FLASH Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Symptomatic Bone Metastases in the Thorax
The purpose of this study is to assess toxicities of FLASH radiotherapy treatment and pain relief in subjects with painful thoracic bone metastases. FLASH radiotherapy is radiation treatment delivered at ultra-high dose rates compared to conventional radiation treatment.
Conditions:
🦠 Bone Metastases in the Thorax
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 8 March 2023
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) 1 April 2025
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) 1 April 2025
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 10
🔬 Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
📊 Phase NA
Locations:
📍 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion Criteria:

    • * Patient age at least 18 years
    • * 1 to 3 painful bone metastasis(-es) requiring treatment, in the ribs, clavicles, scapulae, or sternum (if more than one metastasis can be treated within the same treatment field, it will be counted as one metastatic site for the purpose of trial treatment).
    • * Bone metastases that can be treated within a field size up to 7.5 cm x 30 cm without overlap of radiation fields
    • * Life expectancy \>6 months (in the judgement of the investigator)
    • * Patients who are able to comply with the protocol
    • * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
    • * Clinically acceptable treatment plan

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • * More than 3 painful bone metastases of the thorax requiring palliative radiotherapy (if more than one metastasis can be treated within the same treatment field, it will be counted as one metastatic site for the purpose of trial treatment).
    • * Overlap of FLASH radiation fields with any previous or planned radiation fields to the same site
    • * Patients with pathologic bone fractures in the treatment field
    • * Patients with metal implants in the treatment field
    • * Patients with symptomatic pneumonitis at the time of screening, or a history of symptomatic radiation pneumonitis
    • * Patients with known contraindications to thoracic radiation
    • * Patients who received or will receive cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or any prescribed systemic therapy known to impact tissue response to radiation, within 2 weeks prior or 1 week following their planned radiation treatment
    • * Prior local therapy modality to the treatment site(s) within 2 weeks of study enrollment that, in the judgement of the investigator, might compromise interpretation of pain response
    • * Patients with persistent toxicity \> Grade 1 from prior systemic therapy within the proposed treatment field (with the exception of alopecia and peripheral neuropathy)
    • * Patients with pacemakers or other implanted devices at risk of malfunction during radiotherapy
    • * Patients with any other medical condition or laboratory value that would, at the discretion of the investigator, preclude the patient from participation in this clinical investigation
    • * Patients at known risk of enhanced normal tissue sensitivity to radiotherapy due to inherited predisposition or documented comorbidity that might lead to hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation
    • * Patients enrolled in any other clinical studies that the investigator believes to be in conflict with this clinical investigation.
    • * Patients who are pregnant or nursing
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 21 August 2022
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 29 August 2022
  • First Posted 1 September 2022

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 10 April 2024
  • Last Update Posted 12 April 2024
  • Last Verified April 2024