Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT04139967
Study of Short Course Radiation Therapy for Elderly Patients With Rectal Cancer
Prospective Study of Short Course Radiation Therapy for Elderly Patients With Rectal Cancer
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 2 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study will help determine if a short course of radiation therapy is effective to treat rectal cancer in older patients. A shorter course of radiation treatment may be better tolerated than a longer course or surgery for the treatment of rectal cancer in the elderly.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RADIATION | Short course radiation therapy | 25 Gray in 5 fractions over 5-7 days |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-01-20
- Primary completion
- 2022-08-03
- Completion
- 2022-08-03
- First posted
- 2019-10-25
- Last updated
- 2023-07-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04139967. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.