NCT02831959CompletedPhase 3
Pivotal, Open-label, Randomized Study of Radiosurgery With or Without Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) for 1-10 Brain Metastases From Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Oct 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study is a prospective, randomized controlled phase III trial, to test the efficacy, safety and neurocognitive outcomes of advanced NSCLC patients, following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for 1 inoperable brain metastasis or 2-10 brain metastases, treated with NovoTTF-200M and supportive treatment compared to supportive treatment alone. The device is an experimental, portable, battery operated device for chronic administration of alternating electric fields (termed TTFields or TTF) to the region of the malignant tumor, by means of surface, insulated electrode arrays.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 298 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Jul 2016
- Start date
- Jul 2016
- Primary completion date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- NovoCure GmbH
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT02831959
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 298
- From Jul 2016 to the primary completion date, 29 Nov 2024
- 128 sites in 15 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Prior WBRT for newly diagnosed brain metastases
- Planned concurrent brain directed therapy (beyond SRS and NovoTTF-200M as per protocol)
Other illness
- Patients with intractable seizures
- Known allergies to medical adhesives or hydrogel
Lab values
- Patients who are known to have somatic tumor mutations in the following genes, for which targeted agents are available that directly affect the treatment of brain metastasis: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), ROS-1 proto- oncogene, and proto-oncogene B-RAF
- Severe comorbidities:
- Clinically-significant inadequate hematological, hepatic and renal function, defined as: Neutrophil count \< 1.5 x 10 9/L and platelet count \< 100 x 10\^9/L; bilirubin \> 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); aspartate transaminase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \> 2.5 x ULN or \> 5 x ULN if patient has documented liver metastases; and serum creatinine \> 1.5 x ULN
- History of significant cardiovascular disease unless the disease is well controlled. Significant cardiac disease includes second/ third degree heart block; significant ischemic heart disease; poorly controlled hypertension; congestive heart failure of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II or worse (slight limitation of physical activity; comfortable at rest, but ordinary activity results in fatigue, palpitation or dyspnea).
- History of arrhythmia that is symptomatic or requires treatment. Patients with atrial fibrillation or flutter controlled by medication are not excluded from participation in the study.
- History of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) within 6 months prior to randomization or that is not stable
- Active infection or serious underlying medical condition that would impair the ability of the patient to received protocol therapy
- History of any psychiatric condition that might impair patient's ability to understand or comply with the requirements of the study or to provide consent
Other
- Patients who have a single, operable brain metastasis
- Patients with significant edema leading to risk of brain herniation
- Patients with midline shift \> 10mm
- Leptomeningeal metastases
- Recurrent brain metastases
- Implantable electronic medical devices in the brain
- Currently pregnant or breastfeeding
Who the study is looking for
- 18 years of age and older
- Life expectancy of ≥ 3 months
- New diagnosis of brain metastases from a histologically or cytologically confirmed primary or metastatic NSCLC tumor within 5 years of registration on the study. If the original histological proof of malignancy is greater than 5 years, then pathological confirmation is required (i.e.: from extra-cranial or intracranial disease).
- 5\. 1 inoperable brain metastasis or 2- 10 brain lesions per screening MRI, confirmed by contrast enhanced MRI amenable to SRS according to the following criteria:
- largest tumor volume \< 10 cc b. longest tumor diameter \< 3 cm c. Cumulative volume of all tumors ≤ 15 cc 6. At least one measurable disease per study protocol 7. Patients must be receiving optimal therapy for their extracranial disease according to local practice at each center. Patients may continue on systemic therapy while receiving TTFields.
- 8\. Able to operate the NovoTTF-200M device independently or with the help of a caregiver 9. Clinical trials prior to enrollment are allowed, as long as no brain directed therapy was included (current treatment trials are exclusionary)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (128)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medizinische Universität Innsbruck Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Innsbruck | Austria | Unknown status |
| UMHAT Sv. Ivan Rilski EAD, Department of Medical Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Sofiamed, Department of Medical Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Jewish General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Le CIUSSS de I'Est-de-L'ile de Montreal - Hôpital Maisonneuve Rosemont Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| (CHUS) Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Service de Neurochirurgie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sherbrooke | Canada | Unknown status |
| CancerCare Manitoba Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winnipeg | Canada | Unknown status |
| Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Peking University Third Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| The First Hospital of Jilin University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changchun | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Xingtai Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hebei | China | Unknown status |
| Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jinan | China | Unknown status |
| Shandong Cancer Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jinan | China | Unknown status |
| Nanjing Drum Tower hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanjing | China | Unknown status |
| Qingdao Central Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Qingdao | China | Unknown status |
| Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| The First Hospital of China Medical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shenyang | China | Unknown status |
| Liaoning Cancer Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shenyang | China | Unknown status |
| The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shenzhen | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tianjin | China | Unknown status |
| Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Unknown status |
| Hubei Cancer Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wuhan | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated hospital of Xiamen University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xiamen | China | Unknown status |
| First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xi'an | China | Unknown status |
| Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Yangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Taizhou Hospital, Zhejiang Province Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zhejiang | China | Unknown status |
| Zigong Fourth People's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zigong | China | Unknown status |
| Klinik für Radioonkologie und Strahlentherapie der Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Charité Virchow-Klinikum Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Berlin | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Düsseldorf | Germany | Unknown status |
| Dr. Senckenbergisches Institut for Neurooncology, Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | Unknown status |
| Dr. Senckenbergisches Institut für Neuroonkologie, Zentrum der Neurologie und Neurochirurgie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | Unknown status |
| Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Klinik für Innere Medizin IV, Hämatologie / Onkologie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Halle | Germany | Unknown status |
| Heidelberg University Clinic for Radiooncology and Radiation Therapy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Heidelberg | Germany | Unknown status |
| Catalan Institute of Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro Edificio CIOCC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
| Clínica Universidad de navarra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pamplona | Spain | Unknown status |
| University Hospital Lille Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lille | France | Unknown status |
| Clairval Hospital Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Unknown status |
| Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint-Etienne | France | Unknown status |
| Queen Mary Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR China | Unknown status |
| Radiochirugia Zagreb Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sveta Nedelja | Croatia | Unknown status |
| National Koranyi Institute of Tb and Pulmonology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Budapest | Hungary | Unknown status |
| Onkologiai Osztaly, Balassa Janos Korhaz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Szekszárd | Hungary | Unknown status |
| Geza Hetenyi Hospital-Clinic of Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Szolnok | Hungary | Unknown status |
| Rambam Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haifa | Israel | Unknown status |
| Hadassah Medical Organization Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jerusalem | Israel | Unknown status |
| Rabin Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Petah Tikva | Israel | Unknown status |
| Sheba medical center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ramat Gan | Israel | Unknown status |
| Sourasky Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tel Aviv | Israel | Unknown status |
| A.O.S.G. Moscati Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale e di Alta Specialità Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Avellino | Italy | Unknown status |
| General Hospital Gavazzeni Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bergamo | Italy | Unknown status |
| Radioterapia Oncologica AOU Careggi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Florence | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Lecco Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lecco | Italy | Unknown status |
| University Hospital of Messina AOU Policlinico "G. Martino" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Messina | Italy | Unknown status |
| The IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| A.O.U Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Torino | Italy | Unknown status |
| Marek Harat Private Practice, Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Unknown status |
| University Clinical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Unknown status |
| Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gliwice | Poland | Unknown status |
| MS Clinsearch Sp. z.o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lublin | Poland | Unknown status |
| Szpital Kliniczny Przemienienia Pańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Unknown status |
| Gamma Knife Center Warsaw Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Unknown status |
| Center for Neuro-oncology, Neurosurgery Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Piedmont Brain Tumor Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Maryland Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bethesda | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham, Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
| Grandview Medical Center - Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
| Tufts Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Camden | United States | Unknown status |
| UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chapel Hill | United States | Unknown status |
| Medical University of South Carolina - Hollings Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Unknown status |
| Erlanger Baroness Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chattanooga | United States | Unknown status |
| Cleveland Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
| Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, University of Missouri Healthcare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbia | United States | Unknown status |
| Geisinger Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Danville | United States | Unknown status |
| Karmanos Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Unknown status |
| West Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Germantown | United States | Unknown status |
| St. Mary's Medical Center - Grand Junction Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grand Junction | United States | Unknown status |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center (NCMC) - Oncology - Greeley Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greeley | United States | Unknown status |
| Vidant Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greenville | United States | Unknown status |
| Prisma Health-Upstate Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greenville | United States | Unknown status |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Mischer Neuroscience Associates - Texas Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jackson | United States | Unknown status |
| UF Health Jacksonville Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| Mayo Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Kansas Cancer Center and Medical Pavilion Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Kentucky HealthCare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lexington | United States | Unknown status |
| MemorialCare Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Long Beach | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Louisville - James Graham Brown Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Louisville | United States | Unknown status |
| Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center - McKee Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Loveland | United States | Unknown status |
| Texas Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | McKinney | United States | Unknown status |
| Miami Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Aurora Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milwaukee | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) - Fairview - Masonic Cancer Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital - Givens Brain Tumor Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| John Nasseff Neuroscience Institute ANW Brain Tumor Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| Infirmary Cancer Care Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mobile | United States | Unknown status |
| Ochsner Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Orleans | United States | Unknown status |
| The Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment at St.Joseph Hospital of Orange Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Unknown status |
| Adult Oncology Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| UF Health Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| Barrow Neurological Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Mayo Clinic Phoenix Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Texas Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plano | United States | Unknown status |
| BRCR Medical Center Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plantation | United States | Unknown status |
| Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Portland | United States | Unknown status |
| Rhode Island Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Providence | United States | Unknown status |
| Kaiser Permanente-Redwood City Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Redwood City | United States | Unknown status |
| Renown Regional Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Reno | United States | Unknown status |
| Dignity Health - Mercy Cancer Centers Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sacramento | United States | Unknown status |
| Kaiser Permanente - Sacramento Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sacramento | United States | Unknown status |
| Sharp HealthCare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Diego | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Unknown status |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Savannah | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Washington Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Unknown status |
| Willis-Knighton Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shreveport | United States | Unknown status |
| Oncology Research | Mercy Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Unknown status |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Waco | United States | Unknown status |
| CDH-Delnor Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warrenville | United States | Unknown status |
| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) - Comprehensive Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winston-Salem | United States | Unknown status |
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