Status:

UNKNOWN

Memory Preservation of Hippocampal Avoidance Whole Brain Radiotherapy

Lead Sponsor:

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Conditions:

Brain Metastases

Neurocognitive Function

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study aimed to investigate the memory preservation and neurocognitive function protection of hippocampal avoidance whole brain radiotherapy (HA-WBRT) among people who speak Mandarin Chinese or Tai...

Detailed Description

Brain metastasis is very common, about 30% incidence rate for all patients with a diagnosis of cancer. The rising incidence of brain metastasis is most likely due to recent advances in systemic therap...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with brain metastases, the brain metastases are located 5mm outside the hippocampus
  • Pathologically proven diagnosis of nonhematopoietic malignancy other than germ cell malignancy
  • No psychologic disorders
  • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group recursive partitioning analysis class I or II
  • First or second language: Mandarin Chinese or Taiwanese
  • Signed the inform consensus

Exclusion

  • Less than 20 years old
  • Leptomeningeal metastases or hydrocephalus
  • Previous radiotherapy to head and neck region
  • Creatinine \>1.5mg/dl
  • More than 2 extracranial metastases
  • Patients who cannot tolerate memory or neurocognitive function test or cannot complete QoL questionnaire

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 27 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03247127

Start Date

March 27 2017

End Date

December 31 2020

Last Update

August 28 2018

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Fang, Pen-Tzu

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 80660