MeDex: No Perioperative Dexamethasone in Brain Metastases
- Conditions
- Brain Metastases
- Registration Number
- NCT07044557
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Louisville
- Brief Summary
Perioperative treatment of newly diagnosed cancer patients with brain metastasis without dexamethasone (Dex).
- Detailed Description
This is a single-arm trial, assessing the safety and efficacy of brain metastasis resection without perioperative Dex in a maximum of 35 patients screened and enrolled in our emergency room and clinics. We will assess efficacy by noting presence of absence of lymphopenia. The patients will be followed until initiation of postoperative adjuvant cancer therapy for collection of primary and secondary endpoints.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 35
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New brain tumor(s) on imaging
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Visceral mass(es) suspicious for neoplasm
a. Patients with lung mass suspicious for primary lung cancer and no prior diagnosis must undergo biopsy of the lung mass prior to resection of brain metastasis(es) to exclude histology (i.e., small cell lung carcinoma) that would not benefit from resection
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No contraindications for craniotomy
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Age ≥ 18 years
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ECOG performance status ≤ 2 (i.e., ambulatory > 50% of waking hours)
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Midline shift on MRI ≤ 10 mm
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Craniotomy planned to resect >75% of the enhancing mass (surgeon's judgment)
- Presence of BMs not eligible for resection that are each > 2 cm in any one dimension
- >4 BMs not eligible for resection that are each 2 cm in any one dimension
- Treatment with laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)
- High concern for primary CNS lymphoma
- Diagnosis of small cell lung carcinoma
- Any receipt of Dex
- Steroid use in the past month
- A condition that requires steroids
- Stage 4 chronic kidney disease (GFR<30)
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dexamethasone Rescue Need 4 weeks post operative (+-) 2 weeks Initiation of dexamethasone after enrollment up to 3 weeks after surgery.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Immunosuppression Assessment 4 weeks post operative (+-) 2 weeks Presence of absence of lymphopenia prior to adjuvant cancer therapy.
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