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Impact of Hippocampal-Avoidance Whole-Brain Radiotherapy on Cognitive Function, Employment Status, and Quality of Life in Working-Age Populations: A Prospective Observational Study

Impact of Hippocampal-Avoidance Whole-Brain Radiotherapy on Cognitive Function, Employment Status, and Quality of Life in Working-Age Populations: A Prospective Observational Study - Prospective observational study for hippocampal-avoidance whole-brain radiotherapy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000054418
Enrollment
30
Registered
2024-05-30
Start date
2024-05-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Brain metastases

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Aichi Cancer Center Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Hippocampal-avoindance whole-brain radiotherapy is planned for multiple brain metastases (2) No indication for surgery or stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases (3) Brain metastases are confirmed by post-gadrinium enhanced T1-weighted 1-mm slice thickness MRI images (4) Extracranial disease is controlled, and at least 5 brain metastases have been identified. (5) No brain metastasis is identified in the hippocampus or within 5 mm of the surrounding area (6) Primary disease is non-small cell lung cancer or non-triple negative breast cancer with a GPA score of 2.5 or more at the diagnosis of brain metastases (7) Written informed consent for this study has been obtained.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Leptmeningeal dissemination has been diagnosed (2) Unable to assess cognitive function at the diagnosis of brain metastases (3) Has a history of whole-brain radiotherapy (4) Otherwise deemed by the physician in charge as not appropriate for registration

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
intracanial progression-free survival, cognitive function at 1-year and 2-year, change in employment status at 1-year and 2-year

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
overall survival, intracranial recurrence, hippocampal recurrence, change in cognitive function every 3 months, change in employment status every 3 months, QOL, adverse events, salvage treatment

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYutaro Koide

Aichi Cancer Center Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology

ykoide@aichi-cc.jp0527626111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026