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A trial of IMRT to treat bone and soft tissue sarcoma (IMRiS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bone cancer, Ewing sarcoma, Sarcoma, Soft tissue sarcoma

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at what the side effects of IMRT are when used to treat bone and soft tissue sarcoma. IMRT is a type of radiotherapy called intensity modulated radiotherapy.

It was open to people who had one of the following:

  • soft tissue sarcoma of the arm or leg

  • Ewing’s sarcoma that started in the pelvis or spine

  • bone sarcoma such as an osteosarcoma or a chondrosarcoma that is high grade in the pelvis and spine

  • chordoma in the pelvis or spine

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

The trial was open for people to join between 2016 and 2019. The team published these results in 2024.

Recruitment start: 7 March 2016

Recruitment end: 27 November 2019

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

Dr Beatrice Seddon

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

University College London Cancer Trials Centre (UCL CTC)

The Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance (RTTQA) Group

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/14/015.

Last reviewed: 6 November 2024

CRUK internal database number: 12059

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