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TerminatedNCT03886181Updated Dec 8, 2025

Alpha Radiation Emitters Device for the Treatment of Cutaneous, Mucosal and Superficial Soft Tissue Neoplasia (DaRT)

An interventional study of Device: Radiation: Diffusing Alpha Radiation Emitters Therapy (DaRT) in Skin Cancer, Mucosal Neoplasm of Oral Cavity and Soft Tissue Neoplasm, sponsored by Alpha Tau Medical LTD.. Terminated at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-08.

Sponsored by Alpha Tau Medical LTD. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Difficulties in recruitment and the site's resources to recruit patients
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A unique approach for cancer treatment employing intratumoral diffusing alpha radiation emitter device for superficial cutaneous, mucosal or soft tissue neoplasia

Read the detailed description

This will be a prospective, open label, single arm, controlled study, assessing the safety and efficacy of diffusing alpha emitters radiation therapy (DaRT) delivered through radioactive seeds inserted into the tumor.

This approach combines the advantages of local intratumoral irradiation of the tumor, as used in conventional brachytherapy, with the power of the alpha radiation emitting atoms, that will be introduced in quantities considerably lower than radiation therapy already used in patients.

Superficial lesions with histopathological confirmation of malignancy will be treated using DaRT seeds.

Reduction in tumor volume and evaluation the percent of necrotic tissue in the tumor 30-45 days after DaRT seeds insertion (15-30 days after seed removal) will be assessed. Safety will be assessed by the cumulative incidence, worst severity and frequency of adverse events (AEs) observed including the follow-up period.

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Conditions studied

  • Skin Cancer
  • Mucosal Neoplasm of Oral Cavity
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasm

Keywords

  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • SCC
  • Skin Cancer
  • Skin metastasis
  • HNSCC
  • Carcinoma, Squamous
  • CMN
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Superficial sarcoma
  • Kaposi sarcoma
  • Alpha radiation
  • Cutaneous lesion
  • Tongue cancer
  • Lip cancer
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In context

Skin Neoplasms

582 studies on the registry are indexed under Skin Neoplasms; 114 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 2 is below the median of 53 across 416 interventional studies indexed under Skin Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Alpha Tau Medical LTD. is the lead sponsor of 28 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects with histopathological confirmation of cutaneous and/or mucosal and/or superficial soft tissue malignant neoplasia.
  • Subjects with a tumor size ≤ 5 centimeters in the longest diameter.
  • Subjects' age is over 18 years old.
  • Subjects' ECOG Performance Status Scale is \< 2.
  • Subjects' life expectancy is more than 6 months.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) will have evidence of negative pregnancy test.
  • Subjects are able and willing to sign an informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject has a tumor with a maximal diameter > 5 centimeters.
  • Subjects' ECOG Performance Status Scale is > 3.
  • Subject has a tumor of Keratoacanthoma histology.
  • Patients with moribund diseases, e.g., autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, etc.
  • Patients under systemic immunosuppressive and/or corticosteroid treatment. Patients taking corticosteroid inhalers are eligible.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    DaRT Seeds

    Intratumoral Diffusing alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy (DaRT) Seeds

    Device: Device: Radiation: Diffusing Alpha Radiation Emitters Therapy (DaRT)

Interventions

  • DeviceDevice: Radiation: Diffusing Alpha Radiation Emitters Therapy (DaRT)

    An intratumoral insertion of a seed(s), loaded with Radium-224, securely fixed in the seeds. The seeds release by recoil into the tumor short-lived alpha-emitting atoms.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the safety of the DaRT treatment

    The study primary objective is to evaluate the safety of the DaRT treatment in terms of incidence of device related Serious Adverse Events (SAE).

    Time frame: 5-7 weeks after DaRT seed insertion.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluation the effectiveness of the treatment.

    Evaluation on the effectiveness of the DaRT treatment, in terms of tumor volume reduction.

    Time frame: Tumor volume will be measured during screening, 5 and 30-45 days post DaRT after treatment using CT.

Other outcomes

  1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the DaRT treatment, in terms of percent of necrotic

    Evaluate the effectiveness of the DaRT treatment, in terms of percent of necrotic tissue present in the remaining tumor tissue surgically removed 15-30 days after removal of DaRT seeds.

    Time frame: 15-30 days after removal of DaRT seeds.

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Study locations

1 site
  • IRCCS Istituto Dermatologico S. Gallicano, IFO - Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri - Dermatologia Oncologica e Prevenzione
    Rome, Lazio, Italy
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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 Dec 8, 2025, 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
NCT03886181
Lead sponsor
Alpha Tau Medical LTD.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 22, 2019
Start date
Jul 8, 2021
Primary completion
Oct 13, 2024
Completion
Oct 13, 2024
Last update
Dec 8, 2025

Study contacts

Laura Eibenschuz, MD
principal investigator · IFO S. Gallicano

Oversight

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