A Feasibility Study of Image Guided Noninvasive Single Fraction Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Brain Metastases

Completed

Interventions: Other: Fabrication of thermoplastic face (The Orfit thermoplastic face mask system is routinely used for the treatment of brain and head)

Brief Summary: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a way to accurately treat brain tumors. SRS involves the use of a special head frame to keep the head from moving during treatment. The head frame makes very accurate treatment possible. The frame must be attached to the skull with special pins. It feels very tight and can hurt. A special immobilization device can be used to keep the head from moving.

This device does not need any pins and does not hurt. We would like to see if the new way of holding the head still can be used for SRS. This is the purpose of the study. New X-Ray machines can be used to find if the head has moved in the mask. We hope that we can use these new tools to treat brain tumors just as accurately without using a head frame. It will make treatment more comfortable for the patient. This is why we are asking patients to join the study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Histologically confirmed malignancy with the presence of intraparenchymal brain metastases.
A diagnostic contrast enhanced MRI demonstrating the presence of brain metastases performed within two weeks prior to registration.
Age ≥ 18 years.
Must be scheduled or planning to be scheduled for SRS treatment.
Karnofsky performance status ≥60.
Patient must sign a study-specific informed consent form. If the patient's mental status precludes his/her giving informed consent, written informed consent may be given by the patient's legal representative.

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to provide informed consent
Major medical illness including poor cardiac or pulmonary status which would result in inability of the patient to lie down for the procedure.
Inability to obtain histologic proof of malignancy.
Younger than 18 years of age.
Serum creatinine > 1.3 mg/dl.
Karnofsky performance status of ≤50.
Allergy to either CT or MR contrast dyes.

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
non-invasive immobilization system	Fabrication of thermoplastic face (The Orfit thermoplastic face mask system is routinely used for the treatment of brain and head)	This is a feasibility study to evaluate the accuracy of an alternative, non-invasive immobilization system in combination with image guided patient setup for SRS treatments. The aim is to determine whether or not the non-invasive system can provide comparable accuracy as the conventional invasive head ring system. If successful, patient discomfort can be significantly reduced for such treatments.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use the kilovoltage On-Board Imager (kVOBI) to precisely measure the setup accuracy of conventional, invasive frame SRS on 10 patients	conclusion of study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use the kilovoltage On-Board Imager (kVOBI) to precisely measure the accuracy of an image guided non-invasive (Aktina stereotactic localizer) immobilization system on the same 10 patients as in above.	conclusion of study
Compute mean and standard deviation of the intra-fractional motion for non-invasive SRS.	conclusion of the study
Compare setup accuracy of both systems above, and investigate the feasibility of 'system B' as replacement for 'system A' for single fraction SRS	conclusion of the study

Locations (1): Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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New York, New York, United States

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