A study looking at radiotherapy after surgery to treat a type of brain tumour called meningioma

Overview

Cancer types:

Brain (and spinal cord) tumours

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This study looked at radiotherapy after surgery to help prevent meningioma coming back.

A meningioma is a tumour that starts in the membrane (meninges) covering the brain and spinal cord. They are usually benign (not cancerous). Although benign meningiomas (grade 1) are slow growing, other meningiomas can grow more quickly. Doctors call these atypical (grade 2) or malignant (grade 3) meningiomas.

This study was for people who had a grade 2 or grade 3 meningioma.

It was open for people to join between 2008 and 2013, and these results were published in 2018.

Recruitment start: 6 February 2008

Recruitment end: 28 June 2013