Computer Planned Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme
Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2
Conditions studied: Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
In brief
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Computer systems that allow doctors to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to plan treatment may result in more effective radiation therapy. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy that has been planned with a computer plus chemotherapy in treating patients who have glioblastoma multiforme.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00003417
- Run by
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 1998-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-11-17
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Comprehensive Cancer Institute of Huntsville — Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Huntsville Hospital System — Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast — Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Alabama Oncology, LLC — Montgomery, Alabama, United States
- DCH Cancer Treatment Center — Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
- Foundation for Cancer Research and Education — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Mount Diablo Medical Center — Concord, California, United States
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
- Saint Agnes Cancer Center — Fresno, California, United States
- California Cancer Center — Fresno, California, United States
- Sutter Health Western Division Cancer Research Group — Greenbrae, California, United States
- Loma Linda University Medical Center — Loma Linda, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
- Huntington Cancer Center — Pasadena, California, United States
- Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center — Pomona, California, United States
- Radiation Oncology Center - Sacramento — Sacramento, California, United States
- Radiation Medical Group, Incorporated — San Diego, California, United States
- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California, United States
- O'Connor Hospital — San Jose, California, United States
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — Santa Rosa, California, United States
- David Grant Medical Center — Travis Air Force Base, California, United States
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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