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NCT03286335
Local Control, Quality of Life and Toxicities in Adults With Benign or Indolent Brain Tumors Undergoing Proton Radiation Therapy
NA trial testing Proton Radiation in Brain Tumor in 100 participants. Currently enrolling.
30 September 2027
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Massachusetts General Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 100 |
| Start date | 26 September 2018 |
| Primary completion | 30 September 2027 |
| Estimated completion | 30 September 2027 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Proton Radiation
Conditions studied
- Brain Tumor — all drugs for Brain Tumor →
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Brain Tumor. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This research study is studying Proton Radiation as a possible treatment for brain tumor. The radiation involved in this study is: -Proton Radiation
Publications & conference data
3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Proton beam therapy for cancer in the era of precision medicine.
Hu M, Jiang L, Cui X, Zhang J, et al · · 2018 · cited 57× · PMID 30541578 · DOI 10.1186/s13045-018-0683-4 -
Unique brain injury patterns after proton vs photon radiotherapy for WHO grade 2-3 gliomas.
Winter SF, Gardner MM, Karschnia P, Vaios EJ, et al · · 2024 · cited 8× · PMID 39126664 · DOI 10.1093/oncolo/oyae195 -
Mitigating Radiotoxicity in the Central Nervous System: Role of Proton Therapy.
Winter SF, Vaios EJ, Shih HA, Grassberger C, et al · · 2023 · cited 8× · PMID 37728819 · DOI 10.1007/s11864-023-01131-x
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT03286335
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03286335 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Massachusetts General Hospital
- Last refreshed: 15 April 2026
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