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Clinical trialNCT00039572CompletedPhase 1/PHASE2Interventional

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in Treating Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme or Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain

SponsorBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBrain and Central Nervous System TumorsMelanoma (Skin)Metastatic Cancer
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Summary

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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy such as boron neutron capture therapy may kill tumor cells without harming normal tissue. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of boron neutron capture therapy in treating patients who have glioblastoma multiforme or melanoma metastatic to the brain.
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Investigators

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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Boronophenylalanine-fructose complex
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 May 2002
Primary completion
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Completion
31 Jan 2005
Last update posted
26 Jun 2013
Registered enrollment
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Registry id
NCT00039572
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.