Early Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy or High-Dose Radiotherapy in Treating Patients with Metastatic Breast or Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well early stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) or high-dose radiotherapy works in treating patients with breast or non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). SBRT or high-dose radiotherapy has been shown to shrink or stabilize breast and non-small cell lung cancer. It is not yet known whether starting SBRT or high-dose radiotherapy when metastatic tumors have just begun to grow will extend life, compared with the usual approach to managing breast or non-small cell lung cancer.
Inclusion Criteria
- Age 18 or older
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
- Metastatic disease detected on imaging and histologically confirmed: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) (estrogen receptor [ER] < 1%, progesterone receptor [PR] < 1%, her-2-neu 0-1+ by immunohistochemistry [IHC] or fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH]-negative or as determined by medical doctor [MD] discretion) OR NSCLC (without known EGFR mutation or ALK/ROS1-rearrangement) OR other high-risk breast cancer (per physician’s discretion) progressed on hormone or systemic therapy, regardless of ER/HER2 status OR NSCLC with EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 targetable molecular alterations with disease progression on first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Note: * Biopsy of metastasis prior to enrollment is per treating physician's discretion per standard of care. It is preferred but not required * These patients are selected for the study given the similar survival outcomes when given standard of care therapies
- Patient has received at least first-line prior treatment with systemic therapy (either cytotoxic or targeted, including maintenance therapies)
- Patients who received prior immunotherapy are allowed
- Patients who had any prior radiation therapy near or overlapping with the oligoprogressive sites are allowed to enroll
- Patients with the following medical conditions precluding them from participating in other systemic therapy or drug trials are allowed: * Active liver disease, including viral or other hepatitis, or cirrhosis * Any other significant medical condition not under control, including any acute coronary syndrome within the past 6 months * A permanent pacemaker * A corrected QT (QTc) > 480 ms in the baseline electrocardiography (EKG) * Peripheral neuropathy of grade >= 2 per National Cancer Institute (NCI) CTCAE * History or known autoimmune disease * Current chronic systemic steroid therapy or any immunosuppressive therapy * History of primary immunodeficiency or solid organ transplant * Known positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), chronic or active hepatitis B or C, or active hepatitis A * Active infection requiring systemic antibiotic therapy
- Patients can have more than 5 metastases but can only have 1-5 progressive lesions
- Oligoprogression, defined as Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) or Positron Emission Tomography Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST)-documented progression in up to 5 individual lesions * Using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Criteria as a guide: ** At least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter (LD) of the lesion, taking as reference the smallest sum LD recorded since the last imaging, or ** The appearance of one or more new lesions, or ** New/malignant fludeoxyglucose F-18 (FDG) uptake in the absence of other indications of progressive disease or an anatomically stable lesion, and confirmed on contemporaneous or follow-up computed tomography (CT), or ** >= 5 mm increase in the diameter sum of the lesion OR * Using Positron Emission Tomography Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST) as a guide: ** > 30% increase in fludeoxyglucose F-18 (18-F FDG) standard uptake value (SUV) peak, with > 0.8 SUV units increase in tumor SUV from the baseline scan in pattern typical of tumor and not of infection/treatment effect, or ** Visible increase in the extent of 18F-FDG tumor uptake, or ** New 18-F FDG avid lesions typical of cancer (including new bone lesion) and not related to treatment effect and/or infection; OR * Development of a new soft tissue metastatic lesion at least 5 mm in size or any new bone metastasis OR * Progressive enlargement of a known metastasis on 2 consecutive imaging studies at least 2 months apart with a minimum 5 mm increase in size
- All sites of oligoprogression can be safely treated
- Maximum 5 progressing metastases in any single extra-cranial organ system (i.e. lung, liver, bone) * If the clinical scenario deem that other forms of local therapy may be more suitable for the metastatic disease, such as surgical resection and interventional radiology-guided ablation, patients would be able to undergo other forms of local therapy with discussion with the principal investigator (PI)
- No restriction on the total number of metastases * Note: If the clinical scenario deem that other forms of local therapy may be more suitable for the metastatic disease, such as surgical resection and interventional radiology-guided ablation, patients would be able to undergo other forms of local therapy with discussion with the PI
- For patients with brain metastases and oligoprogression elsewhere where stereotactic radiation to the brain is warranted, the brain lesions can be treated prior to randomization. This will not be counted toward the 5 progressive lesions
- Any symptomatic metastatic sites requiring prompt palliative radiation (e.g., cord compression) can also be treated with standard of care radiation prior to randomization. This will not be counted toward the 5 progressive lesions * If the clinical scenario deem that other forms of local therapy may be more suitable for the metastatic disease, such as surgical resection and interventional radiology-guided ablation, patients would be able to undergo other forms of local therapy with discussion with the PI
Exclusion Criteria
- Pregnancy
- Leptomeningeal disease
- Serious medical comorbidities precluding radiotherapy, such as ataxia-telangiectasia or scleroderma
- Any other condition which in the judgment of the investigator would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT03808662.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To study if the addition of early SBRT/high-dose radiotherapy to extra-cranial oligoprogressive metastatic disease could prolong progression free survival (PFS) compared to no SBRT/high-dose radiotherapy.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Overall survival.
II. Time to initiation of new systemic therapy.
III. Toxicities and tolerance of SBRT/high-dose radiotherapy in the setting of oligoprogression.
IV. To assess quality of life (QOL) and patient symptomatic outcomes measured by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)-quality of life (QLQ)-Core (C)30 and Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE).
V. To assess financial burden measured by Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST)-Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT).
VI. To separately assess the PFS for breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with or without SBRT/high-dose radiotherapy.
EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:
I. Mutational profiles of the tumors, measured by Memorial Sloan Kettering-Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets (MSK-IMPACT).
II. To collect circulating cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), circulating tumor cells, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells and extracellular vesicles extracted from blood samples collected at prespecified time points to characterize the tumor genetics, to discover meaningful biomarkers that allow for more effective and efficient use of SBRT/high-dose radiotherapy for metastatic disease.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients undergo early SBRT or high-dose radiotherapy over 3 or 5 fractions every other day in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
ARM II: Patients receive standard of care.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 8 weeks, and then every 12 weeks for up to 52 weeks after randomization.
Trial PhasePhase II
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorNadeem Riaz
- Primary ID18-431
- Secondary IDsNCI-2019-00437
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT03808662