The purpose of this study is to determine whether radiotherapy (RT) combined with recombined human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor(rhGM-CSF) is safe, effective in the treatment of patients with advanced thymic epithelial tumours.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Patients with stable or progressing metastatic thymic epithelial tumours, with at least two distinct measurable sites of disease, were treated with concurrent radiotherapy (35 Gy in ten fractions or 60Gy in 30 fractions) to one metastatic site and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (125 μg/m(2) subcutaneously injected daily for 2 weeks, starting during the second week of radiotherapy).
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGThe abscopal effect rate
The proportion of patients with an abscopal response assessed after the initiation of treatment The proportion of patients with an abscopal response assessed after the initiation of treatment
Time frame: up to 12 months
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