The Radiation Metabolic Signature of Patient Undergoing Radiotherapy. A Pilot Study

NCT ID: NCT01975558

Last Updated: 2020-03-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

34 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-06-26

Study Completion Date

2019-11-12

Brief Summary

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Rationale: Local radiotherapy applied in the treatment of tumors changes the metabolic profile in the exposed area and/or systemically and specific radiation biomarkers can be identified in the respective matrices.

Purpose: This is a pilot study to verify in humans the results obtained from two animal models exposed to ionizing gamma-radiation. The classification of patients results from the treatment volume of radiotherapy for cancer disease. Two patient groups with breast cancer undergoing high-dose radiotherapy are selected and compared to control group of age matched healthy women.

Detailed Description

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Background

Humans are exposed to ionizing radiation from several sources. Gamma-radiation exposure induces thereby both short- and long-term adverse effects. The radiation injuries to be expected in humans in the acute stage (days to some weeks after radiation exposure) correlate with the radiation dose that the individual has received. With very high doses gastrointestinal syndrome leads to death within a few days. The survival of the individual in the acute stage is therefore dramatically dependent on the rapid application of suitable therapies. It is decisive here to identify in the shortest possible time those persons who have been exposed to a critical radiation dose and to estimate the dose received in order to apply an adequate therapy. There are no satisfying test methods available today, which would enable the mass screening for radiation injury.

Furthermore to identify changes in the local or systemic human metabolic fingerprint, which are useful for the prediction of the individual sensitivity of patients to radiotherapy and / or lead to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in radiotherapy.

Objective

Primary: The primary endpoint is to affirm the results from the animal model in radiation metabolomics in human radiotherapy treatment.

Secondary: The secondary endpoints are to find new potential biomarkers for radiation biodosimetry in humans and to identify changes in the different sequences in measuring from local (sebum) and systemic (blood, saliva and urine) material.

Methods

Gas chromatographic separation and mass spectrometric detection of the metabolites present in a given matrix (urine, saliva, plasma, sebum).

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Control group A

Control group. The group will undergo blood, urine, sebum, and saliva sampling.

Sampling at baseline, one week after baseline, two weeks after baseline

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Breast cancer B

Breast cancer (60 Gy). The group will undergo blood, urine, sebum, and saliva sampling within the irradiation field.

Sampling at baseline, during radiotherapy and after

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Breast cancer C

Breast cancer (60 Gy). The group will undergo blood, urine, sebum, and saliva sampling outside of the irradiation field, e.g. at the arm.

Sampling at baseline, during radiotherapy and after

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Interventions

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Sampling at baseline, one week after baseline, two weeks after baseline

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Sampling at baseline, during radiotherapy and after

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Radiotherapy: cancer treatment with total doses of more than 30 Gy, single fraction dose of at least 1.8 Gy/die. Big treatment/target volume. Age over 50 years, according to postmenopausal status. No simultaneous chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. For the control group: healthy volunteers (women), age over 50 years, according to postmenopausal status; no previous chemo - and cancer therapy.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Kristina Loessl, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, Inselspital Bern

Locations

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Department of Radio-Oncology, Bern University Hospital

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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181/11

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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