A Prospective Randomized Trial of Pre-Operative IMRT+Surgery Versus Surgery Alone For Primary Retroperitoneal Sarcoma

NCT00131898 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2008-12-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a phase III clinical trial for patients with potentially completely resectable primary retroperitoneal sarcoma. Patients who take part will be divided into two groups, a radiation therapy plus surgery group and a surgery alone group.

Patients in the radiation therapy plus surgery group will receive radiation treatments as an outpatient. Surgery to try to remove the remaining tumor will be done after the radiation treatments are completed.

Patients in the surgery alone group will have surgery to try to remove all tumor.

Conditions

  • Sarcoma

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Surgical Resection

PROCEDURE

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Samuel Singer, M.D · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-05-31
Primary Completion
2005-09-30
Completion
2005-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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