The researchers are doing this study to find out whether a very low dose of radiation therapy (VLDRT) is an effective treatment for people with follicular lymphoma (FL) or marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) and works as well as the standard dose of radiation therapy. The researchers will see if VLDRT works against cancer in the area that is currently affected by cancer and if the therapy prevents new spots of lymphoma from developing. The researchers will also compare VLDRT with the standard dose of radiation therapy to see if VLDRT causes fewer side effects. Radiation therapy uses beams of intense energy to kill cancer cells. Standard doses of radiation therapy can cause short- and long-term side effects. Researchers think VLDRT may be as effective as standard doses, and, because VLDRT uses less radiation, researchers think VLDRT may cause fewer side effects than standard doses.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
375
24 Gy in 12 fractions
4 Gy in 1-2 consecutive daily fractions
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)
Montvale, New Jersey, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk - Commack (All Protocol Activities)
Commack, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)
Harrison, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGMemorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)
Uniondale, New York, United States
RECRUITINGprogression-free survival
Progression will be defined as either PD as per Lugano criteria (either treated or non-treated lesions) OR * Receipt of any additional radiotherapy for lymphoma to an initially involved site outside of the protocol mandated treatment OR * Death from any cause
Time frame: 2 years
radiographic response
using Lugano criteria
Time frame: 6 months
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