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Not yet recruitingNCT06521827Updated Jul 26, 2024

The Role of Short Course of Palliative Radiation in Metastatic Cancer Rectum

An interventional study of short course radiotherapy in Metastatic Cancer Rectum, sponsored by Assiut University. Not yet recruiting. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-07-26.

Sponsored by Assiut University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Aug 2024, 2 years 2 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
49
Allocation
Not applicable
Sex
All
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Study summary

Short-course radiotherapy (SCRT), which allows the delivery of 25 Gy in five daily fractions, has emerged as an attractive strategy for rectal cancer treatment. Surgery can safely be deferred after SCRT, allowing an opportunity to deliver chemotherapy (ChT) preoperatively rather than postoperatively. In cases of metastatic disease, this represents an effective treatment option to improve local control and avoid colostomy in a subset of patients.

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All patients will be under go complete history and physical examination, proctoscopy and biopsy, followed by metastatic work up include chest X ray, pelvic abdominal CT.

Radiotherapy:

Target volume: all the gross primary disease and gross nodal involved plus 2 cm safety margin will be included. not involved node will not be included.

Dosage: total dose of 25 Gy over 5 fractions through 1 weak will be given. Time: Radiotherapy will be given first and chemotherapy will be given after 1 weak rest to avoid the over lapping toxicity.

Chemo therapy:

To be started after 1 weak rest after radiotherapy. CAPOX (oxaliplatin given intravenously at 130 mg/m2 on day 1, followed by oral capecitabine 1000 mg/m2 twice daily on days 1-14, in a 3-week cycle). or folfox (leucovorin calcium (IV 200 mg/m2 on day 1,2,15,16 ) + 5 fluorouracil (IV 600 mg/m2 on day 1,2,15,16)+ oxaliplatin (IV 85 mg/m2 on day 1, 15) plus target agent according to RAS status if wild for bevacizumab ( IV 5 ml/kg on day 1, 15) or cetiximab (IV 250 mg/m2 on day 1,8,15, 22) or vectibex (IV 6mg/kg on day 1,15)

Surgery:

Surgery if complete bowel obstruction as palliation or as treatment if controlled metastatic sites and primary

Follow up:

CT pelvi-abdomen will be done after 3 cycle of chemotherapy to assess the response then after end of CTH every 3 month in first year. Toxicity of RTH will be collected before and after RTH.

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Conditions studied

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In context

Neoplasm Metastasis

3,517 studies on the registry are indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis; 885 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 49 is close to the median of 54 across 2,767 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasm Metastasis.

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Lead sponsor

Assiut University is the lead sponsor of 4,901 studies on the registry; 2,098 are open to participants now.

Of its 13 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Adenocarcinoma pathological evidence in rectal carcinoma.
  2. Metastatic unresectable rectal cancer.
  3. Symptomatic disease for at least one of the following signs: bleeding, pain, tenesmus, obstruction,

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Previous radiotherapy.
  2. Concomitant chemotherapy.
  3. Previously created stoma.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
49 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    short course radiotherapy

    patients with metastatic rectal cancer will receive short course of radiotherapy befor staring chemotherapy

    Radiation: short course radiotherapy

Interventions

  • Radiationshort course radiotherapy

    short course palliative radiotherapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The role of short course of palliative radiation in metastatic cancer rectum.

    The role of short course of palliative radiation in metastatic cancer rectum.

    Time frame: one year

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Santucci C, Mignozzi S, Malvezzi M, Boffetta P, Collatuzzo G, Levi F, La Vecchia C, Negri E. European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2024 with focus on colorectal cancer. Ann Oncol. 2024 Mar;35(3):308-316. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.12.003. Epub 2024 Jan 28. PubMed 38286716 ↗
  • Flyum IR, Mahic S, Grov EK, Joranger P. Health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer in the palliative phase: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Palliat Care. 2021 Sep 16;20(1):144. doi: 10.1186/s12904-021-00837-9. PubMed 34530833 ↗
  • Yoo RN, Cho HM, Kye BH. Management of obstructive colon cancer: Current status, obstacles, and future directions. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2021 Dec 15;13(12):1850-1862. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i12.1850. PubMed 35070029 ↗
  • van Hooft JE, Veld JV, Arnold D, Beets-Tan RGH, Everett S, Gotz M, van Halsema EE, Hill J, Manes G, Meisner S, Rodrigues-Pinto E, Sabbagh C, Vandervoort J, Tanis PJ, Vanbiervliet G, Arezzo A. Self-expandable metal stents for obstructing colonic and extracolonic cancer: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline - Update 2020. Endoscopy. 2020 May;52(5):389-407. doi: 10.1055/a-1140-3017. Epub 2020 Apr 7. PubMed 32259849 ↗
  • Tissera NS, Freile B, Waisberg F, Esteso F, Galli M, Loria FS, Luca R, Pedraza II, Enrico DH, Chacon C, Huertas E, Chacon MR, O'Connor JM. Short-course radiotherapy for rectal cancer: real-world evidence in Argentina. Ecancermedicalscience. 2023 Jun 1;17:1555. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2023.1555. eCollection 2023. PubMed 37396101 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 26, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06521827
Lead sponsor
Assiut University
Responsible party
Ehdaa Khaled Mahmoud (resident doctor at radiotherapy department at south Egypt cancer institute, Assiut University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 26, 2024
Start date
Aug 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Aug 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 26, 2024

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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