Skipping radiation after brain surgery
Treatments studied
Part of Brain & nervous system, Cancer clinical trials.
This study is for people with melanoma or lung cancer that has spread to the brain and who have had surgery to remove the brain tumor. It looks at whether it is safe to skip the usual radiation treatment after surgery, while taking a targeted drug therapy that is known to be effective in the brain.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- Your brain tumor was completely removed by surgery within the last 5 weeks.
- Your cancer is either melanoma or a type of lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR or ALK changes.
- You are planning to take a specific drug for your cancer, such as ipilimumab and nivolumab, osimertinib, brigatinib, alectinib, or lorlatinib.
- You have not had radiation to the brain tumor that was removed, and you are not scheduled for whole brain radiation.
- You can have MRI scans of the brain.
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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