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Pancreas CancerNCT04115254

Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance Guided Radiation Therapy

A study testing MR-guided Linac in people with Pancreas Cancer and Lung Cancer, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 2 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

This is a master prospective Phase I-II trial evaluating feasibility and efficacy of stereotactic magnetic resonance (MR) guided adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) in patients with cancer. The phase 1 study will evaluate the feasibility and safety of delivering SMART in patients with cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Pancreas Cancer, Lung Cancer, Renal Cancer
What is being tested?
MR-guided Linac
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
397 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
22 Oct 2019to Jun 2028
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participants must have a confirmed malignancy requiring stereotactic body radiation therapy. See specific disease site cohorts for more details.
  • Tumor size ≤ 7cm
  • Age 18 years of older.
  • ECOG performance status ≤2 (Karnofsky ≥60%, see Appendix A)
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • Specific eligibility requirements for each disease site with be covered in each specific cohort.

Who cannot join

  • Specific exclusion requirements for each disease site with be covered in each specific cohort
  • History of allergic reactions attributed to gadolinium-based IV contrast.
  • -- Note: If a patient will not receive contrast, this is not applicable
  • Pregnant women are excluded from this study.
  • Severe claustrophobia or anxiety
  • Participants who cannot undergo an MRI

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

United States2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

    Jonathan Leeman, MD

    Jonathan Leeman, MD

    Recruiting
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

    Jonathan Leeman, MD

    Jonathan Leeman, MD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Master Protocol of Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy (SMART)

This is a master prospective Phase I-II trial evaluating feasibility and efficacy of stereotactic magnetic resonance (MR) guided adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) in patients with cancer.

  • The phase 1 study will evaluate the feasibility and safety of delivering SMART in patients with cancer.
  • Phase 2 will evaluate efficacy of SMART with specific reference to tumor control and improvement in patient reported outcome measures
Read the detailed description

This research study is a feasibility study, which means it is the first-time investigators at this institution are examining this type of MR-guided radiation to treat cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved this device as a treatment option for cancer.

In this research study, the investigators are hoping to determine if adjusting radiation treatments based on daily MRI has a feasible way to deliver radiation for participants with pancreatic, lung or renal cancer.

Being tested
MR-guided Linac
Keywords
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), MRIdian Linear Accelerator, Pancreas Cancer, Lung Cancer, Renal Cancer, Adrenal Metastases, Prostate Cancer, Liver Metastases, Oligoprogressive, Metachronous, Synchronous, Spine, Prostate Boost, Pelvic Re Irradiation
Medical subject headings
Pancreatic Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms, Kidney Neoplasms, Prostatic Neoplasms, Mesothelioma, Brain Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • MR-guided LinacRadiation

    Radiation will be delivered on an MR-guided Linear Accelerator

Study groups in NCT04115254
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--PancreaticExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--RenalExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Central LungExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Adrenal MetastasesExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Liver MetastasesExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Metachronous Oligometastatic NodesExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Oligoprogressive Oligometastatic Nodes/Soft TissueExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Synchronous Oligometastatic Nodes/Soft TissueExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--ProstateExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Borderline Resectable PancreasExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Brain MetastasesExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--MesotheliomaExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Prostate BoostExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Pelvic Re-IrradiationExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--SpineExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Single-Fraction Kidney TumorsExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--1/3 Fraction for Oligometastatases in the Abdomen/PelvisExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Post-Operative Radiation Therapy in Lung CancerExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac
PHASE 1: SBRT MR IMAGE GUIDANCE/ADAPTATION--Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph NodesExperimentalSMART will be administered per each individual disease site standards
Receives: Radiation: MR-guided Linac

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Delivery Success Rate for SMART across multiple tumors-Phase I

    Enrolling patients and delivering SMART on the MR Linac

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Tumor visualization-Phase I

    Assessing tumor using MR guidance before, during and after MR-guided treatment patient

    Measured: 1 Year

  3. Plan creation-Phase I

    Generating adaptive plans

    Measured: 1 Year

  4. Rate of Improvement in Tumor Control-Phase II

    Statistical power will be defined in each cohort individually and will be specific to each disease site tested.

    Measured: 1 Year

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Number of Patients with Acute Toxicity-Phase I

    Any related ≥ Grade 3 AE which is possibly, probably or definitely related to SMART

    Measured: 90 Days

  2. Duration of treatment-Phase 1

    Duration of treatment with goal of >80% of cases treated within 90 minutes

    Measured: 90 Days

  3. Number of treatment fractions-Phase1

    Number of treatment fractions that would have resulted in unacceptably high dose (exceeding constraint) to an OAR without SMART

    Measured: 90 Days

  4. Number of Participants with long term toxicity-Phase II

    assessing long-term (12 month) toxicity in patients receiving SMART

    Measured: 365 Days

  5. Disease Specific Survival Rate-Phase II

    Kaplan-Meier curve estimates

    Measured: 365 Days

  6. Overall Survival Rate-Phase II

    Kaplan-Meier curve estimates

    Measured: 365

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Oct 2019
  2. Study start22 Oct 2019
  3. Primary completionJun 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
All participants will be assigned to one treatment arm only depending on their cancer type, and will be taken off study once treatment and follow up are complete.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
397 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04115254
Sponsor's protocol ID
19-353
Status last verified
Nov 2025
First submitted
26 Sep 2019
Last updated
13 Nov 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
Yes: The Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center encourages and supports the responsible and ethical sharing of data from clinical trials. De-identified participant data from the final research dataset used in the published manuscript may only be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement. Requests may be directed to: Dr. Jonathan Leeman (jonathane\_leeman@dfci.harvard.edu). The protocol and statistical analysis plan will be made available on Clinicaltrials.gov only as required by federal regulation or as a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.

Publications

  • Leeman JE, Shin KY, Droznin A, Catalano P, Cagney DN, Singer L, Oniyangi RD, Zhai K, Benham G, Chirmade S, Campbell J, Boyle S, Saranteas A, Williams CL, Huynh E, Han Z, Sudhyadhom A, Hu YH, Ferguson D, Singhrao K, Hsu SH, Bredfeldt J, Martin NE, Mancias JD, Mamon HJ, Van Dams R, Venkatachalam V, Tanguturi SK, Huynh MA, Fitzgerald KJ, Elhalawani H, Bitterman DS, Schoenfeld JD, Nguyen P, Haas-Kogan DA, Mak R. Stereotactic magnetic resonance imaging-guided adaptive radiotherapy: a pooled analysis of a master prospective trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Nov 1;117(11):2289-2297. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaf208.

    PubMed 40794880

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing MR-guided Linac in people with Pancreas Cancer and Lung Cancer, run by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 2 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Nov 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Jonathan Leeman, MD (617-732-6452, JONATHANE_LEEMAN@DFCI.HARVARD.EDU), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Delivery Success Rate for SMART across multiple tumors-Phase I (time frame: 1 year). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04115254, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Nov 2025.

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