The investigators hypothesize that treatment adaptation to biological and anatomical changes, occurring during treatment, can increase the chance of cure at minimized or equal radiation-induced toxicity in head and neck cancer patients. This trial compares standard intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), using only pre-treatment planning 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography to adaptive 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography voxel intensity based IMRT or volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) using repetitive per-treatment planning 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography for head and neck cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Adaptive dose escalation by dose-painting-by-numbers.
Standard radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Ghent
Ghent, Belgium
Clinique & Materinité Sainte Elisabeth
Namur, Belgium
To obtain 25 % increase in local control at 1 year with adaptive dose escalation comparing to standard treatment.
18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed.
Time frame: at 1 year
Regional (elective neck) and distant control.
18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed.
Time frame: after 1 year
Topography of local and/or regional relapse.
18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed during the first year post-treatment time point of local and/or regional relapse
Time frame: during the first year post-treatment
Tumor response
18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed
Time frame: 3 months post-treatment
Acute toxicity
Time frame: up to 12 months of follow-up
Overall disease-specific, disease-free survival.
Time frame: at 1 year
Late toxicity
Time frame: up to 12 months of follow-up
Time point of local and/or regional relapse.
18F-FDG-PET/CT scans will be performed.
Time frame: during the first year post-treatment
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