To remove a brain tumor, patients usually receive radiation to lower the chance that the cancer will come back in the spot where the tumor was removed.
Primary Objective To estimate the risk of surgical bed recurrence of resected melanoma or NSCLC brain metastases treated with highly CNS-active systemic therapy without post-operative radiation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Systemic therapy regimen consisting of one of the following: dual-agent immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. ipilimumab and nivolumab) for melanoma, osimertinib for EGFR Mutant NSCLC, and brigatinib, alectinib, or lorlatinib for ALK rearranged/fusion positive NSCLC.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGsafety and adverse events (AEs).
Incidence of Adverse Events, Graded According to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) Version (v) 5.0
Time frame: Through study completion; an average of 1 year.
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