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N/A N=40 Treatment

Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases

Metastatic Cancer · Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Enrolled (actual)
40
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2016
Primary outcome: Primary: Proportion of Patients Dying of Neurological Death, Defined as Dying With Progressive Neurological Dysfunction Regardless of Systemic Disease Status — 5 patients

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Radiation Therapy (Radiation)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Primary completion
Aug 2012

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Proportion of Patients Dying of Neurological Death, Defined as Dying With Progressive Neurological Dysfunction Regardless of Systemic Disease Status
5
SECONDARY
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
11
SECONDARY
Time to Neurological Death
13
SECONDARY
Time to Systemic Death
16
SECONDARY
Karnofsky Decay Time
14

Summary

RATIONALE: Stereotactic radiation therapy may be able to send x-rays directly to the tumor and cause less damage to normal tissue. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is study how well stereotactic radiation therapy works in treating patients with brain metastases

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Histology-confirmed cancer with 1 to 3 symptomatic brain metastases imaged by MRI/CT scans.
  • Have cancer not originating in central nervous system (CNS)
  • Karnofsky score of at least 60
  • Given written consent
  • At least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

  • Prior whole brain radiotherapy or prior focal radiotherapy of the metastasis/es considered for this trial.
  • Certain radiosensitive primary tumors such as small cell lung cancer, germ cell tumors, lymphoma, leukemia or multiple myeloma.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00983359). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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