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Active Not RecruitingNCT05121545

Proton Pencil Beam Scanning GRID for Treatment of Bulky Tumors

A Phase 1 Study of Proton Pencil Beam Scanning GRID for Treatment of Bulky Tumors (ProGRID)

Status
Active Not Recruiting
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
11 (actual)
Sponsor
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This is a single arm, phase I study, evaluating the feasibility, toxicity, and degree of tumor response after novel proton pencil beam scanning (PBS GRID) treatment in patients with bulky tumors that are difficult to manage.

Detailed description

The proton group at Sibley Memorial Hospital has developed a new method for multi-beam proton delivery making it possible to arrange and optimize GRID dosimetry and normal tissue sparing compared to other similar techniques. In this phase I pilot study, patients with bulky tumors will receive this novel method of GRID-therapy also called spatially-fractionated radiotherapy which involves delivering high dose radiation to small amounts of tumor in a manner that creates alternating regions of high and low dose radiation within the tumor and is often aligned in a grid pattern. In so doing, this study will ascertain the feasibility, safety and tumor response i.e. shrinkage and resectability of this treatment. Ultimately, the goal is to improve local outcomes of patients with bulky tumors and to offer new treatment options for patients with difficult-to-manage bulky tumors.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
RADIATIONPro-GRIDStudy participants will receive a single treatment of Pro-GRID therapy. After which, the participants would be able to resume standard therapy (after one week) and receive additional radiotherapy one month after Pro-GRID therapy, if recommended. Participants will be in the study for one year. Follow-up appointments will be scheduled at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months posttreatment, and may include a history and physical exam, labs and/or a CT scan and toxicity assessments.

Timeline

Start date
2022-04-06
Primary completion
2024-09-24
Completion
2026-12-01
First posted
2021-11-16
Last updated
2026-01-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05121545. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.