Status:

RECRUITING

Personalized Ultrafractionated Stereotactic Adaptive Radiotherapy for Palliative Head and Neck Cancer Treatment (PULS-Pal)

Lead Sponsor:

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Varian Medical Systems

Conditions:

Head and Neck Carcinoma

Localized Head and Neck Carcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This trial tests how well personalized ultra fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy (PULSAR) works together with HyperArc© radiation treatment planning technology for palliative (holistic pai...

Detailed Description

A significant proportion of patients with de novo or recurrent head and neck cancer are not candidates for standard-of-care definitive treatment(s), including standard-of-care stereotactic body radiat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • \>= 18 years old
  • Diagnosis of primary or recurrent, localized or metastatic (American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th Edition stages I-IV) head and neck cancer. In primary diagnosis cases, pathologic confirmation is required. In recurrent and/or metastatic diagnosis cases, pathologic confirmation is not required if not beneficial to the patient as standard of care, and diagnosis can be assumed based on clinical and/or radiographic evidence
  • Ineligible for or declines standard of care definitive treatment(s), which will be documented in the patient's trial screening progress note in their electronic medical record by the treating physician
  • Measurable disease within the head and/or neck clinically and/or on imaging studies (CT, PET, MRI) within 30 days from date of enrollment
  • Patient maximum tumor(s) or tumor bed diameter must be less than 10cm
  • In a woman of childbearing potential, a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 1 week of treatment start must be documented. Women of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; or abstinence) for duration of study participation and for up to 4 weeks following the study treatment
  • Patients with a tracheostomy and/or a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube are eligible for inclusion

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or breast-feeding
  • More than 1 prior radiation treatment course directed to the treatment area over the patient's lifetime. In patients who have received 1 prior radiation treatment course directed to the treatment area, that prior radiation treatment course must have concluded at least 6 months prior to trial enrollment
  • Any comorbidity or condition which would limit full compliance with the protocol

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 25 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 16 2029

Estimated Enrollment :

43 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06572423

Start Date

October 25 2024

End Date

December 16 2029

Last Update

January 9 2025

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University of California at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095