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Brief Title: MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Early-Stage Kidney Cancer, the MRI-MARK Trial
Official Title: MRI-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Early Stage Kidney Cancer: A Single Arm Phase II Clinical Trial (MRI-MARK)
Study ID: NCT04580836
Brief Summary: This phase II trial investigates how well MRI-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy works in treating patients with early-stage kidney cancer. Radiation therapy uses high energy radiation to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Stereotactic body radiation therapy uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision. This method may kill tumor cells with fewer doses over a shorter period and cause less damage to normal tissue. This method of radiation delivery is further refined through the incorporation of a MRI into the radiation machine to create a device known as a MRI linear accelerator. During treatment with MRI linear accelerator, continuous MRI images are obtained to allow for real-time treatment monitoring and the ability to adjust treatment plans if minor deviations in anatomy are noted. Giving MRI-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy may help treat patients with early-stage kidney cancer.
Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate local control following magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for primary kidney cancer as defined by no growth by imaging at 24 months following SBRT. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate preservation of renal function and to determine frequency of grade 3+ adverse events following SBRT as per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0. II. To characterize tumor and treated kidney changes by multiparametric MRI, including utility of diffusion and perfusion changes in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) prior to and after SBRT as biomarkers of treatment response. III. To estimate the rate of pathologic complete response as determined by tumor biopsy at 24 months following SBRT. IV. To estimate rate of no progression by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) at 24 months (less than 20% growth in largest tumor dimension as measured by imaging). V. To estimate the rates of overall survival and distant metastasis. VI. To evaluate economic strain following SBRT for primary kidney cancer. VII. Compare planned total doses to true total doses delivered to the target and adjacent normal structures, to correlate true delivered doses to normal structures to grade 3+ toxicity, and to determine the rate of cases in which the prescribed isodose line failed to cover 100% of the internal gross tumor volume (iGTV). OUTLINE: Patients undergo an MRI scan to check the status and location of the disease, including the motion of the tumor during breathing. Two weeks after MRI, patients undergo SBRT over 1-2 hours on 3 non-consecutive weekdays in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months, then every 6 months thereafter until the end of the study.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Name: Chad Tang
Affiliation: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR