A Study of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) to Treat Pain in the Chest and/or Stomach Wall

NCT ID: NCT05985148

Last Updated: 2026-01-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

18 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-02

Study Completion Date

2028-08-31

Brief Summary

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The researchers are doing this study to find out whether stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a safe, practical (feasible), and effective treatment for people with chronic TAWP. The researchers will test different doses of SRS to find the highest dose that causes few or mild side effects.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Thoracoabdominal Wall Pain Secondary to Parietal Pleura or Parietal Peritoneum Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

This is a phase I clinical trial investigating the use of frameless single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to treat chronic unilateral thoracoabdominal wall pain limited in distribution to three or fewer spinal levels from T3-T11 through ablation of the dorsal spinal nerve root.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

Patients will be treated with single-fraction radiation therapy at three dose levels:

70 Gy, 80 Gy, and 90 Gy using image-guided SRS techniques.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

Intervention Type RADIATION

Patients will be treated with single-fraction radiation therapy at three dose levels:

70 Gy, 80 Gy, and 90 Gy using image-guided SRS techniques.

Interventions

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Single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

Patients will be treated with single-fraction radiation therapy at three dose levels:

70 Gy, 80 Gy, and 90 Gy using image-guided SRS techniques.

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients must have a documented history of chronic (≥ 3 months) thoracoabdominal wall pain (TAWP) attributable to ≤ 3 unilateral spinal levels as confirmed by diagnostic paravertebral nerve block or TENS (if results of the paravertebral nerve block are inconclusive) performed by an attending anesthesiologist specializing in pain management prior to study enrollment.
* Patients must have TAWP that is inadequately relieved by a trial of conventional pharmacologic therapy (defined as NRS pain score ≥ 4/10 while on treatment with conventional pharmacologic therapy for analgesia) as determined by an attending physician specializing in pain management.
* KPS ≥ 60%
* Age ≥ 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with a life expectancy of \< 6 months as predicted by the Adult Comorbidity Index (ACE-27, see Appendix 1)
* Patients with active autoimmune connective tissue disease
* Patients with bilateral TAWP
* Patients with preexisting pneumothorax
* Patients with preexisting excessive pleural effusion (extending \> 3 vertebral levels)
* Systemic chemotherapy delivered or planned to be delivered within +/- 5 days of SRS
* Unable to undergo a diagnostic paravertebral nerve block
* Unable to undergo at least one of either a myelogram or spine MRI
* Patients for whom external beam treatment plans to deliver the prescription SRS dose to the lesion of interest cannot be safely designed as specified by the Dose Constraint Guidelines in Appendix 2

* Evaluation of any radiation doses previously delivered to spinal cord/cauda equina and other critical structures (bowel, esophagus, lungs, kidneys, rectum) will be taken into consideration
* If radiation dose from SRS would exceed any normal tissue constraint as noted in Appendix 2, the patient will be ineligible
* Abnormal complete blood count. Any of the following:

* Platelet count \< 75 K/µL
* Hgb level \< 9 g/dl
* WBC \< 3.5 K/µl
* Abnormal coagulation profile: INR \> 2.5 INR and/or APTT \> 80 seconds. Patients who are on anticoagulation medication that may not be safely held for the myelogram procedure (≥ 5 days for antiplatelet agents and warfarin; ≥ 24 hours for low-molecular weight heparin formulations) will be excluded.
* Allergy to local anesthestics
* Local infection at the site of injection of anesthetic
* Severe spinal deformities with anatomic distortion (severe scoliosis/kyphoscoliosis)
* Severe respiratory disease (i.e. oxygen dependent)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Varian Medical Systems

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Josh Yamada, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk - Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)

Commack, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

Harrison, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)

Uniondale, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Josh Yamada, MD

Role: CONTACT

212-639-2950

Amitabh Gulati, MD

Role: CONTACT

212-639-6851

Facility Contacts

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Josh Yamada, MD

Role: primary

212-639-2950

Josh Yamada, MD

Role: primary

212-639-2950

Josh Yamada, MD

Role: primary

212-639-2950

Josh Yamada, MD

Role: primary

212-639-2950

Josh Yamada, MD

Role: primary

212-639-2950

Josh Yamada, MD

Role: primary

212-639-2950

Josh Yamada, MD

Role: primary

212-639-2950

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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22-176

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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