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Radiation Therapy With or Without Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases

NCT00002708 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 333

Last updated 2013-11-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known whether giving radiation therapy during surgery is more effective than standard radiation therapy in treating brain metastases.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy with or without radiosurgery in treating patients with brain metastases that cannot be removed during surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

surgical procedure

RADIATION

radiation therapy

RADIATION

stereotactic radiosurgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • David W. Andrews, MD, FACS · Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1996-01-31
Primary Completion
2002-01-31
Completion
2004-12-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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