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| Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati | OTHER |
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This study evaluates the feasibility of hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT) in the palliative treatment of recurrent diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Participants will receive 15 Gy in 3 fractions as opposed to the standard 20 Gy in 10 fractions.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypofractionated Radiotherapy | Experimental | 15 Gy given in 3 fractions over 2 weeks |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypofractionated Radiotherapy | Radiation | Radiotherapy Treatment, totaling 15 Gy, will be given in 3 fractions over 2 weeks. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Post Radiation Toxicity | RTOG common toxicity criteria grade 0-5 | Through Study Completion, an average of 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Quality of Life score | Patient reported quality of life via Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Version 4.0 | Pre-RT, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months and every 3 months there-after post RT |
| Radiographic Response |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Luke E Pater, MD | University of Cincinnati | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45267 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24137015 | Background | Ostrom QT, Gittleman H, Farah P, Ondracek A, Chen Y, Wolinsky Y, Stroup NE, Kruchko C, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. CBTRUS statistical report: Primary brain and central nervous system tumors diagnosed in the United States in 2006-2010. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Nov;15 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):ii1-56. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/not151. No abstract available. | |
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Individual participant data will be kept confidential and will not be shared with other researchers
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000080443 | Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D005910 | Glioma |
| D018302 | Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial |
| D017599 | Neuroectodermal Tumors |
| D009373 | Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000069473 | Radiation Dose Hypofractionation |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D019583 | Dose Fractionation, Radiation |
| D011879 | Radiotherapy Dosage |
| D011878 | Radiotherapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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Physician documented change of tumor from pre-RT MRI as compared to 1 month post-RT MRI
| 1 month |
| Progression Free Survival | Time to clinical, symptomatic or radiographic evidence of disease progression | Through Study Completion, an average of 1 year |
| Overall Survival | Time to patient death | Through Study Completion, an average of 1 year |
| Steroid Requirement | Use of steroids post-RT | Through Study Completion, an average of 1 year |
| Vanan MI, Eisenstat DD. DIPG in Children - What Can We Learn from the Past? Front Oncol. 2015 Oct 21;5:237. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00237. eCollection 2015. |
| 19638636 | Background | Fangusaro J. Pediatric high-grade gliomas and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas. J Child Neurol. 2009 Nov;24(11):1409-17. doi: 10.1177/0883073809338960. Epub 2009 Jul 28. |
| 21297433 | Background | Fontanilla HP, Pinnix CC, Ketonen LM, Woo SY, Vats TS, Rytting ME, Wolff JE, Mahajan A. Palliative reirradiation for progressive diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Feb;35(1):51-7. doi: 10.1097/COC.0b013e318201a2b7. |
| 18406885 | Background | Merchant TE, Boop FA, Kun LE, Sanford RA. A retrospective study of surgery and reirradiation for recurrent ependymoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 May 1;71(1):87-97. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.09.037. |
| 19260098 | Background | Liu AK, Foreman NK, Gaspar LE, Trinidad E, Handler MH. Maximally safe resection followed by hypofractionated re-irradiation for locally recurrent ependymoma in children. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Jul;52(7):804-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21982. |
| 22245198 | Background | Bouffet E, Hawkins CE, Ballourah W, Taylor MD, Bartels UK, Schoenhoff N, Tsangaris E, Huang A, Kulkarni A, Mabbot DJ, Laperriere N, Tabori U. Survival benefit for pediatric patients with recurrent ependymoma treated with reirradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Aug 1;83(5):1541-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.039. Epub 2012 Jan 13. |
| 23972764 | Background | Iqbal MS, Lewis J. An overview of the management of adult ependymomas with emphasis on relapsed disease. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2013 Dec;25(12):726-33. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2013.07.009. Epub 2013 Aug 20. |
| 18037587 | Background | Mayer R, Sminia P. Reirradiation tolerance of the human brain. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Apr 1;70(5):1350-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.015. Epub 2007 Nov 26. |
| 24696052 | Background | Massimino M, Biassoni V, Miceli R, Schiavello E, Warmuth-Metz M, Modena P, Casanova M, Pecori E, Giangaspero F, Antonelli M, Buttarelli FR, Potepan P, Pollo B, Nunziata R, Spreafico F, Podda M, Anichini A, Clerici CA, Sardi I, De Cecco L, Bode U, Bach F, Gandola L. Results of nimotuzumab and vinorelbine, radiation and re-irradiation for diffuse pontine glioma in childhood. J Neurooncol. 2014 Jun;118(2):305-312. doi: 10.1007/s11060-014-1428-z. Epub 2014 Apr 3. |
| Background | Lassaletta A, Bartels U, Strother D, et al. Hg-57re-irradiation in patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas, an update on the canadian experience. Neuro-Oncology 2016;18:iii60-iii61. |
| 28274399 | Background | Freese C, Takiar V, Fouladi M, DeWire M, Breneman J, Pater L. Radiation and subsequent reirradiation outcomes in the treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and a systematic review of the reirradiation literature. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Mar-Apr;7(2):86-92. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.11.005. Epub 2016 Nov 23. |
| 24078173 | Background | Hoffman LM, Plimpton SR, Foreman NK, Stence NV, Hankinson TC, Handler MH, Hemenway MS, Vibhakar R, Liu AK. Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent ependymoma in children. J Neurooncol. 2014 Jan;116(1):107-11. doi: 10.1007/s11060-013-1259-3. |
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| 8407392 | Background | Freeman CR, Krischer JP, Sanford RA, Cohen ME, Burger PC, del Carpio R, Halperin EC, Munoz L, Friedman HS, Kun LE. Final results of a study of escalating doses of hyperfractionated radiotherapy in brain stem tumors in children: a Pediatric Oncology Group study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1993 Sep 30;27(2):197-206. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(93)90228-n. |
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| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D009375 | Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
| D009380 | Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue |
| D020295 | Brain Stem Neoplasms |
| D015192 | Infratentorial Neoplasms |
| D001932 | Brain Neoplasms |
| 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 |