Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Followed by Hypo-boost for Local Advanced NSCLC

Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Followed by Hypofractionated Boost With Weekly Concurrent Chemotherapy for Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Single Arm Phase II Study

The primary objective is to assess the safety and efficacy of hypofractionated radiotherapy followed by hypo-boost combined with concurrent weekly chemotherapy in unresectable LA-NSCLC patients.

Patients receive four cycles of weekly docetaxel(25mg/㎡) and nedaplatin(25mg/㎡), each of 1 day's duration, concurrent with split-course thoracic radiotherapy of 40 Gy/10 fractions and 28 Gy/7 fractions administered in the first and second courses, respectively, with one-month break. The primary end point is progression-free survival, which is the time that passes from the first day of radiotherapy to the date at which disease progresses. Progression-free survival will be calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.Toxicities will be graded according to CTCAE v. 4.0.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pathologic confirmation of NSCLC.
• Patients have measurable or evaluable lesions based on the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria.
• Unresectable phase IIIA(N2) and IIIB lung cancer confirmed by PET/CT, CT or MRI.
• Whole lung V20>=35% when giving 60Gy which is the minimum dose of radical irradiation.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1.
• Previously treated with chemotherapy or treatment-naive
• No previous chest radiotherapy, immunotherapy or biotherapy
• Hemoglobin≥10 mg/dL, platelet≥100000/μL,absolute neutrophil count ≥1500/μL
• Serum creatinine ≤1.25 times the upper normal limit(UNL), or creatinine clearance≥60 ml/min
• Bilirubin ≤1.5 times UNL, AST（SGOT）≤2.5 times UNL ,ALT（SGPT）≤2.5 times UNL,alkaline phosphatase ≤5 times UNL
• FEV1 >0.8 L
• CB6 within normal limits
• patients and their family signed the informed consents

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous or recent another malignancy, except nonmelanoma skin cancer or cervical cancer in situ
• Contraindication for chemotherapy
• Malignant pleural or pericardial effusion.
• Women in pregnancy, lactation period, or no pregnancy test 14 days before the first dose
• Women who has the probability of pregnancy without contraception
• Tendency of hemorrhage
• In other clinical trials within 30 days
• Addicted in drugs or alcohol, AIDS patients
• Uncontrollable seizure or psychotic patients without self-control ability
• Severe allergy or idiosyncrasy
• Not suitable for this study judged by researchers