New study aims to reduce brain fog after radiation for skull tumors
NCT ID NCT05895344
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at two types of radiation therapy for a slow-growing brain tumor near the cavernous sinus. Researchers want to see if proton therapy causes less long-term harm to thinking and memory than standard photon radiation. About 160 adults aged 18 to 70 will be followed for years after treatment. The goal is to find out which method better protects brain function over time.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 160 people
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- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2032
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 70 years
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Cavernous sinus meningioma for which clinical target volume is larger than 3 centimeters * Anterior skull base meningioma, invading by contiguity the cavernous sinus can be included * Histologic proven Grade I meningioma * Meningioma for which biopsy is not safely achievable and for which growing and imaging criteria are in favour of grade I meningioma can be included * Age \>18 years and ≤70 years * Indication of irradiation validated by a pluridisciplinary meeting * Adjuvant or exclusive irradiation is allowed. * Use of conventional fractionation: 1.8Gy (RBE)/fraction * Signed informed consent form * WHO Performance status equal to 0 or 1 * Patient affiliated to the French social health insurance * MoCA score ≥ cut-off of GRECOGVASC normative data (Roussel, 2016, cf annexe 1) * Patient whose neuropsychological abilities allow to follow the requirements of the protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with mutation in a known predisposition gene (NF-2, SMARCE-1…) * Cerebrovascular pathology, presence of other tumors of the nervous system, congenital malformations of the nervous system, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other dementias, organic psychosis (other than dementia), schizophrenia, and neurodegenerative disease * Radiosurgery, hypofractionated regimen * Other localization than cavernous sinus * Histologic proven Grade II or III meningioma * Patient with unadjusted antiepileptic drug * Contraindication to MRI * Patient with a history of brain irradiation * Patient with a history of cancer in the last five years (excluding skin baso-cellular carcinoma) * Pregnant/breastfeeding woman * Any geographical conditions, social and associated psychopathology that may compromise the patient's ability to participate in the study * Participation in a therapeutic trial for less than 30 days * Patient deprived of freedom or under guardianship
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The places running it
13 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Grenoble-Alpes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGrenoble, France
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Centre Antoine Lacassagne
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNice, France
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Centre Francois Baclesse
RECRUITINGCaen, 14000, France
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Centre Guillaume le Conquerant
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLe Havre, France
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Centre Léon Bérard
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, France
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Centre Paul Strauss
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGStrasbourg, France
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Gustave Rousy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVillejuif, France
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Hopital d'Instruction des Armées PERCY
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGClamart, France
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Hospices civils de Lyon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, France
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Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, France
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IUCT
RECRUITINGToulouse, France
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Institut Curie
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Institut Curie
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSaint-Cloud, France
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