Could five doses of proton therapy before surgery improve sarcoma outcomes?
NCT ID NCT05917301
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a shorter course of proton therapy (just five treatments) before surgery for soft tissue sarcoma is safe and effective. Researchers will track wound healing, side effects, and quality of life in 40 adult patients over two years. The goal is to see if this approach can speed up treatment while keeping outcomes good.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- proton therapy (hypofractionated)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a faster, safer radiation option before sarcoma surgery, reducing treatment time and possibly improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. There is a risk of wound complications or other side effects from the radiation.
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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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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2032
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.
- 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: * Adult patients (≥18 years of age) * Patients with primary or locally recurrent extremity or truncal soft tissue sarcoma * WHO/ECOG status ≤2 Exclusion Criteria: * History of prior local radiation therapy * Inability to tolerate treatment position for duration of simulation or treatment * Tumor originating in retroperitoneal location * Patients planned for systemic therapy including chemotherapy, targeted agents, and immunotherapy * Co-existing malignancy or treated malignancy in the last 2 years expected to limit life expectancy; does not include completely resected cutaneous basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, in situ breast or cervical malignancies, or other pathologies at the discretion of the investigators. * Confirmed pregnancy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sibley Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20016, United States
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