NCT00255671

Acute Side Effects in Patients Who Are Undergoing Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors or Other Brain Disorders

Prospective Study on the Short-Term Adverse Effects From Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 76 (actual)
• Sponsor: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Learning about the side effects of stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with brain tumors or other brain disorders may help doctors plan treatment and help patients live more comfortably. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the acute side effects in patients who are undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery for brain tumors or other brain disorders.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the incidence and types of acute complications in patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery for brain tumors or other brain disorders. * Determine the time frame for development and resolution of these complications in these patients. * Determine the severity of these complications in these patients. OUTLINE: Patients undergo stereotactic radiosurgery. Patients also complete questionnaires about the side effects they experience from radiosurgery. The questionnaires are completed at baseline and at 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months after radiosurgery. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 94 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

• Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
• Metastatic Cancer
• Radiation Toxicity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Questionnaire	Patients complete questionnaires about the side effects they experience from radiosurgery. The questionnaires are completed at baseline and at 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months after radiosurgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-05-01
• Primary completion: 2008-04-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2005-11-21
• Last updated: 2020-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States