An interventional study of protontherapy in Seminoma, sponsored by Istituto Clinico Humanitas. Not yet recruiting. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-22.
Sponsored by Istituto Clinico Humanitas · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Stage II seminoma is a type of cancer that is usually highly curable and most often affects young men.
Radiotherapy is an effective treatment, but it can sometimes cause side effects in the long term and, rarely, increase the risk of developing another cancer later in life.For this reason, more targeted treatments are being explored, such as proton therapy (PBT). This type of radiotherapy uses protons to better focus the treatment on the tumor while reducing exposure to the surrounding healthy tissues.The goal is to treat the cancer effectively while minimizing side effects as much as possible.
63 studies on the registry are indexed under Seminoma; 15 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 50 across 47 interventional studies indexed under Seminoma.
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A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
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Histologically or cytologically confirmed
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
patient will be treated with protontherapy instead of radiotherapy
Radiation: protontherapy
patients will be treated with protontherapy instead of radiotherapy with photon as standard of care
Treatment toxicities
Incidence of Grade ≥2 late treatment-related toxicity defined according to CTCAE v6.0 criteria
Time frame: from enrollment to two years follow up
Progression free survival
Progression free survival within 12 months after radiotherapy defined defined as radiological progression and/or biochemical evidence of relapse, or death from any cause.
Time frame: from enrollment to 12 months from treatment
Modeled excess absolute risk (EAR) of secondary malignancies
estimated from individual organ dosimetry using validated dose-response models (exploratory, model-based component)
Time frame: from treatment to two years follow up
Overall survival
Overall survival at 3 years post-treatment defined by survival status of patients at each time point
Time frame: from treatment to three years follow up
Quality of life outcomes
evaluation of quality of life of patients through the completion of questionnarie QLQ-C30. Question with a scale from 1 to 4 (1 low quality of life - 4 high quality of life)
Time frame: from treatment to two years follow up
Values of circulating hsa-miR-371a-3p in patient treated with Proton Therapy
Evaluation of the change in circulating hsa-miR-371a-3p concentration (mg/dL) before and after experimental treatment. This tumor marker is being investigated as a potential biomarker for the early diagnosis of testicular cancer, and the aim is to analyze how it may be influenced by proton therapy by comparing it with standardized reference values.
Time frame: from treatment to two years follow up
Correlation between miRNA clearance/persistance and outcomes
analysis of plasma samples to evaluate the concentration of miRNA in plasma and how this could be linked to treatment outcomes
Time frame: from treatment to two years follow up
Quantification of immune cell populations according to cell type
Evaluation of of systemic immune modulation through the analysis of concentration in plasma samples of immune cells
Time frame: from treatment to two years follow up
Quality of life outcomes
evaluation of quality of life of patients through the completion of questionnarie QLQ-TC26. Question with a scale from 1 to 4 (1 low quality of life - 4 high quality of life).
Time frame: from treatment to two years follow up
Quality of life outcomes
evaluation of quality of life of patients through the completion of questionnarie QLQ-AYA. Question with a scale from 1 to 4 (1 low quality of life - 4 high quality of life).
Time frame: From treatment to two years follow up
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