Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty and Radiotherapy Versus Radiotherapy Alone for Osseous Spine Metastases
Patients with 1 to 4 painful osseous spine metastases are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment
arms:
- Arm 1: 8 Gy in a single fraction
- Arm 2: 8 Gy in a single fraction followed by vertebroplasty of the vertebral bodies,
within 14 days after radiotherapy
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Evaluation of pain relief with the Brief Pain Index (BPI), by a blind arm trial algologist, 3 months after radiotherapy.
3 months after radiotherapy
Yes
jean-Marc SIMON, MD
Principal Investigator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
France: Ministry of Health
P040426
NCT00267033
November 2005
August 2008
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