Palliative Radiation Therapy in Reducing Pain in Patients With Bone Metastasis

NCT02699697 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2025-12-11

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Summary

This randomized phase II trial studies how well palliative radiation therapy works in reducing pain in patients with cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the bone (bone metastasis). Palliative radiation therapy using external beam radiation therapy may help patients with bone metastasis to relieve symptoms and reduce pain caused by cancer.

Conditions

  • Malignant Neoplasm
  • Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone
  • Pain

Interventions

RADIATION

External Beam Radiation Therapy

Undergo EBRT

RADIATION

Palliative Radiation Therapy

Undergo EBRT

OTHER

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Doris R Brown · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-31
Primary Completion
2025-03-20
Completion
2025-03-20
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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