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Pilot Study of Preoperative Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Metastatic Cancer (brain metastases)
Cancer - Any cancer
Cancer - Brain
Registration Number
ACTRN12621001329853
Lead Sponsor
Western Sydney Local Health District
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 18 years or older.
ECOG Performance Status 0, 1 or 2.
Life expectancy at least 6 months.
Prior histopathological diagnosis of cancer other than small cell lung cancer, lymphoma, and germ cell tumours.
MRI of the brain with findings strongly suggestive of metastatic tumour(s) as assessed by the radiologist.
MRI evidence of single or multiple BM lesions amenable for SRS as discussed both by Radiation Oncologist and Neurosurgeon.

Exclusion Criteria

Not a surgical candidate per neurosurgeon's discretion.
Disseminated intracranial or leptomeningeal disease.
Neurologically unstable patients or requiring emergent surgical decompression.
Patients with Brain Metastases 5cm or larger.
Cytotoxic Chemotherapy within 7 days prior to SRS.
Anti-Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy within 6 weeks of SRS (risk of fatal brain haemorrhage with surgical resection).
Inability to tolerate SRS (ie, the inability to lie flat in treatment bed).
Contraindication for MRI.
Pregnancy.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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