NCT03847480

Dose Painting of Head and Neck Cancer

Dose Painting of Head and Neck Cancer - The RADPAINT Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Dose-painting may increase the chance of cure at minimised radiation-induced toxicity in volumetric-arc radiotherapy (VMAT) for head and neck cancer. This trial (RADPAINT) investigates the safety of FDG-PET guided radiotherapy using VMAT dose-painting by contours for patients with head and neck cancer of poor prognosis.

Detailed description

In this study, radiotherapy is planned using 18F-FDG PET/CT (18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography) making one experimental "dose-painting by contours" SIB (simultaneous integrated boost) plan with a maximum point dose of 83 Gy. The participants will be given 73 Gy and 78 Gy minimum doses to two GTVs (gross tumor volumes inside the conventional GTV (68 Gy). GTV\_73Gy and GTV\_78Gy are determined from the SUV (standardized uptake values) from the 18F-FDG PET/CT according to the formula proposed by the Ghent group (Van der Straeten et al, R\&O -06). It is expected to keep the level of normal tissue side-effects within or slightly above the level of conventional radiotherapy (i.e. maximum dose of 68 Gy). In addition to the routine follow-up, the participants will be examined with 18F-FDG PET/CT (3 months after treatment and toxicity scoring at 6 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years and 3 years after radiotherapy (in addition to the routine follow-up).

Conditions

• Head and Neck Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	FDG-PET guided dose painting	The radiation dose inside the gross tumor volume is increased according to the voxel intensity (SUV - standardized uptake value) of pre-treatment FDG PET.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-01
• Primary completion: 2020-03-09
• Completion: 2022-12-16
• First posted: 2019-02-20
• Last updated: 2025-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway