RadOnc MSK 18-359

A Phase II Trial of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Patients With Limited Progression on Immune Checkpoint Blockade
 
Drugs called checkpoint inhibitors help the immune system fight cancer. When the effectiveness of these drugs wears off, it may be possible to renew their effectiveness by combining it with a special type of radiation therapy called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). SBRT is a commonly used type of radiation therapy that gives high dose radiation with high precision to tumors in 1-5 treatments. Radiation therapy, such as SBRT can also treat sites of metastases. The use of checkpoint inhibitors in combination with SBRT has been suggested to improve the immune response against cancer but has not been tested in a formal clinical trial. Up to three lesions can be treated with SBRT. This study only allows checkpoint inhibitors that are already approved by the Federal Drug Agency (FDA) for the treatment of your disease. All radiation therapy will be done on machines which are FDA approved.
 
Eligibility Criteria:
  • Subjects must have signed and dated an IRB approved written informed consent form in accordance with regulatory and institutional guidelines.
  • Subjects must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment schedule, laboratory testing, and other study obligations.
  • Males and females ≥ 18 years of age.
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2.
  • Histologically confirmed metastatic cancer of any histology for which there is an FDA indication for an immune checkpoint inhibitor including melanoma, lung, bladder, renal and head/neck cancers.
Available at: Hartford Hospital, Hospital of Central Connecticut, Midstate Medical Center, Eastern Connecticut Hematology and Oncology Associates