🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-05-09

Definitive Radiation for High-Risk Spine Metastases (NCT06165419)

A Phase II Study Evaluating Definitive Radiosurgical Decompression in Patients With High-Risk Spinal Metastases

🟢 Recruiting Phase2 📋 Clinical Research Protocol Sponsor: Stony Brook University

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This study is looking at whether patients with cancer that has aggressively spread to the spine can be treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy only and avoid a large spine surgery

Who can join: Review the eligibility criteria below.

Location: Stony Brook University Hospital — Stony Brook, New York

Age range: 18 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • SBRT to the spine (RADIATION)

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Full eligibility criteria are available on the official NIH protocol. View the criteria ↗

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • Stony Brook University Hospital — Stony Brook, New York

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (631) 216-2990

Email: hermina.munoz@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
🏛️ View Official NIH Record ↗