Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases

NCT ID: NCT00002899

Last Updated: 2012-07-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

340 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1996-11-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Adjuvant radiation therapy may kill any remaining tumor cells following surgery or radiosurgery for brain metastases.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying surgery or radiosurgery alone to see how well it works compared to surgery or radiosurgery and whole-brain radiation therapy in treating brain metastases in patients with solid tumors.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Investigate the efficacy and toxicity of adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy after prior surgical resection or radiosurgery of 1 to 3 brain metastases from solid tumor in patients with good performance status and controlled systemic cancer.

Secondary

* Determine overall survival and progression-free survival of patients treated on this protocol.
* Determine time to neurologic progression in patients treated on this protocol.
* Determine quality of life of patients treated on this protocol.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified by participating center, number of brain metastases (single vs multiple), type of primary tumor (stable systemic cancer vs synchronous or unknown primary), WHO performance status (0-1 vs 2), and treatment (prior surgical resection vs planned radiosurgery).

Patients who have undergone complete surgical resection are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms within 4 weeks after surgery.

* Arm I: Patients undergo adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT).
* Arm II: Patients do not receive adjuvant radiotherapy. Patients planning to undergo radiosurgery are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
* Arm III: Patients undergo radiosurgery followed by adjuvant WBRT within 4 weeks after surgery.
* Arm IV: Patients undergo radiosurgery alone. Quality of life is assessed at baseline, at 8 weeks, and then every 3 months thereafter.

After completion if study treatment, patients are followed at 8 weeks and then every 3 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 340 patients (85 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 3.5 years.

Conditions

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Metastatic Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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adjuvant therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

stereotactic radiosurgery

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of brain metastases from a histologically confirmed primary or metastatic extracranial tumor, meeting 1 of the following criteria:

* Stable systemic cancer for the last 3 months (achieved by surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or hormonal therapy), defined as absence of symptomatic or radiological progression
* Asymptomatic synchronous primary tumor (treatable by surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or hormonal therapy)

* No metastases outside the CNS
* Unknown primary tumor
* Must have one to three brain lesions, confirmed by enhanced MRI prior to radiosurgery or surgery

* No brain stem metastases
* No leptomeningeal metastases
* No brain metastases from small cell lung cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, myeloma, or germ cell tumors
* Patients planning to undergo radiosurgery must meet the following criteria:

* Largest diameter ≤ 3.5 cm for single metastasis
* Largest diameter ≤ 2.5 cm for multiple metastases
* Stereotactic biopsy required if not extracranial tumor (unknown primary tumor) OR extracranial diagnosis made more than 4 years previously
* Prior neurosurgery patients must have undergone complete surgical resection
* No recurrent brain metastases after prior surgery and/or radiosurgery and/or brain radiotherapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 and over

Performance status

* WHO 0-2 (may be assessed under steroid therapy)

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* Not specified

Hepatic

* Not specified

Renal

* Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* See Disease Characteristics
* No concurrent chemotherapy during whole brain radiotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy

* See Disease Characteristics

Surgery

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Rolf-Peter Mueller, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Medizinische Universitaetsklinik I at the University of Cologne

Riccardo Soffietti, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Universita Degli Studi di Turin

Locations

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Academisch Ziekenhuis der Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

U.Z. Gasthuisberg

Leuven, , Belgium

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Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Augustinus

Wilrijk, , Belgium

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Helsinki University Central Hospital

Helsinki, , Finland

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Centre Hospitalier Regional de Besancon - Hopital Jean Minjoz

Besançon, , France

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Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille

Lille, , France

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Centre Leon Berard

Lyon, , France

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Centre Antoine Lacassagne

Nice, , France

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Centre Haute Energie

Nice, , France

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CHU Pitie-Salpetriere

Paris, , France

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Centre Eugene Marquis

Rennes, , France

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Medizinische Universitaetsklinik I at the University of Cologne

Cologne, , Germany

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Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III - Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig

Leipzig, , Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

Tübingen, , Germany

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Heinrich-Braun-Krankenhaus Zwickau

Zwickau, , Germany

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Rambam Medical Center

Haifa, , Israel

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Ospedale Niguarda Ca'Granda

Milan, , Italy

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Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta

Milan, , Italy

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Ospedale Ostetrico Ginecologica Sant Anna

Torino, , Italy

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Universita Degli Studi di Turin

Torino, , Italy

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Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera Ordine Mauriziano

Torino, , Italy

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Paula Stradina Kliniskas Universitates Slimnica

Riga, , Latvia

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Maastro Clinic - Locatie Maastricht

Maastricht, , Netherlands

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Hospital Santa Maria

Lisbon, , Portugal

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Institut Catala d'Oncologia - Hospital Duran i Reynals

Barcelona, , Spain

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Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland

Bellinzona, , Switzerland

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Marmara University Hospital

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

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University College Hospital - London

London, England, United Kingdom

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Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Preston Hospital

Preston, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

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Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Westcliff-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom

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Edinburgh Cancer Centre at Western General Hospital

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium Finland France Germany Israel Italy Latvia Netherlands Portugal Spain Switzerland Turkey (Türkiye) United Kingdom

References

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Kocher M, Soffietti R, Abacioglu U, Villa S, Fauchon F, Baumert BG, Fariselli L, Tzuk-Shina T, Kortmann RD, Carrie C, Ben Hassel M, Kouri M, Valeinis E, van den Berge D, Collette S, Collette L, Mueller RP. Adjuvant whole-brain radiotherapy versus observation after radiosurgery or surgical resection of one to three cerebral metastases: results of the EORTC 22952-26001 study. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jan 10;29(2):134-41. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.30.1655. Epub 2010 Nov 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21041710 (View on PubMed)

Mekhail T, Sombeck M, Sollaccio R. Adjuvant whole-brain radiotherapy versus observation after radiosurgery or surgical resection of one to three cerebral metastases: results of the EORTC 22952-26001 study. Curr Oncol Rep. 2011 Aug;13(4):255-8. doi: 10.1007/s11912-011-0180-1. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21584645 (View on PubMed)

Churilla TM, Chowdhury IH, Handorf E, Collette L, Collette S, Dong Y, Alexander BM, Kocher M, Soffietti R, Claus EB, Weiss SE. Comparison of Local Control of Brain Metastases With Stereotactic Radiosurgery vs Surgical Resection: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Feb 1;5(2):243-247. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4610.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30419088 (View on PubMed)

Churilla TM, Handorf E, Collette S, Collette L, Dong Y, Aizer AA, Kocher M, Soffietti R, Alexander BM, Weiss SE. Whole brain radiotherapy after stereotactic radiosurgery or surgical resection among patients with one to three brain metastases and favorable prognoses: a secondary analysis of EORTC 22952-26001. Ann Oncol. 2017 Oct 1;28(10):2588-2594. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx332.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28961826 (View on PubMed)

Soffietti R, Kocher M, Abacioglu UM, Villa S, Fauchon F, Baumert BG, Fariselli L, Tzuk-Shina T, Kortmann RD, Carrie C, Ben Hassel M, Kouri M, Valeinis E, van den Berge D, Mueller RP, Tridello G, Collette L, Bottomley A. A European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer phase III trial of adjuvant whole-brain radiotherapy versus observation in patients with one to three brain metastases from solid tumors after surgical resection or radiosurgery: quality-of-life results. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jan 1;31(1):65-72. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.41.0639. Epub 2012 Dec 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23213105 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EORTC-22952

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-26001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-22952-26001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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