PULSAR Effect: Revealing Potential Synergies in Combined Radiation Therapy and Immunotherapy via Differential Equations
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| author | Rouf, Samiha Moore, Casey Saha, Debabrata Nguyen, Dan Bleile, MaryLena Timmerman, Robert Peng, Hao Jiang, Steve |
| author_facet | Rouf, Samiha Moore, Casey Saha, Debabrata Nguyen, Dan Bleile, MaryLena Timmerman, Robert Peng, Hao Jiang, Steve |
| contents | PULSAR (personalized ultrafractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy) is a form of radiotherapy method where a patient is given a large dose or pulse of radiation a couple of weeks apart rather than daily small doses. The tumor response is then monitored to determine when the subsequent pulse should be given. Pre-clinical trials have shown better tumor response in mice that received immunotherapy along with pulses spaced 10 days apart. However, this was not the case when the pulses were 1 day apart. Therefore, a synergistic effect between immunotherapy and PULSAR is observed when the pulses are spaced out by a certain number of days. In our study, we aimed to develop a mathematical model that can capture the synergistic effect by considering a time-dependent weight function that takes into account the spacing between pulses. By determining feasible parameters, and applying reasonable conditions, we utilize our model to simulate murine trials with varying sequencing of pulses. We successfully demonstrate that our model is simple to implement and can generate tumor volume data that is consistent with the pre-clinical trial data. Our model has the potential to aid in the development of clinical trials of PULSAR therapy. |
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| spellingShingle | PULSAR Effect: Revealing Potential Synergies in Combined Radiation Therapy and Immunotherapy via Differential Equations Rouf, Samiha Moore, Casey Saha, Debabrata Nguyen, Dan Bleile, MaryLena Timmerman, Robert Peng, Hao Jiang, Steve Quantitative Methods Dynamical Systems PULSAR (personalized ultrafractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy) is a form of radiotherapy method where a patient is given a large dose or pulse of radiation a couple of weeks apart rather than daily small doses. The tumor response is then monitored to determine when the subsequent pulse should be given. Pre-clinical trials have shown better tumor response in mice that received immunotherapy along with pulses spaced 10 days apart. However, this was not the case when the pulses were 1 day apart. Therefore, a synergistic effect between immunotherapy and PULSAR is observed when the pulses are spaced out by a certain number of days. In our study, we aimed to develop a mathematical model that can capture the synergistic effect by considering a time-dependent weight function that takes into account the spacing between pulses. By determining feasible parameters, and applying reasonable conditions, we utilize our model to simulate murine trials with varying sequencing of pulses. We successfully demonstrate that our model is simple to implement and can generate tumor volume data that is consistent with the pre-clinical trial data. Our model has the potential to aid in the development of clinical trials of PULSAR therapy. |
| title | PULSAR Effect: Revealing Potential Synergies in Combined Radiation Therapy and Immunotherapy via Differential Equations |
| topic | Quantitative Methods Dynamical Systems |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.06101 |