Daily MRI-guided radiation for spinal cord compression
Part of Brain & nervous system, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This trial tests a new way to give radiation therapy for spinal cord compression caused by cancer. It uses daily MRI scans to target the radiation more precisely, which may help protect the spinal cord and improve outcomes.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have cancer that has spread to the spine and is pressing on the spinal cord (spinal cord compression).
- Your cancer type is one that can be treated with surgery, such as breast, prostate, sarcoma, melanoma, gastrointestinal, lung, or kidney cancer.
- You are able to walk and are in fairly good health.
- You are willing to have an MRI every day during radiation treatment.
- You have not had radiation therapy to the same area before.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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