New radiation approach aims to stop brain tumor regrowth
NCT ID NCT06557512
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This pilot trial is testing a type of radiation called hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for people who have had surgery for a grade II or recurrent grade I meningioma. The treatment delivers higher doses of radiation in fewer sessions, which may kill leftover tumor cells more effectively while reducing side effects. The study will enroll 23 participants to primarily check safety and see how well it prevents the tumor from coming back within 3 years.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (a precise, high-dose radiation treatment)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a more effective and safer way to prevent meningioma regrowth after surgery, reducing the need for repeat treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (23 people) with no control group, so results may not apply broadly. Radiation can still cause side effects like swelling or damage to nearby brain tissue.
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Study facts
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- 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 23 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>+ 18 years at time of study entry * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. * Histologic diagnosis of newly diagnosed World Health Organization (WHO) grade 2 or recurrent WHO grade 1 meningioma. With regard to recurrent WHO grade 1 meningioma, participants must present with radiographic evidence of recurrence, and have a histologic diagnosis of WHO grade 1 meningioma at the most recent resection. \* Note: For participants diagnosed outside of University of California San Francisco (UCSF), re-review of pathology at UCSF is strongly encouraged. Hematoxylin and eosin (H\&E) slides will be reviewed by UCSF pathologists. * Participants must have undergone a gross-total surgical resection as deemed by their neurosurgeon (Simpson grade I-III resection), using all available information which can include post-operative MRI, of a meningioma within 180 days of enrollment. * Participants must have a pre-operative MRI. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 (Karnofsky score of 70 or higher) * Participants must have post-operative MRI indicating anatomy suitable for hypofractionated radiosurgery, as reviewed by the Radiation Oncology co-principal investigators (PIs). Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent participation in another clinical study with an investigational product unless it is an observational (non-interventional) study or the follow-up period of an interventional study. * Extensive multifocal (3 or more meningiomas) or metastatic disease. * Participants with tumors within 2mm of the optic apparatus or brainstem will be excluded. * Participants with another active primary malignancy or history of previous malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancers, low and intermediate risk prostate cancers, and in situ cancers such as bladder, gastric, colon, cervical/dysplasia, or breast) are excluded unless a complete remission was achieved at least 2 years prior to study entry and no additional therapy is required or anticipated to be required during the study period. * Female participants who are pregnant. * Any underlying medical or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with evaluation of study treatment or interpretation of participant safety or study results. * Participants with uncontrolled seizures, defined as greater than 3 disabling seizures per day while on anti-epileptic drugs. * Participants who have had previous intracranial radiotherapy overlapping with the area that would be targeted for stereotactic radiosurgery by this study.
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Locations
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University of California, San Francisco
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