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Evaluation of the Best Treatment in Terms of Quality of Life for Patients Having a Brain Metastasis

Evaluation of the Best Treatment in Terms of Quality of Life for Patients Having a Brain Metastasis

Non Recruiting
18-70 years
All
Phase N/A

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Overview

Main Goal : evaluation of quality of life for patient having a brain metastasis and allowed to have either surgery and radiosurgery of the surgical site or only hypofractionned radiosurgery on the lesion.

second objectives : evaluation of the local control of the disease evaluation of the overall survival interval without progression evaluation of the medico economic performance of each treatment protocol neuro cognitive evaluation at the end of the protocol

Description

A patient with a brain metastasis may have the choice between surgery and focal radiosurgery of the surgical site and only hypofractionned radiosurgery on the lesion.

No previous study has focused on quality of life regarding these two treatments options.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • eligible for both treatments options OMS status <3 primary cancer with no evolution brain metastasis < 3cm ou giving symtoms patient with informed consent patient affilated to french social security

Exclusion Criteria:

  • OMS > 3 More than 3 brain metastasis brain metastasis already treated with hypofractionned radiosurgery

Study details
    Quality of Life
    Brain Metastases

NCT04358666

University Hospital, Caen

20 August 2025

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