Specialized Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II, Stage III, Stage IV, or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Poor Performance Status

NCT00986297 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-08-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of specialized radiation therapy in treating patients with stage II, stage III, stage IV, or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer and poor performance status.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

hypofractionated radiation therapy

hypofractionated radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert D. Timmerman, MD · Simmons Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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