Comparing SBRT to CRT in Patients With Spinal Metastases
ConditionSpinal Metastases
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorUniversity Health Network, Toronto
This is a single institutional registry-based, prospective, observational study to describe radiation oncologists' decision making during evaluation of patients and to compare real-world outcomes of SBRT vs CRT.
A registry-based trial involves observing the effect of something without manipulating it.
Adults 18 years of age or older.
Patients seen at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre with painful spinal metastases amenable to radiation treatment.
Confirmation of diagnosis: a) Known/documented prior histological cancer diagnosis
Able to provide written consent
Prior radiotherapy, with fields overlapping, resulting in excessive doses to organs at risk
Lymphoma, myeloma or germ cell malignancies