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MeDex: No Perioperative Dexamethasone in Brain Metastases

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
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
Inclusion Criteria
  1. New brain tumor(s) on imaging

  2. 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

  3. No contraindications for craniotomy

  4. Age ≥ 18 years

  5. ECOG performance status ≤ 2 (i.e., ambulatory > 50% of waking hours)

  6. Midline shift on MRI ≤ 10 mm

  7. Craniotomy planned to resect >75% of the enhancing mass (surgeon's judgment)

Exclusion Criteria
  1. Presence of BMs not eligible for resection that are each > 2 cm in any one dimension
  2. >4 BMs not eligible for resection that are each 2 cm in any one dimension
  3. Treatment with laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)
  4. High concern for primary CNS lymphoma
  5. Diagnosis of small cell lung carcinoma
  6. Any receipt of Dex
  7. Steroid use in the past month
  8. A condition that requires steroids
  9. Stage 4 chronic kidney disease (GFR<30)
  10. Pregnant or breastfeeding

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Dexamethasone Rescue Need4 weeks post operative (+-) 2 weeks

Initiation of dexamethasone after enrollment up to 3 weeks after surgery.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Immunosuppression Assessment4 weeks post operative (+-) 2 weeks

Presence of absence of lymphopenia prior to adjuvant cancer therapy.

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