# Dexamethasone and Supportive Care With or Without Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain and Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

> **NCT00403065** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Medical Research Council** · enrollment: 1000 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Lung Cancer
- Metastatic Cancer

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** dexamethasone
- **PROCEDURE:** quality-of-life assessment
- **RADIATION:** radiation therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00403065
- **Lead sponsor:** Medical Research Council
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-10
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2013-03
- **Target enrollment:** 1000 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2013-08-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00403065

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00403065, "Dexamethasone and Supportive Care With or Without Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain and Cannot Be Removed By Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00403065. Licensed CC0.

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