Recruiting
Phase 1

Personalized Radiotherapy

Sponsor:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Code:

NCT07139990

Conditions

Small Cell Lung Cancer Extensive Stage

Brain Metastases

Solid Tumor, Adult

Thoracic Cancer

Sarcoma,Soft Tissue

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Cohort A: Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) Thoracic Tumor PULSAR (Personalized ultrahypofractionated stereotactic ablative radiotherapy)

Cohort B: Brain metastasis PULSAR (Personalized ultrahypofractionated stereotactic ablative radiotherapy)

Cohort C: Sarcoma Pre-Operative PULSAR

Cohort D: Resectable Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) PULSAR/SAbR

Study Details

Brief summary:

To characterize feasibility, safety, and/or preliminary efficacy of personalized strategies to adapt standard radiotherapy treatments to individual patient responses.

Conditions

Small Cell Lung Cancer Extensive Stage

Brain Metastases

Solid Tumor, Adult

Thoracic Cancer

Sarcoma,Soft Tissue

Study ID

NCT07139990

Start date

Oct 28, 2025

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Sep 1, 2032

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 1, 2030

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Cohort A:

  • >=18 years old
  • Performance status ECOG 0-2
  • Extensive stage small cell lung cancer diagnosed by tissue biopsy within 180 days of registration.
  • Patient must be planned for or receiving standard of care chemoimmunotherapy.
  • Patient must have received no more than 3 cycles by time of study enrollment.
  • Able and indicated according to investigator to receive thoracic radiotherapy

Cohort B:

  • 18 years old
  • Diagnosis of solid tumor malignancy with MRI-defined brain metastasis lesions within 60 days of registration
  • Each brain metastasis lesion enrolled must be 2 - 5 cm, except brainstem lesions which may be 1.5 - 5cm in size.

Cohort C:

  • >=18 years old
  • Performance status ECOG 0-2
  • Histologically confirmed surgically resectable, high grade (FNCLCC grade 2 or 3), localized soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk or extremities that measures >5 cm in any direction as assessed by imaging
  • Eligible to receive immunotherapy

Cohort D:

  • >=18 years old
  • Performance status ECOG 0-2
  • Pathologically proven diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, or hypopharynx
  • Clinical stage III/IVA (AJCC 8th edition)
  • Disease must be deemed resectable by head and neck surgeon
  • Eligible to receive immunotherapy

Exclusion Criteria:

Cohort A:

⨀ Prior thoracic Radiotherapy

Cohort B:

  • Prior whole brain Radiotherapy
  • Prior surgical resection or focal radiotherapy of a target brain metastasis
  • Leptomeningeal disease

Cohort C:

  • Unresectable or metastatic (nodal or distant) disease
  • Synchronous malignancy requiring chemotherapy or other intensive treatment
  • Locally recurrent soft tissue sarcoma
  • Prior immunotherapy
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding

Cohort D:

  • Distant metastasis
  • Inability to undergo PET-CT for baseline staging
  • HPV-positive or p16-positive oropharyngeal cancer
  • Prior systemic chemotherapy for the study cancer; prior chemotherapy for a remote cancer is allowable
  • Prior immunotherapy for the study cancer or for a remote cancer
  • Prior head and neck radiotherapy

Study Design

Enrollment

105 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: COHORT A (ES-SCLC PULSAR Thoracic Tumor):

PULSAR with online adaptive planning to 7-10 Gy per fraction for up to 3 pulses directed at the bulkiest sites of disease in the thorax before infusion days (window: D-1 to D-4; optimal D-1) of three cycles of chemoimmunotherapy. The first radiotherapy pulse must be delivered before chemoimmunotherapy cycle 4. The three "pulses" of radiotherapy ideally should be given with consecutive cycles of systemic therapy. Radiotherapy can be suspended if a complete clinical response is reached before all 3 pulses are delivered. Chemoimmunotherapy will be given per standard of care

experimental: COHORT B (Brain metastasis PULSAR):

PULSAR will be delivered in a 2 "pulse" strategy:

1: Deliver fSRT/SRS every other day (minimum 48 hour separation between treatments, minimum 1 treatment per week;begin and complete within 60 days of registration) for 3 fractions. Pulse 1 must begin and complete within 60 days of registration; 2) Repeat treatment planning MRI will be performed after 4 weeks (window: +/-1 weeks) after fraction 3 and volumetric response assessment made; 3) Pulse 2 is omitted in those with >=25% volumetric size reduction response. In others, pulse 2 will deliver fSRT/SRS every other day (minimum 48 hour separation between treatments, minimum 1 treatment per week). Pulse 2 may deliver higher dose per fraction within Section 4.1.3.4 specifications (Table 6), rationale for this would be for addressing lesions that either due to large size or proximity to critical structures could only be treated to a lower dose range in pulse 1. Pulse 2 must begin 4 weeks (+/-1 weeks) after end of Pulse 1.

experimental: COHORT C (Sarcoma Pre-operative PULSAR)

Patients will receive pembrolizumab infusion every 3 weeks for three doses starting the day after the first pulse of radiation and then synchronizing the day after the administration of each pulse of radiation. Adjuvant pembrolizumab may be given at physician discretion per standard of care. External beam radiation will be delivered to a dose of 24 Gy in pulses of 8 Gy each once every 3 weeks over a total of 9 weeks. Surgery will be performed 3-6 weeks after cycle 3 of immunotherapy.

experimental: COHORT D (Resectable HNSCC PULSAR/SAbR):

Random PULSAR or SAbR,by site.PULSAR:Each pulse of radiotherapy(RT)(8Gy)given to primary tumor/involved nodes using online adaptive RT plan.RT given 1-7 days before each pembrolizumab cycle,total of 3 pulses,3 weeks apart.Before 3rd pulse,repeat MRI \& PET simulation done.SAbR:Each fraction of RT(8 Gy)given to primary tumor/nodes using online adaptive RT plan.Total of 3 fractions of RT over 2 weeks,then 3 cycles of pembrolizumab done every 3 weeks.Both arms:adjuvant RT determined on surgical pathology \& risks of recurrence.Factors in primary tumor for adjuvant RT:pathologic T3/T4,positive/close(defined as <3 mm)margins,lymphovascular invasion/perineural invasion.Factors in neck for adjuvant RT: >1 lymph node,lymph nodes >3 cm. Independent decision to treat primary site/lymph(either primary site/lymph treated based on criteria.)For adjuvant RT,primary site dose:60Gy in 30 fractions.Involved nodals:60Gy in 30 fractions.Uninvolved nodals:54Gy in 30 fractions.

Interventions

Cohort A: Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) Thoracic Tumor PULSAR (Personalized ultrahypofractionated stereotactic ablative radiotherapy)

Radiographic response-adapted thoracic tumor radiotherapy given as single doses ('pulses') before standard of care chemoimmunotherapy cycles. Adaptive Changes Allowed: Tumor target (size/shape), # of doses (reduction) Adaptive Changes Allowed: Tumor target (size/shape), # of doses (reduction)

Cohort B: Brain metastasis PULSAR (Personalized ultrahypofractionated stereotactic ablative radiotherapy)

Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS, 5 doses total) for brain metastasis given in two "pulses" (3 fractions + 2 fractions) with second pulse adapted to interim radiographic response Adaptive Changes Allowed: Omission of 2nd "pulse" in >=25% responders or tumor target size/shape change in remainder

Cohort C: Sarcoma Pre-Operative PULSAR

Pre-operative PULSAR with immunotherapy for localized soft tissue sarcoma Adaptive Changes Allowed: Tumor target (size/shape)

Cohort D: Resectable Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) PULSAR/SAbR

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy \& radiation given as either PULSAR (3 "pulses") or SAbR (3 fractions) prior to resection for HNSCC Adaptive Changes Allowed: Tumor and nodal target (size/shape)

Primary outcome measure

  • COHORT A-assess safety of addition of PULSAR radiotherapy to thoracic tumor in ES-SCLC alongside chemoimmunotherapy, while making preliminary/exploratory assessments of disease response and dosimetric benefit to PULSAR [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • COHORT B-assesses ability to de-escalate dose in good responders by imaging using rule-based imaging-response guided omission of 2nd "pulse" of PULSAR fractionated SRS (fSRS) for brain metastases [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • COHORT C- assess the rate of MWC in a novel approach of immunotherapy with concurrent PULSAR. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
  • COHORT D-assess the proportion of patients who proceed to curative intent resection following neoadjuvant therapy. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Ut Southwestern Medical Center

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Last update posted

Aug 17, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center on 2026-08-17.