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A trial looking at proton beam radiotherapy for sinus cancer (PROTIS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Nasal and paranasal sinus cancer

Status:

Open

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is comparing proton beam therapy with intensity modulated radiotherapy to treat cancer of the nose and sinuses.

It is open to people with cancer of the nose and sinuses that has:

  • spread to other parts of the head such as the eye socket, skin, roof of the mouth or other sinus cavities or

  • spread to the ethmoidal sinus only. These are the small cavities in the spongy ethmoid bone in the upper part of the nose.

Recruitment start: 16 September 2024

Recruitment end: 30 September 2029

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor David Thomson

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

National Institute for Health and Care Research

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/22/006.

Last reviewed: 14 January 2025

CRUK internal database number: 19890

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