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Radiation-Induced Cytokine Cascades and Their Correlation With Central Nervous System Injury

NCT00178295 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2015-08-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Treatment for brain cancer may include radiation therapy. Radiation therapy is the treatment of tumors with X-rays. This study is related to understanding the side effects of radiation treatment for brain tumors.

This study is being conducted by the University of Rochester Cancer Center to compare the extent of side effects of brain cancer treatment with changes in levels of blood proteins called cytokines.

Conditions

  • Brain Neoplasm

Interventions

RADIATION

Radiation Therapy

standard of care for the cancer being treated

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Rochester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Louis S Constine, MD · Universtiy of Rochester, Dept of Radiation Oncology

  • Ralph Brasacchio, MD · University of Rochester, Department of Radiation Oncology

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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