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Breast CancerPhase 3NCT00003162

Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Bone Metastases From Breast or Prostate Cancer

A Phase 3 study testing pain therapy and radiation therapy in people with Breast Cancer and Metastatic Cancer, run by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group at 253 sites in 2 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen is more effective for bone metastases. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare different radiation therapy regimens in treating patients who have bone metastases from breast or… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Breast Cancer, Metastatic Cancer, Pain
What is being tested?
pain therapy and radiation therapy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
949 participants
Where
253 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
Feb 1998to Jul 2003
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically proven breast or prostate cancer
  • Radiographic evidence of bone metastasis within 8 weeks of study
  • Eligible treatment sites:
  • Weight-bearing sites:
  • Pelvis (excluding pubis)
  • Femur
  • Sacrum and/or sacroiliac joints
  • Tibia
  • Non-weight-bearing sites:
  • Up to 5 consecutive cervical, thoracic, or lumbar vertebral bodies
  • Lumbosacral spine
  • Up to 3 consecutive ribs
  • Humerus
  • Fibula
  • Radius with/without ulna
  • Clavicle
  • Scapula
  • Pubis
  • If multiple sites are treated, site is included as weight bearing if any of the sites include the pelvis, sacrum, femur, or tibia
  • Worst pain score of at least 5 on a scale of 10
  • No skull, feet, or hand metastases
  • No spinal cord or cauda equina compression/effacement in vertebral metastases
  • Multiple sites eligible if they can be included in no greater than 3 treatment sites

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 40-100%

Life expectancy:

  • At least 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No impending fracture of the treatment site
  • No hematologic primary malignancies
  • Negative pregnancy test

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No change in immunotherapy within 30 days

Chemotherapy:

  • No change in chemotherapy within 30 days

Endocrine therapy:

  • No change in hormonal therapy within 30 days

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiation therapy to treatment area
  • At least 30 days since systemic radiotherapy (Sr 89)

Surgery:

  • No prior palliative surgery to treatment area
  • No planned surgical fixation of the bone

Trial locations and contacts

253 sites in 2 countries.

253 sites in 2 countries

United States234 sites

  • Akron General Medical Center

    Akron, Ohio, 44302

  • Akron City Hospital

    Akron, Ohio, 44309

  • Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center

    Albany, New York, 12208

  • Radiation Oncology Associates of Albuquerque

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital

    Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18103

  • Harrington Cancer Center

    Amarillo, Texas, 79106

  • St. John's Medical Center

    Anderson, Indiana, 46016

  • CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752

  • Anne Arundel Oncology Center

    Annapolis, Maryland, 21401

  • Northwest Community Hospital

    Arlington Heights, Illinois, 60005

  • Emory University Hospital - Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

  • CCOP - Atlanta Regional

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701

  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Cancer Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21204

  • Harbor Hospital Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21225

  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21225

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231-2410

  • Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70809

  • Green Mountain Oncology Group

    Bennington, Vermont, 05201

  • St. Luke's Hospital Regional Cancer Center

    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18015

  • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

    Billings, Montana, 59101

  • Lourdes Regional Cancer Center

    Binghamton, New York, 13905

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294-3300

  • Medcenter One Health System

    Bismarck, North Dakota, 58501

  • Bloomington Hospital

    Bloomington, Indiana, 47402

  • State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn

    Brooklyn, New York, 11203

  • New York Methodist Hospital

    Brooklyn, New York, 11215-3609

  • Vermont Cancer Center

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401-3498

  • Cooper Cancer Institute

    Camden, New Jersey, 08103

  • CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

    Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403-1206

  • Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7295

  • Cancer Center at the University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

  • Christ Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219

  • Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267-0502

  • Ireland Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065

  • University Hospitals of Cleveland

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195-5044

  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • Finger Lakes Radiation Oncology Center

    Clifton Springs, New York, 14432

  • Memorial Hospital Cancer Center

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80909

  • Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia

    Columbia, Missouri, 65203

  • Medical Center/John B. Amos Community Cancer Center

    Columbus, Georgia, 31902

  • CCOP - Columbus

    Columbus, Ohio, 43206

  • Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1240

  • Mount Diablo Medical Center

    Concord, California, 94524-4110

  • Northeast Medical Center

    Concord, North Carolina, 28025

  • Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822-2001

  • Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital

    Darby, Pennsylvania, 19023

  • CCOP - Central Illinois

    Decatur, Illinois, 62526

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Denver, Colorado, 80010

  • CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

    Des Moines, Iowa, 50309-1016

  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1379

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

  • Delaware County Memorial Hospital

    Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, 19026

  • Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010-3000

  • Wendt Regional Cancer Center of Finley Hospital

    Dubuque, Iowa, 52001

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange

    East Orange, New Jersey, 07018-1095

  • Pocono Cancer Center

    East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 18301

  • John F. Kennedy Medical Center

    Edison, New Jersey, 08818

  • Trinitas Hospital - Jersey Street Campus

    Elizabeth, New Jersey, 07201

  • McLaren Regional Cancer Center

    Flint, Michigan, 48432

  • Hurley Medical Center

    Flint, Michigan, 48503

  • California Cancer Center

    Fresno, California, 93720

  • Saint Agnes Cancer Center

    Fresno, California, 93720

  • University of Florida Health Science Center

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610-0296

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas, 77555-0209

  • Saint Mary's Hospital and Medical Center

    Grand Junction, Colorado, 81502

  • CCOP - Green Bay

    Green Bay, Wisconsin, 54301

  • St. Vincent Hospital

    Green Bay, Wisconsin, 54307-3508

  • Sutter Health West Cancer Research Group

    Greenbrae, California, 94904

  • East Carolina University School of Medicine

    Greenville, North Carolina, 27858-4354

  • CCOP - Greenville

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29615

  • RMH Regional Cancer Center

    Harrisonburg, Virginia, 22801

  • Ingalls Memorial Hospital

    Harvey, Illinois, 60426

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033-0850

  • MBCCOP - Hawaii

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813

  • University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030-4009

  • Huntsville Hospital System

    Huntsville, Alabama, 35801-4470

  • Comprehensive Cancer Institute of Huntsville

    Huntsville, Alabama, 35801

  • Cape Cod Hospital

    Hyannis, Massachusetts, 02601

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • Clarian Health Partners Inc.

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46206-1367

  • Regional Cancer Center

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46219

  • Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, Tennessee, 38301

  • Edna Williams Cancer Treatment Center

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32207

  • Mayo Clinic

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

    Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130

  • CCOP - Kalamazoo

    Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49007-3731

  • CCOP - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64131

  • CCOP - Dayton

    Kettering, Ohio, 45429

  • Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation

    La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601

  • Wilford Hall - 59th Medical Wing

    Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 78236-5300

  • Oncology Institute of Greater Lafayette

    Lafayette, Indiana, 47904

  • Kimball Medical Center

    Lakewood, New Jersey, 08701

  • CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106

  • Norris Cotton Cancer Center

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756-0002

  • Central Baptist Hospital

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40503

  • Lexington Clinic Cancer Center

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40504

  • Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084

  • Loma Linda University Medical Center

    Loma Linda, California, 92354

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach

    Long Beach, California, 90822

  • Monmouth Medical Center

    Long Branch, New Jersey, 07740-6395

  • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

    Los Angeles, California, 90033-0804

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781

  • James Graham Brown Cancer Center

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202

  • Louisville Radiation Oncology

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40215

  • Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center

    Lubbock, Texas, 79410-1894

  • Southern Wisconsin Radiotherapy Center

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53713

  • University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792-6164

  • Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center

    Madisonville, Kentucky, 42431

  • Elliot Regional Cancer Center

    Manchester, New Hampshire, 03103

  • CCOP - North Shore University Hospital

    Manhasset, New York, 11030

  • Marquette General Hospital

    Marquette, Michigan, 49855

  • Marshfield Clinic

    Marshfield, Wisconsin, 54449

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

  • Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center

    Melbourne, Florida, 32901

  • University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38103

  • Community Memorial Hospital

    Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 53051

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33125

  • Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136

  • Baptist Hospital of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33176-2197

  • CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center

    Miami Beach, Florida, 33140

  • MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland

    Midland, Michigan, 48670

  • South Jersey Regional Cancer Center

    Millville, New Jersey, 08332

  • Columbia Hospital

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211

  • St. Luke's Medical Center

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53215

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226

  • Trinity Cancer Care Center

    Minot, North Dakota, 58701

  • MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

    Mobile, Alabama, 36688

  • Alabama Oncology, LLC

    Montgomery, Alabama, 36106-2801

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center at Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County

    Mount Holly, New Jersey, 08060

  • Ball Memorial Hospital

    Muncie, Indiana, 47303-3499

  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-6838

  • Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903

  • MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Tulane University School of Medicine

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • CCOP - Ochsner

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032

  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

    Newark, New Jersey, 07112

  • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

    Oakland, California, 94609-3305

  • St. Anthony Hospital

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73101

  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73190

  • CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68106

  • Methodist Cancer Center - Omaha

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114

  • Nebraska Health System

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-7460

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando

    Orlando, Florida, 32806

  • Bay Medical Center

    Panama City, Florida, 32401

  • Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center

    Panama City, Florida, 32405-4587

  • Lutheran General Cancer Care Center

    Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068

  • Huntington Cancer Center

    Pasadena, California, 91105

  • Bayshore Medical Center

    Pasadena, Texas, 77504

  • CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

    Peoria, Illinois, 61602

  • Methodist Medical Center of Illinois

    Peoria, Illinois, 61636

  • University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-4283

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107-5541

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111

  • Albert Einstein Cancer Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19141

  • Foundation for Cancer Research and Education

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85013

  • Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212-4772

  • University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213-3489

  • Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15219

  • Western Pennsylvania Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224

  • Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

    Plattsburgh, New York, 12901

  • Cancer Care Center

    Pomona, California, 91767

  • Atlantic City Medical Center

    Pomona, New Jersey, 08240

  • Maine Medical Center

    Portland, Maine, 04102

  • CCOP - Columbia River Program

    Portland, Oregon, 97213

  • Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, Virginia, 23708-2197

  • Vassar Brothers Hospital

    Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601

  • Roger Williams Medical Center/BUSM

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02908-4735

  • All Saints Cancer Center

    Racine, Wisconsin, 53405

  • Rex Healthcare

    Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607

  • Rapid City Regional Hospital

    Rapid City, South Dakota, 57709

  • Reading Hospital and Medical Center

    Reading, Pennsylvania, 19612-6052

  • Bon-Secours - St. Mary's Hospital

    Richmond, Virginia, 23226

  • Massey Cancer Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0037

  • Valley Hospital

    Ridgewood, New Jersey, 07450

  • Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

  • University of Rochester Cancer Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642

  • Regional Radiation Oncology Center at Rome

    Rome, Georgia, 30165

  • William Beaumont Hospital

    Royal Oak, Michigan, 48073

  • Radiation Oncology Center - Sacramento

    Sacramento, California, 95816

  • CCOP - Metro-Minnesota

    Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416

  • Peninsula Regional Medical Center

    Salisbury, Maryland, 21801

  • University of Utah Health Sciences Center

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132

  • Latter Day Saints Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84143

  • Radiation Medical Group, Inc.

    San Diego, California, 92101-1492

  • UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0128

  • O'Connor Hospital

    San Jose, California, 95128

  • CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

    Santa Rosa, California, 95403

  • Sarasota Radiation and Medical Oncology Center

    Sarasota, Florida, 34233

  • CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259-5404

  • Mercy Hospital Cancer Center - Scranton

    Scranton, Pennsylvania, 18501

  • Virginia Mason Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98111

  • North Shore Radiation Oncology

    Setauket, New York, 11733

  • Siouxland Hematology-Oncology

    Sioux City, Iowa, 51101-1733

  • CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104

  • CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium

    South Bend, Indiana, 46601

  • CCOP - Upstate Carolina

    Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303

  • Deaconess Medical Center

    Spokane, Washington, 99210-0248

  • Cancer Research for the Ozarks

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807

  • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807

  • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

    St Louis, Missouri, 63108

  • St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110-0250

  • Dixie Regional Medical Center

    St. George, Utah, 84770

  • St. Joseph's Regional Health System

    Stockton, California, 95204

  • State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210

  • CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.

    Syracuse, New York, 13217

  • Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

    Tallahassee, Florida, 32308

  • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

    Tampa, Florida, 33612-9497

  • CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

    Toledo, Ohio, 43623-3456

  • Community Medical Center

    Toms River, New Jersey, 08755

  • David Grant Medical Center

    Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535

  • Capital Health System at Mercer

    Trenton, New Jersey, 08607

  • St. Francis Medical Center

    Trenton, New Jersey, 08629

  • William Beaumont Hospital - Troy

    Troy, Michigan, 48098

  • St. John Health System

    Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104

  • Radiation Oncology Associates of West Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35401

  • CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

    Urbana, Illinois, 61801

  • Associated Radiologists, P.A.

    Warren Township, New Jersey, 07059

  • Howard University Cancer Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20060

  • Waukesha Memorial Hospital

    Waukesha, Wisconsin, 53188

  • Schiffler Cancer Center

    Wheeling, West Virginia, 26003

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882

  • Wilkes Barre General Hospital

    Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18764

  • CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19899

  • CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27104-4241

  • Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157-1082

  • Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital

    Yakima, Washington, 98902

  • Riverhill Radiation Oncology

    Yonkers, New York, 10701

  • York Hospital

    York, Pennsylvania, 17315

Other trials in United States

Canada19 sites

  • Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2

  • Cross Cancer Institute

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2

  • CHUS-Hopital Fleurimont

    Fleurimont, Quebec, J1H 5N4

  • Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury

    Greater Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1

  • Nova Scotia Cancer Centre

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 1V7

  • Cancer Care Ontario-Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 5C2

  • Kingston Regional Cancer Centre

    Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5P9

  • Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre

    London, Ontario, N6A 4L6

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

    Montreal, Quebec, H2L-4M1

  • McGill University

    Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1S6

  • Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 1C4

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

    Québec, Quebec, G1R 2J6

  • Allan Blair Cancer Centre

    Regina, Saskatchewan, S4T 7T1

  • Saint John Regional Hospital

    Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4L2

  • Saskatoon Cancer Centre

    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 4H4

  • Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation

    St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3V6

  • Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Thunder Bay

    Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 7T1

  • Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5

  • Princess Margaret Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

Other trials in Canada

About this study

Official title: Randomized Trial of Palliative Radiation Therapy for Osseous Metastases: A Study of Palliation of Symptoms and Quality of Life

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen is more effective for bone metastases.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare different radiation therapy regimens in treating patients who have bone metastases from breast or prostate cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the ability of a single fraction of radiation therapy vs multiple fractions to provide complete pain relief in patients with painful bone metastases from breast or prostate cancer.
  • Determine the frequency and duration of pain relief and narcotic relief after these treatments in these patient populations.
  • Compare the effect on quality of life of these two treatments in these patient populations.
  • Compare the incidence of pathologic fracture within the treatment fields after these two treatments in these patient populations.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study.

Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment arms. Arm I consists of radiation therapy delivered in 10 fractions over 2 weeks. Arm II consists of a single dose of radiation therapy. Any retreatment does not occur until at least 4 weeks after prior treatment unless there is an increase of 2 points on the pain score.

Patients are followed and quality of life is assessed at 2 and 4 weeks, then at 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, every 6 months for the next 3 years, then annually until death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: This study will accrue 938 patients within 2 years.

Being tested
pain therapy, radiation therapy
Keywords
stage IV breast cancer, recurrent breast cancer, stage IV prostate cancer, recurrent prostate cancer, bone metastases, pain
Medical subject headings
Breast Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis, Pain, Prostatic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • pain therapyProcedure or surgery

  • radiation therapyRadiation

Study groups in NCT00003162
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
3.0 Gy x 10 fractions in two weeksActive comparator3.0 Gy x 10 fractions for a total dose of 30.0 Gy in two weeks
Receives: Procedure: pain therapy; Radiation: radiation therapy
8.0 Gy x 1 fractionExperimental8.0 Gy x 1 fraction for a total dose of 8.0 Gy in a single dose
Receives: Procedure: pain therapy; Radiation: radiation therapy

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Apr 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 1998
  3. Primary completionJul 2003

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
949 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003162
Sponsor's protocol ID
RTOG-9714
Other IDs
CDR0000065957, NCCTG-R9714, NCI-P97-0124
Status last verified
Nov 2015
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
17 Nov 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Konski A, James J, Hartsell W, Leibenhaut MH, Janjan N, Curran W, Roach M, Watkins-Bruner D. Economic analysis of radiation therapy oncology group 97-14: multiple versus single fraction radiation treatment of patients with bone metastases. Am J Clin Oncol. 2009 Aug;32(4):423-8. doi: 10.1097/COC.0b013e31818da9f7.

    PubMed 19546803

  • Bruner DW. Outcomes research in cancer symptom management trials: the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) conceptual model. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2007;(37):12-5. doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgm004.

    PubMed 17951225

  • Juliano JJ, Reddy CA, Videtic GMM: How fast does practice change? A single-institution experience in utilization of a single fraction for palliation of bone metastases before and after RTOG 9714. [Abstract] Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66 (3 Suppl 1): A-2561, S521-2, 2006.

  • Chow E, James J, Barsevick A, Hartsell W, Ratcliffe S, Scarantino C, Ivker R, Roach M, Suh J, Petersen I, Konski A, Demas W, Bruner D. Functional interference clusters in cancer patients with bone metastases: a secondary analysis of RTOG 9714. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Apr;76(5):1507-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.04.024. Epub 2009 Jul 23.

    PubMed 19632065

  • Howell DD, James JL, Hartsell WF, et al.: Randomized trial of short-course versus long-course radiotherapy for palliation of painful vertebral bone metastases: A retrospective analysis of RTOG 97-14. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 27 (Suppl 15): A-9521, 2009.

  • Hartsell WF, Desilvio M, Bruner DW, Scarantino C, Ivker R, Roach M 3rd, Suh J, Demas WF, Movsas B, Petersen IA, Konski AA. Can physicians accurately predict survival time in patients with metastatic cancer? Analysis of RTOG 97-14. J Palliat Med. 2008 Jun;11(5):723-8. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0259.

    PubMed 18588404

  • Konski A, Desilvio M, Hartsell W, Watkins-Bruner D, Coyne J, Scarantino C, Janjan N. Continuing evidence for poorer treatment outcomes for single male patients: retreatment data from RTOG 97-14. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Sep 1;66(1):229-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.04.005. Epub 2006 Jul 11.

    PubMed 16814950

  • Hartsell WF, Scott CB, Bruner DW, Scarantino CW, Ivker RA, Roach M 3rd, Suh JH, Demas WF, Movsas B, Petersen IA, Konski AA, Cleeland CS, Janjan NA, DeSilvio M. Randomized trial of short- versus long-course radiotherapy for palliation of painful bone metastases. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Jun 1;97(11):798-804. doi: 10.1093/jnci/dji139.

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing pain therapy and radiation therapy in people with Breast Cancer and Metastatic Cancer, run by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group at 253 sites in 2 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Nov 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 253 sites in United States, Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00003162, which also lists 11 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 17 Nov 2015.

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