The Feasibility and Outcome of Cyberknife® Stereotactic Radiosurgical Boost and Salvage Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
OBJECTIVES:
- To determine the feasibility and tolerability of CyberKnife® stereotactic radiosurgery
as boost therapy after standard chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally advanced
head and neck cancer.
- To determine the feasibility and tolerability of CyberKnife® stereotactic radiosurgery
as salvage therapy in patients with locally recurrent head and neck cancer.
OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups according to disease status after
prior standard therapy. Patients with residual disease after standard therapy are assigned
to group 1. Patients with recurrent disease ≥ 6 months after standard therapy are assigned
to group 2.
All patients undergo placement of 3-6 gold fiducial markers within 1-2 weeks of beginning
CyberKnife® stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) treatment.
- Group 1 (CyberKnife® SRS boost therapy): Patients undergo CyberKnife® SRS boost therapy
(2 fractionated doses) beginning 4-8 weeks after completion of standard therapy.
- Group 2 (CyberKnife® SRS salvage therapy): Patients undergo CyberKnife® SRS salvage
therapy (5 fractions) 3 times weekly.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 2 years.
Interventional
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Proportion of patients maintaining local control
2 years
No
Minh T. Truong, MD
Principal Investigator
Boston University
United States: Food and Drug Administration
CDR0000635094
NCT00851253
January 2009
February 2014
Name | Location |
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Boston University Cancer Research Center | Boston, Massachusetts 02118 |