An interventional study of radiation therapy in Spinal Cord Compression and Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, sponsored by Cancer Research UK. Completed at 4 sites in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-08-26.
Sponsored by Cancer Research UK · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen is more effective in treating metastatic spinal cord compression.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is comparing two radiation therapy regimens to see how well they work in treating patients with metastatic spinal cord compression.
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified by treatment center and known prognostic factors (ambulatory status at diagnosis, primary tumor type, and extent of disease [spinal metastases only vs spinal and non-bony metastases]). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
Patients undergo assessment of ambulatory status, quality of life, bladder and bowel function, and acute toxicity via self-reported questionnaires and telephone follow-ups at baseline and weeks 1, 4, 8, and 12.
52 studies on the registry are indexed under Spinal Cord Compression; 19 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 43 across 35 interventional studies indexed under Spinal Cord Compression.
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Proven diagnosis of spinal cord compression on MRI or CT scan
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Histologically or cytologically confirmed
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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Life expectancy
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Patients undergo 5 fractions of 20 Gy external-beam radiotherapy.
Radiation: radiation therapy
Patients undergo 1 fraction of 8 Gy external beam radiotherapy.
Radiation: radiation therapy
Patients undergo external beam radiotherapy
Patient accrual per center over a 12-month period
Ambulatory status at 1, 4, 8, and 12 weeks from day 1 of treatment compared to baseline
Bladder and bowel function at 1, 4, 8, and 12 weeks from day 1 of treatment compared to baseline
Acute side effects using RTOG scales at 1, 4, 8, and 12 weeks from day 1 of treatment
Quality of life as measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire at 1, 4, 8, and 12 weeks from day 1 of treatment compared to baseline
Further treatment
Overall survival at 3, 6, and 12 months
Total number of days spent in hospital
Preferred place of care
Number of patients eligible but not randomized and reasons for non-randomization
This study is completed, as verified in Jun 2009. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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