Radiation Therapy

Clinical Trials

Below is a list of Radiation Therapy clinical trials from the clinical trials database at Mayo Clinic.

This list includes only trials about which Mayo researchers choose to publish information. Mayo Clinic may be conducting other trials which are not in this database. Mayo's clinical trials include experimental treatments, often unavailable elsewhere, which frequently lead to improved patient care for people worldwide. Patients should ask their doctor at Mayo about clinical trials appropriate for their situation.

Chemotherapy and High Dose Radiation Therapy before Surgery followed by Additional Chemotherapy for Stage IIIA/IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (RTOG 0229)
To determine the effects (good and bad) of combination chemotherapy and high dose radiation therapy followed by surgery and chemotherapy on you and your lung cancer. After the initial treatment of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, surgery is done to remove any remaining cancer and to decrease the risk of the cancer returning to the lung. To determine if high dose radiation with chemotherapy increases control of lung cancer prior to surgery and to determine the safety of combining chemotherapy, high dose radiation, and surgery.
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Comparing Combined External Beam Radiation and Transperineal Interstitial Permanent Brachytherapy with Brachytherapy Alone for Selected Patients with Prostate Cancer (0232)
This research study is being done to:

• Compare the effects (good and bad) of two different radiation treatments in patients with prostate cancer. The effects of placing small radioactive seeds inside your prostate (brachytherapy) after external radiation therapy will be compared to the effects of using brachytherapy alone in patients with prostate cancer.
• See which treatment is better.
• Look at your biopsied prostate cancer tissue for information that may help predict and treat prostate cancer in the future.
• Gather information about the effects of the treatment on your quality of life.
• Compare the cost between the two treatments, including long term costs, for patients under Medicare.

Drug and Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme (N0177)
This research study is being done to determine the effectiveness of combining an investigational drug called erlotinib (OSI-774) and radiation therapy in treating patients who have glioblastoma multiforme, a special type of brain tumor.
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