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| NCI-2016-00813 | Registry Identifier | NCI Clinical Trial Registration Program |
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Craniopharyngioma is a rare brain tumor that affects both children and adults. It arises in a region of the brain near the pituitary gland, visual pathways, and central blood vessels. Patients often present with headache, loss of vision or delayed growth. In some instances they may present with imbalance of water and salts in the body.
The treatment for craniopharyngioma may be radical surgery or a combination of surgery and radiation therapy. In some instances surgery is not required. If the tumor cannot be completely removed, radiation therapy may be required. In this study we will use the most advanced form of proton therapy which is called intensity-modulated proton therapy. This is a newer form of radiation therapy which has a number of advantages over older forms of proton therapy and conventional radiation therapy using x-rays.
The main goal of this study is to learn if proton therapy will effectively treat patients with craniopharyngioma brain tumors and reduce side effects compared to more traditional forms of radiation therapy.
This study will include participants who are diagnosed or presumed to have craniopharyngioma based on neuroimaging, intra-operative assessment, or the evaluation of cyst fluid or tissue after limited or radical surgery. When possible, participants will be enrolled on protocol prior to surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Tumor-Surgery | Active Comparator | Participants who are eligible to undergo surgery to remove the tumor will proceed to surgery. If all tumor is removed, they will be followed over 5 years for outcome comparison to the other participant groups. If the entire tumor is not removed by surgery, participants will receive 6 weeks of proton therapy. They will then be followed for 5 years to collect outcome data for comparison to the other participant groups. |
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| Tumor-No Surgery | Active Comparator | Participants whose tumor cannot be resected through surgery will receive 6 weeks of proton therapy. They will then be followed over 5 years for outcome comparison to the other participant groups. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Proton Therapy | Radiation | The protocol-specific radiation dose will be prescribed to a target defined by the use of computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The target will encompass the residual tumor and/or tumor bed and will include a margin mean to treat subclinical microscopic disease. There is no time limit for the interval from surgery or study enrollment to when proton therapy commences. The time course of administration of proton therapy will be 1 treatment/day, 5 days/week, for a period 6 weeks. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Progression-free survival (PFS) | PFS is defined as the interval of time from the initiation of radiation therapy (RT) until the earliest of the events: death from any cause; and disease progression. | 3 years after initiation of proton therapy |
| Overall survival (OS) | OS is defined as the interval of time from the initiation of RT until the death from any cause. | 3 years after initiation of proton therapy |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Compare incidence of first cystic intervention with participants treated with conventional radiation therapy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | The cumulative incidence estimates of first cystic intervention for cystic fluctuations after proton therapy. Competing events are death, disease progression and development of a new or secondary tumor. | 3 years after initiation of proton therapy |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in vision status compared between groups | Vision status will be classified into three groups (None, Impaired, Severe). Information recorded in the clinical neurology form will also be used, as will the ophthalmology data sheet and NCI CTCAE v4.0 when relevant. The distribution of outcomes is ordinal categorical and percentages will be estimated. Mixed-effects Proportional Odds Regression will be used to estimate the change of vision over time, and compare severity of vision in the two treatment groups adjusted by confound factors. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Thomas E. Merchant, DO, PhD | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis | Tennessee | 38105 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 33607632 | Derived | Wilson LJ, Pirlepesov F, Moskvin V, Li Z, Guo Y, Li Y, Merchant TE, Faught AM. Proton therapy delivery method affects dose-averaged linear energy transfer in patients. Phys Med Biol. 2021 Apr 1;66(7). doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/abe835. |
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| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | View source |
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| Surgery | Procedure | When possible, tumors will be removed surgically prior to proton therapy. If no tumor remains following surgery, no proton therapy will be given, and participants will be followed for 5 years to collect outcome data for comparison between groups. |
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| Compare event-free survival (EFS) with participants treated with conventional radiation therapy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Kaplan-Meier estimates will be provided of EFS, which is measured from initiation of proton therapy until the earliest of PFS failure or secondary malignancy or new tumor, or surgical intervention for cystic fluctuation. Patients who have not experienced an event will be censored at their last date of contact. | 3 years after initiation of proton therapy |
| Compare survival distributions with participants treated with conventional radiation therapy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Final analyses will also compare survival distributions using the log-rank test for patients treated with limited surgery and proton therapy on this protocol with the updated SJCRH cohort of patients treated with limited surgery and photon irradiation. The definition of survival will be defined in same way for both cohorts. This secondary analysis will be stratified by whether or not patients have a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt in place prior to irradiation and race (black versus white). | 3 years after initiation of proton therapy |
| Compare survival distributions between groups | To estimate the survival distributions for children and young adults with craniopharyngioma treated only with primary surgical resection and to compare these distributions with the distributions observed for patients treated with limited surgery and proton therapy. A stratified log-rank test will be used to compare the distributions for children and young adults with craniopharyngioma treated only with primary surgical resection and the distributions observed for patients treated with limited surgery and proton therapy. | 3 years after initiation of proton therapy |
| From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Change in hearing status compared between groups | Hearing will be categorized as normal if all thresholds are within 0-20 decibels hearing level (dB HL) and otherwise abnormal. Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) with logistic link will be used to explore the trend over time and investigate impacts of specific clinical and treatment factors on hearing loss. In the presence of missing data, Weighted GEE will be employed to address missingness. In addition, the cumulative incidence of hearing loss will be estimated with death as a competing risk. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Compare number of neurological deficits to participants treated using conventional radiation therapy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | The incidence and severity of neurological deficits in children and young adults with craniopharyngioma treated with radical surgery or limited surgery and proton therapy. Descriptively compare findings for patients treated with proton therapy with the reported findings for the updated SJCRH cohort treated using photons. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Compare number of endocrine deficits to participants treated using conventional radiation therapy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | The incidence and severity of endocrine deficits in children and young adults with craniopharyngioma treated with radical surgery or limited surgery and proton therapy. Descriptively compare findings for patients treated with proton therapy with the reported findings for the updated SJCRH cohort treated using photons. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Compare number of cognitive deficits to participants treated using conventional radiation therapy at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | The incidence and severity of cognitive deficits in children and young adults with craniopharyngioma treated with radical surgery or limited surgery and proton therapy. Descriptively compare findings for patients treated with proton therapy with the reported findings for the updated SJCRH cohort treated using photons. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Compare quality of life between groups | Analysis will be stratified by treatment arms (radical surgery vs. limited surgery and proton therapy), descriptive statistics of the longitudinal assessments of quality of life will be described. Specifically, on a yearly basis starting from the pre-treatment time point to year 5 post treatment initiation, quality of life in patients ≥ 2 years of age as measured by the Peds QoL v4 and the Peds QoL brain tumor module will be reported. On a more frequent basis (every 3 months in the first year after treatment initiation and every 6 months afterwards), sleep complaints in patients ≥ 8 years of age as measured Epworth Sleepiness Scale will be reported and fatigue in patients ≥ 2 years of age as measured by The Peds QL Multidimensional Fatigue scale will be reported. Sleep disorders at diagnosis and 3 years after the initiation of treatment will be measured by overnight polysomnography. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Compare physical performance and movement between groups | Physical performance measures will be obtained at baseline, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months. For the surgery only group, baseline is measured immediately after surgery. For the limited surgery and proton therapy group, the baseline is measured immediately before proton therapy. The baselines in the two groups are measured approximately at the same time so the comparisons between the two groups are reasonable. Descriptive statistics of the outcomes for each group will be provided. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Incidence of vasculopathy between groups | Cumulative incidence of vasculopathy with at least major symptoms (i.e., Vasculopathy grade > 2) will be estimated for the first occurrence of vasculopathy, where death, disease progression, and development of a new or secondary tumor will be considered as completing events. Vasculopathy will be graded 3-5 according to NCI CTCAE v4.0. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Compare incidence of central nervous effects between groups | Quantitative measures of structural and functional changes in the brain over time will be described using mixed effects models. Associations of functional and structural changes in the brain with cognitive variables will be investigated using mixed effects models which will include demographic, imaging and clinical factors, such as age at diagnoses, gender, race and socioeconomic status, fractional anisotropy (FA), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), hydrocephalus and presence of CSF shunt, and pre-proton therapy growth hormone deficiency. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Percentage of participants who were successfully evaluated with an in vivo dose and distal edge verification system | The percentage of patients with PET scans where loss of signal intensity or resolution was observed will be estimated with 95% exact confidence intervals. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Change in growth factor response | The planned analyses based on this data will mainly utilize longitudinal models. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Change in cytokine response | The planned analyses based on this data will mainly utilize longitudinal models. | From baseline to 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Number and type of germline variations associated with craniopharyngioma | Descriptive statistics will be provided for known candidate genes and gene mutations. Analysis will be performed using current processes available at the time of analysis. | 5 years following start of proton therapy |
| Clinical Trials Open at St. Jude | View source |
| ID | Term |
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| D003397 | Craniopharyngioma |
| D001932 | Brain Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D017599 | Neuroectodermal Tumors |
| D009373 | Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D009380 | Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue |
| D016543 | Central Nervous System Neoplasms |
| D009423 | Nervous System Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D061766 | Proton Therapy |
| D011878 | Radiotherapy |
| D013514 | Surgical Procedures, Operative |
| D000094463 | Transurethral Resection of Bladder |
| ID | Term |
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| D063193 | Heavy Ion Radiotherapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D013520 | Urologic Surgical Procedures |
| D013519 | Urogenital Surgical Procedures |
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