Adaptive radiotherapy (up to 74 Gy) or standard radiotherapy (66 Gy) for patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer, according to [(18)F]FDG-PET tumour residual uptake at 42 Gy (RTEP7-IFCT-1402): a multicentre, randomised, controlled phase 2 trial
Thoracic radiation intensification is debated in patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We aimed to assess the activity and safety of a boost radiotherapy dose up to 74 Gy in a functional sub-volume given according to on-treatment [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG)-PET results.
In this multicentre, randomised, controlled non-comparative phase 2 trial, we recruited patients aged 18 years or older with inoperable stage III NSCLC without EGFR mutation or ALK rearrangement with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-1, and who were affiliated with or a beneficiary of a social benefit system, with evaluable tumour or node lesions, preserved lung function, and who were amenable to curative-intent radiochemotherapy. Patients were randomly allocated using a central interactive web-response system in a non-masked method (1:1; minimisation method used [random factor of 0·8]; stratified by radiotherapy technique [intensity-modulated radiotherapy vs three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy] and by centre at which patients were treated) either to the experimental adaptive radiotherapy group A, in which only patients with positive residual metabolism on [18F]FDG-PET at 42 Gy received a boost radiotherapy (up to 74 Gy in 33 fractions), with all other patients receiving standard radiotherapy dosing (66 Gy in 33 fractions over 6·5 weeks), or to the standard radiotherapy group B (66 Gy in 33 fractions) over 6·5 weeks. All patients received two cycles of induction platinum-based chemotherapy cycles (paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 intravenously once every 3 weeks and carboplatin area under the curve [AUC]=6 once every 3 weeks, or cisplatin 80 mg/m2 intravenously once every 3 weeks and vinorelbine 30 mg/m2 intravenously on day 1 and 60 mg/m2 orally [or 30 mg/m2 intravenously] on day 8 once every 3 weeks). Then they concomitantly received radiochemotherapy with platinum-based chemotherapy (three cycles for 8 weeks, with once per week paclitaxel 40 mg/m2 intravenously and carboplatin AUC=2 or cisplatin 80 mg/m2 intravenously and vinorelbine 20 mg/m2 intravenously on day 1 and 40 mg/m2 orally (or 20 mg/m2 intravenously) on day 8 in 21-day cycles). The primary endpoint was the 15-month local control rate in the eligible patients who received at least one dose of concomitant radiochemotherapy. This RTEP7-IFCT-1402 trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02473133), and is ongoing.
From Nov 12, 2015, to July 7, 2021, we randomly assigned 158 patients (47 [30%] women and 111 [70%] men) to either the boosted radiotherapy group A (81 [51%]) or to the standard radiotherapy group B (77 [49%)]. In group A, 80 (99%) patients received induction chemotherapy and 68 (84%) received radiochemotherapy, of whom 48 (71%) with residual uptake on [18F]FDG-PET after 42 Gy received a radiotherapy boost. In group B, all 77 patients received induction chemotherapy and 73 (95%) received radiochemotherapy. At the final analysis, the median follow-up for eligible patients who received radiochemotherapy (n=140) was 45·1 months (95% CI 39·3-48·3). The 15-month local control rate was 77·6% (95% CI 67·6-87·6%) in group A and 71·2% (95% CI 60·8-81·6%) in group B. Acute (within 90 days from radiochemotherapy initiation) grade 3-4 adverse events were observed in 20 (29%) of 68 patients in group A and 33 (45%) of 73 patients in group B, including serious adverse events in five (7%) patients in group A and ten (14%) patients in group B. The most common grade 3-4 adverse events were febrile neutropenia (seven [10%] of 68 in group A vs 16 [22%] of 73 in group B), and anaemia (five [7%] vs nine [12%]). In the acute phase, two deaths (3%) occurred in group B (one due to a septic shock related to chemotherapy, and the other due to haemotypsia not related to study treatment), and no deaths occurred in group A. After 90 days, one additional treatment-unrelated death occurred in group A and two deaths events occurred in group B (one radiation pneumonitis and one pneumonia unrelated to treatment).
A thoracic radiotherapy boost, based on interim [18F]FDG-PET, led to a meaningful local control rate with no difference in adverse events between the two groups in organs at risk, in contrast with previous attempts at thoracic radiation intensification, warranting a randomised phase 3 evaluation of such [18F]FDG-PET-guided radiotherapy dose adaptation in patients with stage III NSCLC.
Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique National 2014.
Vera P
,Thureau S
,Le Tinier F
,Chaumet-Riffaud P
,Hapdey S
,Kolesnikov-Gauthier H
,Martin E
,Berriolo-Riedinger A
,Pourel N
,Broglia JM
,Boissellier P
,Guillemard S
,Salem N
,Brenot-Rossi I
,Le Péchoux C
,Berthold C
,Giroux-Leprieur E
,Moreau D
,Guillerm S
,Benali K
,Tessonnier L
,Audigier-Valette C
,Lerouge D
,Quak E
,Massabeau C
,Courbon F
,Moisson P
,Larrouy A
,Modzelewski R
,Gouel P
,Ghazzar N
,Langlais A
,Amour E
,Zalcman G
,Giraud P
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Phase 2 Trial Assessing Toxicity of Personalized Response-Based Radiation Treatment in Patients With Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Local failure rates after treatment for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain high. Efforts to improve local control with a uniform dose escalation or dose escalation to midtreatment positron emission tomography (PET)-avid residual disease have been limited by heightened toxicity. This trial aimed to refine response-based adaptive radiation therapy (RT) and minimize toxicity by incorporating fluorodeoxyglucose-PET (FDG-PET) and ventilation-perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging midtreatment.
A total of 47 patients with stage IIA to III unresectable NSCLC were prospectively enrolled in this single-institution trial (NCT02492867). Patients received concurrent chemoradiation therapy with personalized response-based adaptive RT over 30 fractions incorporating ventilation-perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography and FDG-PET. The first 21 fractions (46.2 Gy at 2.2 Gy/fraction) were delivered to the tumor while minimizing the dose to the SPECT-defined functional lung. The plan was then adapted for the final 9 fractions (2.2-3.8 Gy/fraction) up to a total of 80.4 Gy, based on the midtreatment FDG-PET tumor response to escalate the dose to the residual tumor while minimizing the dose to the SPECT-defined functional lung. Nonprogressing patients received consolidative carboplatin, paclitaxel, or durvalumab. The primary endpoint of the study was ≥ grade 2 lung and esophageal toxicities. Secondary endpoints included time to local progression, tumor response, and overall survival.
At 1 year posttreatment, the rates of grade 2 and grade 3 pneumonitis were 21.3% and 2.1%, respectively, with no difference in pneumonitis rates among patients who received and did not receive adjuvant durvalumab (P = .74). Although there were no grade 3 esophageal-related toxicities, 66.0% of patients experienced grade 2 esophagitis. The 1- and 2-year local control rates were 94.5% (95% CI, 87.4%-100%) and 87.5% (95% CI, 76.7%-100%), respectively. Overall survival was 82.8% (95% CI, 72.6%-94.4%) at 1 year and 62.3% (95% CI, 49.6%-78.3%) at 2 years.
Response-based adaptive dose-escalation accounting for tumor change and normal tissue function during treatment provided excellent local control, comparable toxicity to standard chemoradiation therapy, and did not increase toxicity with adjuvant immunotherapy.
Edwards DM
,Schonewolf CA
,Rice JD
,Schipper M
,Haken RKT
,Matuszak M
,Balter J
,Jarema D
,Arenberg DA
,Piert M
,Qin A
,Kalemkerian GP
,Schneider BJ
,Ramnath N
,Chapman CH
,Elliott DA
,Lawrence TS
,Hearn J
,Hayman JA
,Jolly S
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Imaging-based target volume reduction in chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (PET-Plan): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled trial.
With increasingly precise radiotherapy and advanced medical imaging, the concept of radiotherapy target volume planning might be redefined with the aim of improving outcomes. We aimed to investigate whether target volume reduction is feasible and effective compared with conventional planning in the context of radical chemoradiotherapy for patients with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
We did a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled trial (PET-Plan; ARO-2009-09) in 24 centres in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Previously untreated patients (aged older than 18 years) with inoperable locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer suitable for chemoradiotherapy and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of less than 3 were included. Undergoing 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET and CT for treatment planning, patients were randomly assigned (1:1) using a random number generator and block sizes between four and six to target volume delineation informed by 18F-FDG PET and CT plus elective nodal irradiation (conventional target group) or target volumes informed by PET alone (18F-FDG PET-based target group). Randomisation was stratified by centre and Union for International Cancer Control stage. In both groups, dose-escalated radiotherapy (60-74 Gy, 2 Gy per fraction) was planned to the respective target volumes and applied with concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy. The primary endpoint was time to locoregional progression from randomisation with the objective to test non-inferiority of 18F-FDG PET-based planning with a prespecified hazard ratio (HR) margin of 1·25. The per-protocol set was included in the primary analysis. The safety set included all patients receiving any study-specific treatment. Patients and study staff were not masked to treatment assignment. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00697333.
From May 13, 2009, to Dec 5, 2016, 205 of 311 recruited patients were randomly assigned to the conventional target group (n=99) or the 18F-FDG PET-based target group (n=106; the intention-to-treat set), and 172 patients were treated per protocol (84 patients in the conventional target group and 88 in the 18F-FDG PET-based target group). At a median follow-up of 29 months (IQR 9-54), the risk of locoregional progression in the 18F-FDG PET-based target group was non-inferior to, and in fact lower than, that in the conventional target group in the per-protocol set (14% [95% CI 5-21] vs 29% [17-38] at 1 year; HR 0·57 [95% CI 0·30-1·06]). The risk of locoregional progression in the 18F-FDG PET-based target group was also non-inferior to that in the conventional target group in the intention-to-treat set (17% [95% CI 9-24] vs 30% [20-39] at 1 year; HR 0·64 [95% CI 0·37-1·10]). The most common acute grade 3 or worse toxicity was oesophagitis or dysphagia (16 [16%] of 99 patients in the conventional target group vs 17 [16%] of 105 patients in the 18F-FDG PET-based target group); the most common late toxicities were lung-related (12 [12%] vs 11 [10%]). 20 deaths potentially related to study treatment were reported (seven vs 13).
18F-FDG PET-based planning could potentially improve local control and does not seem to increase toxicity in patients with chemoradiotherapy-treated locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Imaging-based target volume reduction in this setting is, therefore, feasible, and could potentially be considered standard of care. The procedures established might also support imaging-based target volume reduction concepts for other tumours.
German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe).
Nestle U
,Schimek-Jasch T
,Kremp S
,Schaefer-Schuler A
,Mix M
,Küsters A
,Tosch M
,Hehr T
,Eschmann SM
,Bultel YP
,Hass P
,Fleckenstein J
,Thieme A
,Stockinger M
,Dieckmann K
,Miederer M
,Holl G
,Rischke HC
,Gkika E
,Adebahr S
,König J
,Grosu AL
,PET-Plan study group
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