The Therapeutic Effect of Thalidomide in RI

Summary

Purpose: This phase II clinical trial aims to evaluate the indications, therapeutic effects and side effects of thalidomide in radiation-induced brain injury. Further study details as provided by Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University / Yameitang. Primary outcome measure: The primary endpoint is the brain injury remission at week 15. In brief, the brain lesion will be evaluated by using brain MRI scan before and after thalidomide regimen. The clinical efficacy is defined as ≥ 25% reduction in brain edema volume on FLAIR images at week 15, as compared with that before thalidomide usage.

Timeline

Start

2017-07-19

Primary completion

2020-01-30

Completion

2020-07-30

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The trial met its primary endpoint, with 27 of 58 patients enrolled showing ≥25% reduction PMID 36812346 ↗

Publications

• Cheng J, Jiang J, He B, Lin WJ, Li Y, Duan J, Li H, Huang X, Cai J, Xie J, Zhang Z, Yang Y, Xu Y, Hu X, Wu M, Zhuo X, Liu Q, Shi Z, Yu P, Rong X, Ye X, Saw PE, Wu LJ, Simone CB 2nd, Chua MLK, Mai HQ, Tang Y. A phase 2 study of thalidomide for the treatment of radiation-induced blood-brain barrier injury. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Feb 22;15(684):eabm6543. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abm6543. Epub 2023 Feb 22.

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