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A Computational Method to Calculate the Radiation Dose to CirculatingLymphocytes

计算循环淋巴细胞辐射剂量的计算方法

基本信息

批准号：
10756413
负责人：
Clemens Grassberger
金额：
$ 18.23万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-08-01 至 2024-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10756413
关键词：
Computational Method Calculate Radiation Dose

项目摘要

There is growing enthusiasm in response to emerging data that combining immunotherapy with radiation therapy (RT) can increase response rates. However, persistent immunosuppression caused by radiation itself appears to limit this synergy. The effects of the exact RT delivery parameters (radiation modality, fractionation scheme, daily radiation exposure time and radiation dose rate) on the patient’s lymphocytes remain unknown, and there are currently no methods to calculate the radiation dose to circulating lymphocytes. The objective of this proposal is to develop a computational model to simulate the radiation dose to the lymphocyte population during intracranial irradiation based on vascular segmentation (SA1). The blood flow in the rest of the body will be modeled by a simplified Markov chain formalism. This will be combined with the patient-specific, time-dependent dose delivery information to simulate the dose to the circulating lymphocytes using a generalized Monte-Carlo approach. Furthermore we will validate our computational framework in patients treated with (conventional) photon and proton therapy. Due to the different dose distributions and time courses between proton and photon patients, we will be able to correlate the measured depletion in vivo to the patient-specific lymphocyte dose calculation to validate our computational model (SA2). Quantifying the dose delivered to the lymphocytes has great clinical potential and actionable significance because of the ease to modify radiation delivery parameters. Accurate knowledge of this effect would be transformative for the implementation of immunotherapy trials that are augmented with RT (>100 trials currently recruiting patients). Accurate dosimetry for circulating lymphocytes can control for variability among patients and will be key for the correct interpretation of trial results.

人们对结合免疫疗法的新数据越来越热情放射治疗 (RT) 可以提高缓解率。然而，坚持不懈辐射本身引起的免疫抑制似乎限制了这种协同作用。精确 RT 传递参数的影响（辐射方式、分割方案、每日辐射暴露时间和辐射剂量率）对患者淋巴细胞的影响仍然存在未知，目前没有方法计算循环辐射剂量淋巴细胞。该提案的目的是开发一个计算模型来模拟辐射基于血管的颅内照射期间淋巴细胞群的剂量分割（SA1）。身体其他部位的血流将通过简化的模型进行建模马尔可夫链形式主义。这将与患者特定的、时间依赖性的使用剂量传递信息来模拟循环淋巴细胞的剂量广义蒙特卡罗方法。此外，我们将验证我们的计算使用（传统）光子和质子疗法治疗的患者的框架。由于质子和光子患者之间不同的剂量分布和时间进程，我们将能够将测量到的体内消耗与患者特异性淋巴细胞剂量相关联计算来验证我们的计算模型（SA2）。量化输送到淋巴细胞的剂量具有巨大的临床潜力由于可以轻松修改辐射传输参数，因此具有可操作的意义。准确了解这种效应对于实施通过 RT 增强的免疫治疗试验（目前正在招募患者的试验超过 100 项）。循环淋巴细胞的准确剂量测定可以控制患者之间的变异性这将是正确解释试验结果的关键。