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Dose Escalation for Larger Brain Metastases: Phase I/II Study

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What is being tested

stereotactic radiosurgery

+ quality-of-life assessment

+ cognitive assessment

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Who is being recruted

Brain Diseases+5

+ Central Nervous System Diseases

+ Neoplasms

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 1
Interventional
Study Start: July 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorCase Comprehensive Cancer Center
Last updated: July 20, 2025
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Study start date: July 2, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the incidence of acute and long-term toxicities with increasing dose of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). (Phase I) II. To determine if local control may be improved with increasing doses of SRS. (Phase II) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the risk of acute and long-term toxicity with increasing dose of SRS. (Phase II) II. To determine if there is increased neurocognitive toxicity with increased dose of SRS. III. To determine the rate of radiation necrosis/steroid dependency. IV. To determine if quality of life is affected more by tumor recurrence versus radiation necrosis. This includes assessment of progression free survival, overall survival, local failure, and number of patients who receive bevacizumab, laser interstitial thermal therapy, or surgery for presumed radiation necrosis. OUTLINE: This is a phase I dose-escalation study followed by a phase II study. Patients undergo SRS guided by computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). After completion of treatment, patients are followed up at 1-2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 4 months thereafter.

Principal SponsorCase Comprehensive Cancer Center
Last updated: July 20, 2025
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

33 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Brain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteNervous System DiseasesNervous System NeoplasmsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsBrain Neoplasms

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Any patient undergoing SRS for brain metastases Lesions to be treated under this protocol must be > 2 cm, but =< 4.0 cm in diameter Patients may have had prior therapy including: Whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) > 3 months ago SRS to other brain metastases Patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases are eligible as long as they are not planned for WBRT upfront Any primary is eligible with exception of small cell lung cancer, lymphoma, and germ cell histologies Patient must be able to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Patients receiving SRS to resection bed Planned concurrent WBRT Leptomeningeal metastases Small cell lung cancer, lymphoma, and germ cell histologies Inability to participate in study activities due to physical or mental limitations Inability or unwillingness to return for all the required follow-up visits Conformality index 2.0 or less cannot be achieved, or homogeneity index is > 2.0 Unable to deliver 10 Gray (Gy) or less to optic nerve/chiasm Brainstem location is excluded from this study

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Patients undergo SRS guided by CT and MRI.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

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