This is a prospective multi-center randomized clinical trial designed to demonstrate that daily online adaptive radiotherapy with concomitant chemotherapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will result in decreased acute respiratory and esophageal toxicity compared with non-adaptive radiotherapy with concomitant chemotherapy. The timepoint for this assessment will be 3 months following the end of radiotherapy and will use the Patient Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Standard fractionation external beam radiotherapy (60-66 Gy in 2 Gy/fraction) with daily online adaptation.
Standard fractionation external beam radiotherapy (60-66 Gy in 2 Gy/fraction) with daily image guidance.
Concomitant chemotherapy per NCCN or other national guidelines.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Acute toxicity
Composite rate of any increase in cough, or dyspnea, or dysphagia scores by 1+ using PRO-CTCAE.
Time frame: From randomization to 90 days after completion of chemoradiotherapy
Lung cancer specific quality of life
Results from the FACT-L questionnaire
Time frame: From randomization to 12 months after completion of chemoradiotherapy
Global quality of life
Results from the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire
Time frame: From randomization to 12 months after completion of chemoradiotherapy
Normal lung tissue radiation exposure
The percentage of normal lung tissue volume that receives radiation of 20 Gy or more over the course of radiation treatment.
Time frame: End of external beam radiation treatment (approximately 2 months from randomization)
Mean normal tissue doses
Mean dose delivered to the heart, esophagus and normal lung tissue over the course of radiation treatment.
Time frame: End of external beam radiation treatment (approximately 2 months from randomization)
Overall response rate
Frequency of complete and partial tumor response as determined on chest imaging using RECIST v1.1
Time frame: 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after completion of chemoradiotherapy
Local progression
Physician report of progression determined by imaging or clinical evaluation
Time frame: 12 months after completion of chemoradiotherapy
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Adjuvant immunotherapy per national or institutional guidelines.
Radiation pneumonitis
CTCAE v.5.0 grade 2+ pneumonitis
Time frame: 12 months after completion of chemoradiotherapy
Healthcare resource utilization
Hospitalizations, emergency department visits, advanced medical or imaging procedures associated with the treatment of CTCAE grade 2+ adverse events related to EBRT.
Time frame: From the start of radiation treatment to 12 months after completion of chemoradiotherapy.