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Research on the Safety and Efficacy of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Malignant Cerebral Tumor

Research on the Safety and Efficacy of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Malignant Cerebral Tumor

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06929819
Enrollment
200
Registered
2025-04-16
Start date
2025-06-01
Completion date
2030-05-31
Last updated
2025-04-16

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

Conditions

Brain Tumor - Metastatic, Brain Tumor, Primary, Glioblastoma

Keywords

Brain Tumor, Intraoperative Radiation Therapy

Brief summary

According to the latest national cancer statistics released by the National Cancer Center in February 2022, intracranial tumors account for about 60%-70% of the more than 3.5 million cancer patients, and the morbidity and mortality remain high. Intracranial malignant tumors have become a problem that needs to be solved urgently because of their early recurrence, rapid progression, and short survival, and intracranial malignant tumors include high-grade gliomas, metastases, lymphomas, etc. Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common primary malignancy in the adult central nervous system, accounting for about 57% of all gliomas and 48% of all primary weighted nervous system malignancies. At present, the standard treatment for glioblastoma is mainly surgical treatment, supplemented by postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy, but the prognosis of patients is still poor, with a one-year survival rate of 40.6%, a five-year survival rate of only 5.6%, and an average survival time of 12-15 months. For patients diagnosed with intracranial malignancies (including high-grade glioma, metastases, lymphoma, etc.), multimodal image-guided microsurgery combined with postoperative chemoradiotherapy recommended by the guidelines, and intraoperative radiotherapy with tumor bed radiation therapy to achieve targeted and precise tumor treatment, thereby improving the prognosis of patients (including progression-free survival and median overall survival, etc.)

Interventions

RADIATIONIntraoperative Radiation Therapy in Malignant Cerebral Tumor

This technique can fully expose the tumor bed during the operation, and pull the brain tissue around the tumor under the microscope to de-radiation, so as to exceed the total dose level of standard conformal conventional external radiation therapy (EBRT), maximize the radiobiological effect of a single high-dose irradiation, and deliver precise radiation to the tumor bed, while minimizing the radiation dose of peripheral nerve tissue. This technique is also a good choice for patients with orthotopic recurrent tumors who can no longer tolerate one more EBRT. Intraoperative radiotherapy technology can reduce the chance of postoperative tumor recurrence and improve the survival and prognosis of patients by providing a higher effective total dose to the tumor bed, while promoting dose escalation without significantly increasing the occurrence of complications in normal tissues, and improving the local control rate.

Sponsors

First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

This trial is a single-arm study, and patients who are willing to undergo IORT are selected for inclusion in the study after initial screening, and intraoperative radiotherapy of an appropriate dose is given immediately after tumor resection during surgery, followed by postoperative adjuvant therapy according to disease guidelines. The time of recurrence and/or death and the time of adverse events were recorded. This trial is a superiority study and the control is currently the world-recognized median OS or PFS.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 18-75 years old, non-pregnant or lactating women * KPS ≥60 * MRI and CT of the brain with contrast should be considered for diagnosis of high-grade glioma or other malignant brain tumors * No other underlying diseases that affect survival time, follow-up or quality of life, and no other serious organic lesions * Not receive radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other treatment methods for intracranial lesions in the past; * Tumor located supratentorium, and the position should ensure that the tumor resection volume is more than 90%; * The required dose of standard radiotherapy exceeds normal tissue tolerance * No related contraindications such as intraoperative radiotherapy and craniotomy.

Exclusion criteria

* Refuse to undergo craniotomy or radiation therapy; * The postoperative paraffin pathological results were not high-grade gliomas or other cranial malignant tumors; * Refuse to participate in the clinical trial after informed consent without the above

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The overall survival of enrolled patients was compared with the overall survival reported in the literature15 months

Contacts

Primary ContactNu Zhang, Professor
zhangnu2@mail.sysu.edu.cn13825070717
Backup ContactKejun He, Attending
mailto:hekejun3@ms.sysu.edu.cn15920463410

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026