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Filter by:Brain metastasis accounted for 10-15% of all breast cancer patients and even higher in patients with triple negative and HER2 overexpressed subtype. Stereotactic radiation is the standard option for patients with 1-4 brain metastases. Among patients with 1-4 brain metastases, many studies suggest that stereotactic radiation results in fewer neurologic side effects than whole brain radiation. Also, several studies had demonstrated that 5-10 lesions had similar overall survival by using whole brain radiotherapy or stereotactic radiotherapy. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy(FSRT) is increasingly administered in the brain metastatic patients and retrospective studies had shown that FSRT had better local control and lower brain radiation necrosis than single fraction stereotactic radiation. Therefore, In this study, we explore to treat 1-10 brain metastasis lesion in breast cancer patients with FSRT.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of icotinib alone or in combination with radiation therapy for NSCLC patients harboring EGFR mutation with brain metastases. The primary endpoint is overall survival .
This study will evaluate the rate of radiation necrosis following treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment and radiation therapy in subjects with metastatic brain cancer. Subjects will be treated with the standard of care immunotherapy followed by radiation therapy via stereotactic radiosurgery at a reduced dose.
Background. Brain metastases are the most common intracranial tumor and occur in 20-40% of all oncological patients. The most common primary cancer in brain metastases is lung cancer, followed by melanoma, breast cancer, renal cancer and colorectal cancer. The incidence of brain metastases has been increasing but the occurrence of brain metastases is still associated with high morbidity and poor prognosis. The main treatment methods are stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), microsurgical resection and whole brain irradiation (WBRT). The stereotactic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS) is a non-invasive method, applying high dose radiation into an exact defined volume within the cranium, and thereby associated with significantly decreased neurotoxicity. It is the only treatment method for multiple disseminated and thereby non-resectable brain metastases. A novel treatment method of brain metastases is the combination of GKRS and systematic immunotherapy (IT), targeted therapy (TT) or chemotherapy, which showed significant improvements in survival. Furthermore, patients with brain metastases often develop cerebral edema, which is commonly treated with glucocorticoids to relieve the symptoms and decrease the fluid accumulation, but the long-term use was shown to be unfavorable due to various side effects. One of the potentially concerning side effect of glucocorticoids is the immunosuppressive properties. This raises the question of whether glucocorticoids might influence the effect of immunotherapy. Aim. The aim of the study is to evaluate if the use of glucocorticoids before, during and after treatment with gamma knife radiosurgery and immunotherapy effect the overall survival in patients with brain metastases, in contrast to patients undergoing gamma knife radiosurgery and immunotherapy alone. In addition, the effect of glucocorticoids on progression-free survival and clinical outcome will be evaluated. For the evaluation of the modern oncological treatment, patients with gamma knife radiosurgery, receiving immunotherapy, will be compared to patients not receiving immunotherapy. Patients and methods. The investigators plan to conduct a observational prospective preliminary study including about 200 radiosurgically treated patients with brain metastases. Patients will be included to our study, if they were diagnosed with one of two most common primary cancers (lung cancer or melanoma) and were treated with at least one Gamma Knife radiosurgical treatment for at least one brain metastasis. For the outcome evaluation of the different treatment options, a comprehensive database will be established. The study participations will not interfere with any clincally indicated therapeutic decisions and the study participants will not be exposed to any additional risks.
The primary purpose of this study is to establish a maximum tolerated dose (MTD) through a dose-escalation trial using intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) following neurosurgical resection for large brain metastases, and to determine the progression-free survival rate as in the recurrence rate of treated brain metastasis.
This is a monocentric, open label, randomized Phase II study in patients with brain metastasis from melanoma, lung or breast cancer, who require treatment with high-dose dexamethasone, as defined as a minimum of 8 mg daily based on the clinician judgment, for at least three weeks, with or without radiation therapy. The aim is to investigate the metformin efficacy in preventing the onset of glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and other metabolic perturbations in patients with brain metastases from melanoma, lung or breast cancer.
An open-label, single institutional phase II trial of losartan in patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors with an individual stepped-wedge, randomized, assessor-blinded, dose-finding design on three indications.
Pyrotinib is an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting both HER1, HER2 and HER4 receptors. This study is a single-arm, prospective, open label clinical study of pyrotinib plus vinorelbine as the therapy of brain metastases from HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
This is a multicenter, randomized open-label Phase 2 study to assess the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetic (PK) of 2 dosing regimens of encorafenib + binimetinib combination in patients with BRAFV600-mutant melanoma with brain metastasis. Approximately 100 patients will be enrolled, including 9 patients in a Safety Lead-in of the high-dose treatment arm. After a Screening Period, treatment will be administered in 28-day cycles and will continue until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent, start of subsequent anticancer therapy, death.
This study is a prospective cohort study to find the incidence of re-craniotomy and predictive factors. The secondary outcomes are to find the incidence of major non-neurological complications and predictive factors.