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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN17931175
Date of registration: 28/02/2001
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Public title: A joint MRC/European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) study of radiotherapy for low grade astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas
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Date of first enrolment: 01/08/1986
Target sample size: 250
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN17931175
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Hannah    Brooks
Address:  MRC Clinical Trials Unit 222 Euston Road NW1 2DA London United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 16-66
2. World Health Organisation (WHO) performance status 0-2
3. Neurosurgery within past 8 weeks
4. No previous malignancy
5. No previous treatment except surgery
6. Corticosteroids, anticonvulsants or diuretics
7. No condition likely to prejudice treatment or follow up

Exclusion criteria: History of cardiac disease

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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cancer
Cancer
Astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas
Intervention(s)
Two groups - post-operative radiotherapy and no post-operative radiotherapy.
Primary Outcome(s)
Survival time, Morbidity, Time to progression
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary ID(s)
BR04
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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