Actively Recruiting
Definitive Radiation for High-Risk Spine Metastases
Led by Stony Brook University · Updated on 2025-05-14
26
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
128 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
S
Stony Brook University
Lead Sponsor
T
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study is looking at whether patients with cancer that has aggressively spread to the spine can be treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy only and avoid a large spine surgery
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Definitive Radiation for High-Risk Spine Metastases
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients with any confirmed solid tumor diagnosis not originating in the central nervous system and with metastatic disease shown by imaging or pathology
- Metastatic involvement of the spine documented by imaging
- Maximum of 3 contiguous vertebral bodies involved at the target site
- Neurologic function intact or only minor deficits with muscle strength of 4 out of 5 or greater, with or without steroids
- Evaluation by radiation oncology and orthopedic spine or neurosurgery specialists
- ECOG Performance Status between 0 and 3
You will not qualify if you...
- Unstable spine defined as Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) greater than 12
- Previous surgery or radiation treatment for the targeted spinal metastases
- Radiosensitive tumors such as small cell lung cancer, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, or germ-cell tumors
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Hermina Munoz, RN
CONTACT
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Lucia Joya
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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