Status:

COMPLETED

Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Recurrent Gliomas

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Heidelberg

Conditions:

Glioma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Treatment of patients with recurrent glioma includes neurosurgical resection, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy. In most cases, a full course of radiotherapy has been applied after primary diagnosis,...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • unifocal, supratentorial recurrent glioma
  • contrast enhancement on T1-weighted MRI and/or Amino-Acid-PET-positive high-grade tumor areas
  • indication re-irradiation
  • age ≥ 18 years of age
  • Karnofsky Performance Score ≥60
  • For women with childbearing potential, (and men) adequate contraception.
  • Ability of subject to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial
  • Written informed consent (must be available before enrolment in the trial)

Exclusion

  • Multifocal Glioma or Gliomatosis cerebri
  • refusal of the patients to take part in the study
  • previous re-irradiation or prior radiosurgery or prio treatment with interstitial radioactive seeds
  • time interval of \< 6 months after primary radiotherapy
  • Patients who have not yet recovered from acute toxicities of prior therapies
  • Known carcinoma \< 5 years ago (excluding Carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin) requiring immediate treatment interfering with study therapy
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Participation in another clinical study or observation period of competing trials, respectively.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

56 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01166308

Start Date

December 1 2010

End Date

April 1 2016

Last Update

May 17 2018

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University Hospital of Heidelberg, Department of Radiation Oncology

Heidelberg, Germany, 69120