Can a Lower-Dose radiation 'Rotisserie' treatment ease skin lymphoma symptoms?
NCT ID NCT02702310
First seen Aug 19, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing whether low-dose total skin electron therapy, given while a person stands on a rotating platform, can improve quality of life for people with mycosis fungoides that has returned or not responded to prior treatment. Participants receive standard radiation care and fill out questionnaires about how their skin condition affects daily life. The study also tracks how well the skin responds to treatment over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Low-dose total skin electron therapy using the rotisserie technique
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a gentler, repeatable radiation option that improves quality of life for people with mycosis fungoides.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational trial, so it won't prove the treatment works better than other options. Side effects from radiation are still possible, and results may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2016
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
The high volume of cutaneous lymphoma patients seen at Vanderbilt makes it likely to significantly contribute to the knowledge about this treatment technique. Given the rarity of this disease, with Vanderbilt being a major treatment center for mycosis fungoides, the goal is to systematically contribute to the data for low-dose total skin electron therapy in order to prospectively assess these endpoints. It is expected to find skin manifestations of mycosis fungoides that are refractory or have relapsed on at least one prior therapy. Patients with prior skin electron therapy, including either high or low-dose total skin electron therapy, are permitted on this protocol if the radiation oncologist determines that low-dose radiation therapy can safely carried out. The goal is to assess quality of life and accurately grade skin findings following this non-experimental, standard of care, total skin electron radiation treatment.
- 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: * Biopsy confirmed mycosis fungoides stage IB-IIIA * Skin manifestations of mycosis fungoides that are refractory to or have relapsed on at least one prior therapy, which may include topical steroids * Life expectancy \> 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Serious medical condition that would make treatment unsafe * Pregnant or lactating patient
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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