This prospective study aims to utilize pre- and mid-treatment PET-CT to guide de-escalation of radiation therapy in HPV-related squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
91
AUC=1 weekly during radiation therapy. Carboplatin will be given once a week in combination with paclitaxel (standard treatment), concurrent with radiation therapy. Given IV.
Patients will initially receive a single prescription of 70 Gy to PTV1 in 35 fractions with RT given once daily, 5 days a week along with weekly carboplatin and paclitaxel (standard therapy). Dose will be reduced to 54Gy to high risk PTV and 43.2Gy to low risk PTV all in 27 fractions for patients who meet pPET-CT and iPET-CT parameters.
30 mg/m2 weekly during radiation therapy. Paclitaxel will be given once a week in combination with carboplatin (standard treatment), concurrent with radiation therapy. Given IV.
University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
The Percentage of Patients With Local Regional Recurrence (LRR) of Disease
RECIST (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors) will be used to evaluate response and recurrence. All patients will be analyzed together as the goal of the study is to estimate risk of LRR in this patient population treated with this particular strategy in which some patients continue to receive standard therapy while others are de-escalated. Results will also be estimated and reported separately for patients receiving standard or de-escalated therapy.
Time frame: 1 Year
Change in Metabolic Tumor Volume 50% (MTV 50%)
The change in metabolic tumor volume (MTV)50% at the mid-treatment timepoint will be calculated as percent change from baseline and used as a continuous variable in a Cox model for an outcome of time to LRR. Will also evaluate more non-parametrically, the relation between hazard of LRR and mid-treatment MTV50% using a kernel estimator in a Cox model.
Time frame: 2 months
Patterns of Failure
Kaplan-Meier estimate of the percentage of participants who experienced Locoregional relapse versus distant relapse
Time frame: at 3 months and 2 years
Overall Survival
Kaplan-Meier estimate of the percentage of participants who are still alive at 3 months and 2 years.
Time frame: at 3 months, and 2 Years
Progression- Free Survival
Kaplan-Meier estimate of the percentage of participants who are still in progression free survival at 3 months and 2 years
Time frame: at 3 months and 2 years
Incidence of Toxicity
Toxicity outcomes will be estimated as proportions of patients with available toxicity data at 1, 3 and 12 months. XQ, Xerostomia Questionnaire, is scored on a scale of 0-100 with higher score indicating worse xerostomia. HN, FACT-HN, is scored on a scale of 0-190 with higher score indicating a better quality of life.
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Time frame: 1, 3 and 12 months
Detectable Circulating Tumor Deoxyribonucleic Acid (ctDNA) in Participants
Median values of ctDNA molecules present throughout the study. The week 6/7 measurement is taken as the first measurement that was available during weeks 6 and 7 to minimize missing data and to account for minor timing deviations in sample collection during weeks 6 and 7
Time frame: from Baseline up to 7 weeks