PIRATES: Image-guided Hyper-fractioned Dose-escalation With Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

NCT06446713 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2025-04-03

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Summary

In this study the safety \& feasibility of image-guided mid-treatment hyper-fractioned dose-escalation with proton therapy will be assessed for the treatment of locally advanced HPV-negative squamous cell oropharyngeal cancer

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

Image guided hybrid hyper-fractioned dose escalation with proton therapy

Radiation: Image-guided hybrid hyper-fractioned dose escalation with proton therapy The investigational radiation regime will be administered in a two-part schedule: * The first 4 weeks (i.e. first 20 fractions) of the radiation treatment of the pathological tumor will be according to the conventional clinical standard with proton therapy: 20x 2 Gy to the CTV70 and 20 x 1.55 Gy to the CTV54. * In week 4 (\~ fraction 16) GTV80 will be determined on conventional weekly CT and additional MR imaging (conventional clinical protocol). Only this adapted tumor volume, the so-called GTV80, will receive the dose escalation (i.e., 80.5 Gy). * In the last 3 weeks (last 15 fractions) patients will be radiated twice per day (i.e. hyperfractionation). The GTV80, CTV70 and CTV54 will receive 1.55 Gy in the morning, and the GTV80 and CTV70 will receive additional dose in the afternoon.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    collaborator OTHER
  • University Medical Center Groningen

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-01
Primary Completion
2027-01-01
Completion
2029-01-01

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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