dose of 60 Gy. This unified prescription dosage approach is completely inconsistent with the concept of precision treatment. The Netherlands MAASTRO put forward the concept of in silico radiotherapy prescription, that is: the normal tissue limits are uniform, such as: V20% ≤ 30%, spinal cord 0> 45Gy, etc., This radiation prescription could reach the limits of the normal tissue of every patient; if no one tissue limits were reached, the highest dose was set up to 79.2 Gy (1.8 Gy, BID). MAASTRO applied this "iso-toxic" radiotherapy prescription and used accelerated hyperfractionation technology so that each patient received the maximum individualized radiation dose as possible. We will integrate this concept with hypofractionated radiotherapy in order to further improve patient survival.

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Radiotherapy plays an important role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and concurrent chemoradiation is considered to be the standard treatment for locally advanced NSCLC. However, due to the patient's physical condition, comorbidities and other reasons, only about 1/3 of patients can receive concurrent chemoradiation. Radiotherapy alone or sequential chemoradiation has become the treatment protocol for most patients. Hypofractionated radiotherapy can be used in NSCLC because it can shorten the over treatment time and may potentially reduce the effect of accelerated repopulation and obtain higher biological effective dose(BED) So far, the vast majority of radiotherapy prescriptions have given a uniform dose of radiotherapy to all patients, regardless of individual factors such as tumor size, location, and adjacent vital organs, which may cause two consequences: First, small-volume tumors may, not receive enough radiation dose, resulting in a decrease in local control rates. Second, for large volumes of tumors or tumors adjacent to vital organs, even the "so-called standard dose" (60 Gy) may cause serious damage to normal tissues. This unified prescription dosage approach is completely inconsistent with the concept of precision treatment. The Netherlands MAASTRO put forward the concept of in silico radiotherapy prescription, that is: the normal tissue limits are uniform, such as: V20% ≤ 30%, spinal cord 0> 45Gy, etc., and each patient receives a different dose of radiation therapy. This radiation prescription could reach the limits of the normal tissue of every patient; if no one tissue limits were reached, the highest dose was set up to 79.2 Gy (1.8 Gy, BID). MAASTRO applied this "iso-toxic" radiotherapy prescription and used accelerated hyperfractionation technology so that each patient received the maximum individualized radiation dose as .From the model study to the long-term survival results, a series of encouraging results were achieved. The use of an individualized radiotherapy prescription based on iso-toxicity for the treatment of NSCLC in large-segment radiotherapy is expected to achieve: 1. For patients with small tumor volumes and no adjacent to vital organs, a higher radiation dose is given under safe conditions. 2. For patients with larger volumes of tumors or adjacent to vital organs, give safer doses.

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Conditions studied

  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

Keywords

  • isotoxic
  • hypofractionation
  • Non-Small-Cell Lung
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

7,620 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,838 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 62 across 6,019 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Pathological or cytological diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer patients, the clinical stage using the eighth edition of American Joint Committee on Cancer(AJCC), including stage III without resectable or who when SBRT/SABR are not suitable;
  2. Age ≥ 18 years;
  3. The expected survival period is ≥ 3 months;
  4. score ≥ 60;
  5. Normal blood count,liver and kidney function ≤ 2.5 times the ;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Serious medical problems require hospitalization, included (but not limited to ): history of pulmonary fibrosis, previous myocardial infarction within 6 months, heart failure grade II and above, uncontrolled heart failure, uncontrolled , uncontrolled diabetes Wait;
  2. Esophageal invasion (cT4);
  3. Others are not suitable for receiving radiotherapy.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

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ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe out, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    isotoxic hypofractionation group

    1. Hypofractionated radiation: 3Gy/f. 2,Individualized prescriptions for different patients: (1) Spinal cord: 0%\>45 Gy, and ≤2 Gy each time Lung: V20≤30%, V5≤65%, MLD≤16Gy Esophagus: highest dose ≤ 72Gy 3. Maximum limit: If the limit of any "A" is not reached, the maximum radiation dose is 72 Gy. The lowest radiation dose: 45Gy.

    Radiation: isotoxic hypofractionation

Interventions

  • Radiationisotoxic hypofractionation

    the normal tissue limits are uniform, such as: V20% ≤ 30%, spinal cord 0\> 45Gy, etc., and used hypofractionated radiotherapy technology so that each patient received the maximum individualized radiation dose as possible

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. radiation induced esophagitis and radiation induced pneumonitis

    Number of participants with treatment-related severe adverse events:Grade IV radiation esophagitis, Grade III radiation esophagitis which results in interruption of radiotherapy for 7 days or more and Grade III or above radiation pneumonitis

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. TTP

    Record the time from the start of enrollment to the objective progression of the tumor

    Time frame: 5 years

  2. PFS

    Record the time from the start of enrollment to the progression of disease or death

    Time frame: 5 years

  3. OS

    Record the time from the start of enrollment to death(for any reason)

    Time frame: 5 years

  4. LC

    Record the time from the start of enrollment to progression or primary tumors

    Time frame: 5 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 9, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03606291
Lead sponsor
The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University
Responsible party
Xue Xiaoying (Director of Radiotherapy, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 30, 2018
Start date
Feb 1, 2019
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
May 9, 2022

Study contacts

Xiao-Ying Xue, Professor
Contact
xxy0636@163.com
+86-158-0321-0636
Xiao-Ying Xue, Professor
study director · The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University
Qiang Lin, Professor
study director · North China Petroleum Bureau General Hospital, Hebei Medical University
Chao-Xing Liu, Professor
study director · No.1 Hospital of Shijiazhuang City

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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