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Temporally-Modulated Pulsed Radiation Therapy after Prior External Beam Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Recurrent IDH-Mutant Gliomas

Trial Status: closed to accrual

This clinical trial tests the safety and side effects of temporally-modulated pulsed radiation therapy (TMPRT) in treating patients with gliomas that have been treated with radiation therapy in the past, have come back (recurrent), and have a genetic change in the IDH gene (IDH-mutant). Standard radiation therapy is typically delivered once daily in a continuous manner, during which patients lie on a treatment table for approximately 10 minutes. TMPRT is a new way of delivering radiation therapy by breaking each daily treatment into 10 segments, or “pulses,” with about 3 minutes of rest in between each pulse of radiation. TMPRT may be more efficient at killing tumor cells while also reducing damage to normal brain tissue and blood vessels.