This is a prospective study to document the local control rates with SBRT specifically for pulmonary metastases from soft tissue sarcoma. This study will prospectively document acute and late toxicity, quality of life (QoL), tumor control, and survival.
A total of no more than 20 people are expected to participate in this study at the Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital. Patients will be followed for three years. The usual treatment for sarcomas that spread to the lungs is to remove the cancer with surgery. Patients who cannot have surgery or prefer not to have surgery, can receive radiation therapy. Standard radiation therapy involves several weeks of daily treatment sessions, although it is not as effective as surgery and may seriously damage normal surrounding lung tissue. Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a radiation treatment that gives fewer but higher doses of radiation than standard radiation. SBRT is used to treat metastases to the lung from many types of cancer but has not been used very often with patients who have metastatic disease to their lungs from sarcomas. The purpose of this study is to test the possibility of SBRT to the lung for metastatic disease to the lung. This information will be used to find out if there are factors that can predict recovery or outcome of patients with metastatic disease to the lung from sarcoma. SBRT will consist of 1 to 3 treatments per week for a total of 3 to 5 treatments to each tumor until therapy is complete. After SBRT is completed, follow-up exams will occur 4-6 weeks from the completion of radiation treatment, every 3 months in year 1 and every 6 months for 2 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
9
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Froedtert Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Number of Adverse Events of Grade ≥ 3 by CTCAE Criteria.
This measure (number of adverse events of grade ≥ 3 by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) criteria) will provide information regarding the acute toxicity of SBRT for \< 5 pulmonary metastases from soft tissue sarcoma..The CTCAE criteria provide a standardized description of adverse events including guidelines for grading severity. The guidelines can be viewed at: https://ctep.cancer.gov/protocoldevelopment/electronic\_applications/ctc.htm.
Time frame: 6 weeks post SBRT
Number of Subjects Experiencing Locoregional Recurrences.
This measure (number of subjects experiencing locoregional recurrences) will provide information regarding locoregional control. Locoregional recurrence means any new or renewed tumor growth of any size observed by an imaging technology that is located at or adjacent to a prior treatment site.
Time frame: 3 years
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