Comparing SBRT to CRT in Patients With Spinal Metastases

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorUniversity Health Network, Toronto

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

Prior radiotherapy, with fields overlapping, resulting in excessive doses to organs at risk

Lymphoma, myeloma or germ cell malignancies

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Radiotherapy

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups