New radiation approach targets dozens of tumors at once
NCT ID NCT04530513
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a new radiation technique called SABR in 13 adults with cancer that had spread to more than 10 spots in the body. The goal was to see if giving high-dose, precise radiation to all cancer sites is safe. Researchers looked for side effects and quality of life changes. This is the first step in exploring whether SABR can help people with very advanced cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that SABR is safe for treating many cancer spots at once, potentially offering a new option for advanced cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small study with only 13 participants. It focuses on safety, not effectiveness, and may not lead to better outcomes. High-dose radiation to many sites carries risks of serious side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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13 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2020
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or older * Willing and able to provide informed consent * ECOG 0-2 * Life expectancy greater than 3 months * Histologically confirmed malignancy with metastatic disease detected on imaging. A biopsy of a metastatic site is preferred, but not required. * Staging/Re-staging within 6 weeks prior to enrollment: * Brain: Computerized Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for tumor sites with propensity for brain metastasis. All patients with brain metastases (at enrollment or previously treated) require an MRI of the brain. * Body: CT neck/chest/abdomen/pelvis and bone scan required. This may be replaced with a Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/CT (18-Fluorodeoxyglucose \[FDG\] or Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen \[PSMA\]) except for tumors where FDG uptake is not expected. * Spine: MRI of the spine is not mandatory for enrollment. * Presence of poly-metastatic disease, defined as total number of targets greater than 10 * No standard of care systemic therapy option exists for the patient, the patient refuses further standard systemic therapy, or there is no intent to deliver systemic therapy for 3 months after enrollment. * At the discretion of the treating oncologist, it is believed that all sites of disease can be safely treated for enrollment on study. Exclusion Criteria: * Serious medical comorbidities precluding radiotherapy. These include interstitial lung disease in patients requiring thoracic radiation, Crohn's disease in patients where the Gastrointestinal (GI) tract will receive radiotherapy, ulcerative colitis where the bowel will receive radiotherapy or connective tissue disorders such as lupus or scleroderma. * For patients with liver metastases, moderate/severe liver dysfunction * Inadequate baseline bone marrow function (i.e. symptomatic anemia, neutropenia and/or thrombocytopenia which may interfere with the ability to deliver radiation). * Chronic kidney dysfunction Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) less than 30 where a significant dose of radiotherapy is expected to be delivered to the kidney. * Substantial overlap with a previously treated radiation volume. Prior radiotherapy in general is allowed, as long as the composite plan meets dose constraints herein. For patients treated with radiation previously, biological effective dose calculations should be used to equate previous doses to the tolerance doses. * Prior treatment with systemic radiopharmaceuticals (i.e. Radium 223 or Lutetium 177) * More than 50 metastases (count excluding equivocal lesions less than 5mm in size) * Any single metastasis greater than 5 cm in size. This is a firm cut-off. * Any brain metastasis greater than 3 cm in size or a total volume of brain metastases greater than 30 cc. This is a firm cut-off. * Central Nervous System (CNS) only disease * Metastasis in the brainstem. * Inability to treat all sites of disease, which may include: * Disease involving any of the following: GI tract (including esophagus, stomach, small or large bowel), mesenteric lymph nodes, and/or skin * Diffuse or "miliary" metastatic disease of brain, bone, lung, liver or other sites (i.e. lymphangitic spread, malignant pleural effusion/ascites, peritoneal disease, leptomeningeal metastases) where it would be impossible to deliver radiotherapy at the intended dose level * Any evidence of epidural disease on any baseline imaging. * Clinical or radiologic evidence of spinal cord compression. * Dominant brain metastasis requiring surgical decompression. * Patients treated with prior systemic therapy are eligible for this study, however, systemic therapy agents that are cytotoxic, immunotherapeutic, or molecularly targeted agents are NOT allowed within the period of time commencing 2 weeks prior to radiation. Patients on conventional hormone therapy with anti-estrogen therapy (including but not limited to tamoxifen, letrozole, anastrozole, Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone \[LHRH\] agonists or antagonists) or anti-testosterone therapy (including but not limited to LHRH agonists or antagonists, direct anti-androgens like bicalutamide, apalutamide or steroid synthesis inhibitors like abiraterone) may continue this medication. No systemic therapy may be planned to initiate within 6 weeks after completion of radiotherapy. * Pregnant or lactating women.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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London Health Sciences Centre - London Regional Cancer Program
London, Ontario, N6A 5W9, Canada
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