Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
NCT00006231
Protocol/serial number
L52
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mesothelioma
Intervention
Arm 1: XRT: (21 Gy in 7 Gy fraction over 2 days)
Arm 2: No XRT
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
19/02/1998
Overall trial end date
31/12/2002
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Tissue proven malignant pleural mesothelioma after chest drain, pleural biopsy and/or thoracoscopy
2. The invasive procedure should have occurred no more than 21 days previously
3. Informed consent
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
19/02/1998
Recruitment end date
31/12/2002
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
UKCCCR Register Co-ordinator
London
NW1 2DA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) (UK)
Sponsor details
PO Box 123
Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PX
United Kingdom
+44 (0)207 317 5186
kate.law@cancer.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Cancer Research UK
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
other non-profit
Location
United Kingdom
Funder name
West of Scotland Lung Cancer Group
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2007 results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17588698
Publication citations
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Results
O'Rourke N, Garcia JC, Paul J, Lawless C, McMenemin R, Hill J, A randomised controlled trial of intervention site radiotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma., Radiother Oncol, 2007, 84, 1, 18-22, doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.05.022.