Spinal tumor showdown: surgery vs. radiation in new trial

NCT ID NCT02986516

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study compares two standard treatments for a rare spinal tumor called sacral chordoma: surgery and radiation therapy. Researchers want to see which approach better prevents the tumor from coming back. About 100 adults with newly diagnosed, localized chordoma will take part.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Agenzia Provinciale per la Protonterapia - AtreP

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Trento, 38122, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Florence, 50134, Italy

  • Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica - CNAO

    RECRUITING

    Pavia, 27100, Italy

  • Centrum Onkologii-Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Poland

  • EBG GmbH MedAustron

    RECRUITING

    Wiener Neustadt, Österreich, 2700, Austria

  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

    RECRUITING

    Milan, MI, 20133, Italy

  • H. San Carlos

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Madrid, Spain

  • H. Val D'Hebron

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center - HIT

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Heidelberg, Germany

  • Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Valencia, 46017, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

    RECRUITING

    Seville, Spain

  • Hosptial San Pau

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Spain

  • I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Milan, 20161, Italy

  • II Clinica Universitaria Ortopedia e Traumatologia AO Pisa

    RECRUITING

    Pisa, 56124, Italy

  • Istituto Clinico Humanitas

    RECRUITING

    Milan, 20089, Italy

  • Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

    RECRUITING

    Bologna, 40136, Italy

  • Istituto Regina Elena - IFO

    RECRUITING

    Rome, 00100, Italy

  • Leiden University Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Leiden, Netherlands

  • Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology,

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Dresden, Germany

  • Medical University of Graz

    RECRUITING

    Graz, Austria

  • National Center for Spinal Disorders

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Budapest, Hungary

  • Netherlands Cancer Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Norwegian Radium Hospital/Oslo Univeristi Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Oslo, N-0424, Norway

  • Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    London, United Kingdom

  • Saitama Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Saitama, Japan

  • The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Dresden, Germany

  • University Hospital Essen. West German Proton Therapy Center Essen

    RECRUITING

    Essen, Germany

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