TY - JOUR
T1 - Early Outcomes of Patients With Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
T2 - The Mayo Clinic Experience
AU - Yu, Nathan Y.
AU - DeWees, Todd A.
AU - Liu, Chenbin
AU - Daniels, Thomas B.
AU - Ashman, Jonathan B.
AU - Beamer, Staci E.
AU - Jaroszewski, Dawn E.
AU - Ross, Helen J.
AU - Paripati, Harshita R.
AU - Rwigema, Jean Claude M.
AU - Ding, Julia X.
AU - Shan, Jie
AU - Liu, Wei
AU - Schild, Steven E.
AU - Sio, Terence T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s)
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Purpose: There are very little data available comparing outcomes of intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in patients with locally advanced NSCLC (LA-NSCLC). Methods: Seventy-nine consecutively treated patients with LA-NSCLC underwent definitive IMPT (n = 33 [42%]) or IMRT (n = 46 [58%]) from 2016 to 2018 at our institution. Survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared with the log-rank test. Acute and subacute toxicities were graded based on Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 4.03. Results: Median follow-up was 10.5 months (range, 1-27) for all surviving patients. Most were stage III (80%), received median radiation therapy (RT) dose of 60 Gy (range, 45-72), and had concurrent chemotherapy (65%). At baseline, the IMPT cohort was older (76 vs 69 years, P <.01), were more likely to be oxygen-dependent (18 vs 2%, P =.02), and more often received reirradiation (27 vs 9%, P =.04) than their IMRT counterparts. At 1 year, the IMPT and IMRT cohorts had similar overall survival (68 vs 65%, P =.87), freedom from distant metastasis (71 vs 68%, P =.58), and freedom from locoregional recurrence (86 vs 69%, P =.11), respectively. On multivariate analyses, poorer pulmonary function and older age were associated with grade +3 toxicities during and 3 months after RT, respectively (both P ≤.02). Only 5 (15%) IMPT and 4 (9%) IMRT patients experienced grade 3 or 4 toxicities 3 months after RT (P =.47). There was 1 treatment-related death from radiation pneumonitis 6 months after IMRT in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Conclusions: Compared with IMRT, our early experience suggests that IMPT resulted in similar outcomes in a frailer population of LA-NSCLC who were more often being reirradiated. The role of IMPT remains to be defined prospectively.
AB - Purpose: There are very little data available comparing outcomes of intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in patients with locally advanced NSCLC (LA-NSCLC). Methods: Seventy-nine consecutively treated patients with LA-NSCLC underwent definitive IMPT (n = 33 [42%]) or IMRT (n = 46 [58%]) from 2016 to 2018 at our institution. Survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared with the log-rank test. Acute and subacute toxicities were graded based on Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 4.03. Results: Median follow-up was 10.5 months (range, 1-27) for all surviving patients. Most were stage III (80%), received median radiation therapy (RT) dose of 60 Gy (range, 45-72), and had concurrent chemotherapy (65%). At baseline, the IMPT cohort was older (76 vs 69 years, P <.01), were more likely to be oxygen-dependent (18 vs 2%, P =.02), and more often received reirradiation (27 vs 9%, P =.04) than their IMRT counterparts. At 1 year, the IMPT and IMRT cohorts had similar overall survival (68 vs 65%, P =.87), freedom from distant metastasis (71 vs 68%, P =.58), and freedom from locoregional recurrence (86 vs 69%, P =.11), respectively. On multivariate analyses, poorer pulmonary function and older age were associated with grade +3 toxicities during and 3 months after RT, respectively (both P ≤.02). Only 5 (15%) IMPT and 4 (9%) IMRT patients experienced grade 3 or 4 toxicities 3 months after RT (P =.47). There was 1 treatment-related death from radiation pneumonitis 6 months after IMRT in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Conclusions: Compared with IMRT, our early experience suggests that IMPT resulted in similar outcomes in a frailer population of LA-NSCLC who were more often being reirradiated. The role of IMPT remains to be defined prospectively.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adro.2019.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.adro.2019.08.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068694027
SN - 2452-1094
VL - 5
SP - 450
EP - 458
JO - Advances in Radiation Oncology
JF - Advances in Radiation Oncology
IS - 3
ER -