Primary Results of NRG-RTOG1106/ECOG-ACRIN 6697: A Randomized Phase II Trial of Individualized Adaptive (chemo)Radiotherapy Using Midtreatment 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

  • Feng Ming Kong
  • , Chen Hu
  • , Daniel A. Pryma
  • , Fenghai Duan
  • , Martha Matuszak
  • , Ying Xiao
  • , Randall Ten Haken
  • , Marilyn J. Siegel
  • , Lucy Hanna
  • , Walter Curran
  • , Mark Dunphy
  • , Daphna Gelblum
  • , Morand Piert
  • , Shruti Jolly
  • , Clifford G. Robinson
  • , Andrew Quon
  • , Billy W. Loo
  • , Shyam Srinivas
  • , Gregory M. Videtic
  • , Sergio L. Faria
  • Catherine Ferguson, Neal E. Dunlap, Vijayananda Kundapur, Rebecca Paulus, Barry A. Siegel, Jeffrey D. Bradley, Mitchell Machtay

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Abstract

PURPOSE NRG-RTOG0617 demonstrated a detrimental effect of uniform high-dose radiation in stage III non–small cell lung cancer. NRG-RTOG1106/ECOGACRIN6697 (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01507428), a randomized phase II trial, studied whether midtreatment 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) can guide individualized/ adaptive dose-intensified radiotherapy (RT) to improve and predict outcomes in patients with this disease. MATERIALS Patients fit for concurrent chemoradiation were randomly assigned (1:2) to AND METHODS standard (60 Gy/30 fractions) or FDG-PET–guided adaptive treatment, stratified by substage, primary tumor size, and histology. All patients had midtreatment FDG-PET/CT; adaptive arm patients had an individualized, intensified boost RT dose to residual metabolically active areas. The primary therapeutic end point was 2-year centrally reviewed freedom from local-regional progression (FFLP), defined as no progression in or near the planning target volume and/or regional nodes. FFLP was analyzed on a modified intent-to-treat population at a one-sided Z-test significance level of 0.15. The primary imaging end point was centrally reviewed change in SUVpeak from baseline to midtreatment; its association with FFLP was assessed using the two-sided Wald test on the basis of Cox regression. RESULTS Of 138 patients enrolled, 127 were eligible. Adaptive-arm patients received a mean 71 Gy in 30 fractions, with mean lung dose 17.9 Gy. There was no significant difference in centrally reviewed 2-year FFLP (59.5% and 54.6% in standard and adaptive arms; P 5 .66). There were no significant differences in protocol-specified grade 3 toxicities, survival, or progression-free survival (P > .4). Median SUVpeak and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in the adaptive arm decreased 49% and 54%, from pre-RT to mid-RT PET. However, DSUVpeak and DMTV were not associated with FFLP (hazard ratios, 0.997; P 5 .395 and .461). CONCLUSION Midtreatment PET-adapted RT dose escalation as given in this study was safe and feasible but did not improve efficacy outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3935-3946
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume42
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 20 2024

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