New trial: can targeted radiation boost survival in patients with up to 10 metastases?
NCT ID NCT05717166
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase III trial tests whether adding stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) to standard treatment (chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or palliative radiation) improves survival in adults with 1 to 10 metastatic tumors and an active primary cancer. About 180 participants will be randomly assigned to standard care alone or standard care plus SABR. The study aims to see if this approach extends life and preserves quality of life.
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 adding precise, high-dose radiation to standard treatment helps people with limited metastatic cancer live longer and maintain quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early phase III trial with 180 participants, so results may not apply to all cancer types. SABR can cause side effects like fatigue or damage to nearby organs, and it may not improve survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
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.
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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 years or older * Willing to provide informed consent * Karnofsky performance status \> 60 * Life expectancy \> 6 months * Histologically confirmed malignancy with metastatic disease detected on imaging. Biopsy of metastasis is preferred, but not required. * Total number of metastases 1-10 at the time of enrollment, with a primary tumor also present * Restaging completed within 12 weeks prior to randomization (see section 5.1) * For patients receiving thoracic radiotherapy, the enrolling physician must confirm there are no computed tomography (CT) changes suggestive of fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) (i.e. reticular changes, traction bronchiectasis, or honeycombing) reported on any prior CT scans. If any are present, the patient must be assessed by a respirologist to rule out ILD prior to enrollment. * 10 or fewer lifetime metastases from the cancer for which participants are being enrolled Exclusion Criteria: * Serious medical comorbidities precluding radiotherapy. These include ILD in patients requiring thoracic radiation, Crohn's disease in patients where the gastrointestinal (GI) tract will receive radiotherapy, or ulcerative colitis where the bowel will receive radiotherapy and connective tissue disorders such as lupus or scleroderma. * For patients with liver metastases, moderate/severe liver dysfunction (Child Pugh B or C); please see the Child-Pugh score calculator. * 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 listed in Appendix 1. All such cases must be discussed with a member of the study steering committee. * Malignant pleural effusion * Inability to treat all sites of disease * Brain metastasis \> 3 cm in size or a total volume of brain metastases greater than 30 cc. * Metastasis in the brainstem * Clinical or radiologic evidence of spinal cord compression * Metastatic disease that invades any of the following: GI tract (including esophagus, stomach, small or large bowel), or skin * Pregnant or lactating women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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BC Cancer - Centre for the North
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPrince George, British Columbia, V2M 7E9, Canada
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BC Cancer - Vancouver
RECRUITINGVancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4C2, Canada
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Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-CHUM
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 0C1, Canada
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London Regional Cancer Program of the Lawson Health Research Institute
RECRUITINGLondon, Ontario, N6A 5W9, Canada
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Universitätsspital Zürich
RECRUITINGZurich, Switzerland
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