Cyberknife Precision Radiation Delivery System for Tumors of the Spine

Stanford University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Brain (Nervous System) Cancers; Spinal Cord Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Stereotactic radiosurgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00185666

NCT00185666

SPN0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the usefulness of Cyberknife precision radiation in eliminating or preventing the further growth of spinal tumors and lesions.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:- Intra-axial, extra-axial, or vertebral spinal lesion

• Age > 5
• Histologic confirmation of malignant primary lesion or radiographic diagnosis of benign or vascular spinal lesion
• No rapidly deteriorating symptoms of spinal cord compression
• No instability of the spine
• Life expectancy > 6 months Exclusion Criteria:- Patients without tumors of the spine
• Patients younger than 5 years old

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)