Comparison of Acute Toxicities Between Patients Treated With Protons or Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy After Surgery for the Treatment of Endometrial or Cervical Cancer

Overview

About this study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether proton radiation therapy (proton RT) reduces acute gastrointestinal toxicities at the end of treatment compared to intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).

Participation eligibility

Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of cervical or endometrial cancer

- Must have undergone an open or robotic hysterectomy (total abdominal, vaginal,
radical, or total laparoscopic) for carcinoma of the cervix or endometrium

- History and physical prior to registration

- Documentation of history of:

- Smoking status

- Pelvic infection

- Pelvic inflammatory disease

- Endometriosis

- Planned to receive either proton or IMRT radiation treatment, with use of rectal
balloon, at an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved Mayo Clinic site

- Plan for RT to pelvis with or without para-aortic lymph node irradiation

- If received high-dose chemotherapy prior to registration, last dose must have been
given >= 21 days prior to start of RT

- Complete blood count (CBC) performed within 21 days prior to registration

- Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission
tomography (PET)/CT, or PET/MRI for staging before registration; may be pre-operative
(op) or post-op

- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score 0-2

- Provide written informed consent

- Willing to complete quality of life (QOL) questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria:

- Receiving external beam boost dose during RT

- Distant metastases

- Gross disease at time of RT

- Histology of endometrial stromal sarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, melanoma or small cell
carcinomas

- Patients who exceed the weight/size limits of the treatment table

- Patients with active and/or inflammatory irritable bowel disease

- Positive or close surgical margins (=< 3 mm)

- Prior RT to the pelvis

- Planned to receive inguinal node RT

- Hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice and/or coagulation defects

- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) based upon current Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) definition; note that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
testing is not required for entry into this protocol. The need to exclude patients
with AIDS from this protocol is necessary because the treatments involved in this
protocol may be immunosuppressive

- Prior invasive malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer) unless disease free
for a minimum of 3 years

- Severe, active co-morbidity defined as follows:

- Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within
the last 6 months

- Transmural myocardial infarction within the last 6 months

- Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring intravenous antibiotics at the time
of registration

- Other major medical illness which requires hospitalization or precludes study therapy
at the time of registration

- Patients unwilling to have rectal balloon placed on a daily basis during RT

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Eligibility last updated 3/28/23. Questions regarding updates should be directed to the study team contact.

Participating Mayo Clinic locations

Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.

Mayo Clinic Location Status Contact

Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Allison Garda, M.D.

Open for enrollment

Contact information:

Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

855-776-0015

Jacksonville, Fla.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Daniel Trifiletti, M.D.

Closed for enrollment

Contact information:

Kayla Lane M.P.H.

(904) 953-3588

Rodriguez.Kayla1@mayo.edu

Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Sujay Vora, M.D.

Open for enrollment

Contact information:

Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

855-776-0015

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