A Study of Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT) in People With Thymic Cancer That Has Spread to the Lining of the Lungs and Chest

NCT ID: NCT05354570

Last Updated: 2025-07-04

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-26

Study Completion Date

2026-04-30

Brief Summary

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The researchers are doing this study to find out whether hemithoracic intensity-modulated pleural radiation therapy (IMPRINT) is a safe treatment that causes few or mild side effects in people with pleural metastases from thymic malignancies. The researchers will also look at whether hemithoracic IMPRINT is effective against participants' cancer.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Thymic Malignancies Pleural Metastases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

This is a single-arm Phase II single institution trial.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hemithoracic Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT)

Radiation will be administered over approximately 6 weeks to 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions with an optional SIB to gross residual disease.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT)

Intervention Type RADIATION

Radiation therapy will be administered over approximately 6 weeks at 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions, including an optional dose-painting SIB to gross residual disease up to 60 Gy while respecting normal tissue constraints.

Interventions

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Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT)

Radiation therapy will be administered over approximately 6 weeks at 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions, including an optional dose-painting SIB to gross residual disease up to 60 Gy while respecting normal tissue constraints.

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Provide written informed consent to participate on the study
* Patients must have a pathologically confirmed diagnosis of thymic malignancy. Thymic carcinoma is allowed.
* Patients must have radiologic or pathologic evidence of pleural metastases. Patients may have de novo stage IVA or recurrent disease in the pleura. Gross disease in the fissure is allowed if resected.
* No evidence of extrathoracic metastatic disease or contralateral pleural/pericardial disease.
* Patient age ≥ 18 years but ≤ 80 years at the time of consent
* Karnofsky performance status ≥ 80%
* Preoperative or Postoperative Pulmonary Function Tests: DLCO \> 40% predicted (corrected for Hgb) and FEV1 ≥ 35% (corrected for Hgb)
* Glomerular filtration rate (GFR): ≥50 mL/min/1.73 m2 (must be calculated using estimated creatinine clearance (CrCl) by the Cockcroft-Gault (C-G) equation (Nephron 1976;16:31-41): CrCl (mL/min) = \[140 - age (years)\] x weight (kg) \[x 0.85 for female patients\] 72 x serum creatinine (mg / dL) ° In cases of concern about decreased renal function and potential high radiation dose to the kidneys, an optional nuclear medicine kidney function scan may be performed prior to radiation therapy to determine the functional contribution of each kidney.

Exclusion Criteria

* Continuous oxygen use
* Patients with an acute flare of myasthenia gravis requiring addition of new medication in the past 6 months
* Prior nephrectomy on the contralateral side of the pleural metastases
* Prior thoracic radiation therapy preventing hemithoracic pleural IMRT. Prior thymic bed radiation is allowed. Prior pleural SBRT is allowed.
* Patients undergoing extrapleural pneumonectomy. Other surgical resection approaches of the pleural nodules (ex: P/D, debulking/metastasectomy) are allowed. Surgical resection of the primary thymic tumor is allowed.
* Acute congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within the past 30 days.
* COPD requiring chronic oral steroid therapy of \> 10 mg prednisone daily or equivalent at the time of registration. Inhaled corticosteroids are allowed
* Unstable angina requiring hospitalization and/or transmural myocardial infarction within the last 3 months
* History of interstitial lung disease
* Pregnant or lactating women
* Men or women not using effective contraception
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

79 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Charles Simone, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited protocol activities)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited protocol activities)

Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk - Commack (Limited protocol activities)

Commack, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited protocol activities)

Harrison, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited protocol activities)

Rockville Centre, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Charles Simone, MD

Role: CONTACT

212-639-3716

Andrew Pagano, MD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Charles Simone, MD

Role: primary

212-639-3716

Charles Simone, MD

Role: primary

212-639-3716

Charles Simone, MD

Role: primary

212-639-3716

Charles Simone, MD

Role: primary

212-639-3716

Charles Simone, MD

Role: primary

212-639-3716

Charles Simone, MD

Role: primary

212-639-3716

Charles Simone, MD

Role: primary

212-639-3716

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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22-098

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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