Study of Pelvic Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Endometrial Cancer

Description

This study will investigate if a shorter treatment course (known as "hypofractionation") for pelvic radiation is safe for women with endometrial cancer. Doctors leading the study will also determine the safest and most tolerable dose of shortened radiation (hypofractionation) used to treat women in this study. Because this study will shorten the radiation course typically used to treat endometrial cancer, each daily treatment given to women in this study will be slightly higher than normal to ensure that the total radiation dose they receive is still effective and similar to the radiation dose they would receive if they were not participating in this study (standard treatment).

Conditions

Endometrial Cancer

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study will investigate if a shorter treatment course (known as "hypofractionation") for pelvic radiation is safe for women with endometrial cancer. Doctors leading the study will also determine the safest and most tolerable dose of shortened radiation (hypofractionation) used to treat women in this study. Because this study will shorten the radiation course typically used to treat endometrial cancer, each daily treatment given to women in this study will be slightly higher than normal to ensure that the total radiation dose they receive is still effective and similar to the radiation dose they would receive if they were not participating in this study (standard treatment).

RT-PACE: Phase I/II Study of Adjuvant Whole Pelvic Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Non-Metastatic Cervical and Endometrial Cancer

Study of Pelvic Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Endometrial Cancer

Condition
Endometrial Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Chicago

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Houston

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Salt Lake City

Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * Diagnosis of primary cervical cancer or uterine cancer of any histology
  • * Age ≥ 18 years.
  • * Non-metastatic disease according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).
  • * Must have been treated with definitive intent, including standard-of-care hysterectomy, without any gross residual disease post-operatively. Nodal dissection is not required, but if it is not performed, then diagnostic imaging to confirm absence of gross pelvic or para-aortic disease should be obtained pre- or post-operatively.
  • * Recommended to undergo whole pelvic radiotherapy without concurrent chemotherapy or para-aortic radiation. Chemotherapy before or after radiotherapy is acceptable.
  • * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) PS≤ 2
  • * Able to provide informed consent and willingness to sign an approved consent form
  • * Distant metastases as determined clinically or radiographically based upon standard-of-care work-up for endometrial cancer.
  • * Concurrent (or other) chemotherapy occurring at the time of study.
  • * Gross residual disease (cancer cells that remain after attempts to remove the cancer have been made) post-operatively and/or at the time of radiation based upon pre-op or post-op imaging, intra-operative findings, and gynecologic oncologists' judgment.
  • * History of small bowel obstruction, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, connective tissue disorder requiring ongoing active medical management, or prior radiation therapy directed to the pelvis.
  • * Unresolved grade 2 or higher chemotherapy-associated diarrhea or abdominopelvic pain requiring medication prior to the initiation of radiation.
  • * Recommendation to undergo para-aortic nodal irradiation.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Chicago,

Christina Son, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Chicago

Study Record Dates

2025-05-22