Radiation after surgery may keep rare adrenal cancer at bay

NCT ID NCT07141147

Not yet recruiting Disease control Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether giving radiation therapy after surgery can help prevent high-risk adrenocortical carcinoma from coming back. Fifty-eight patients who had their tumor completely removed will be randomly assigned to either receive radiation or just be monitored. The main goal is to see if radiation improves the chance of staying cancer-free for three years.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: radiation therapy
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that adding radiotherapy after surgery helps prevent cancer from coming back in patients with high-risk adrenocortical carcinoma.
What could go wrong: This is a small early-stage trial with only 58 patients, so results may not apply broadly. Radiotherapy can cause side effects like damage to nearby organs.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

adrenal carcinoma adrenal cortex carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

HIGH-RISK LOCALIZED ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA RADIOTHERAPY

Contacts and locations

Locations

Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China

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