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Local Ablative Therapy for the Treatment of Oligoprogression in Patients Undergoing Systemic Therapy for Lung Cancer, OBLITERATE Trial

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests the effectiveness and safety of local ablative therapy in treating patients undergoing systemic therapy for disease progression at a limited number of sites (oligoprogression) with either stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR), hypofractionated radiation therapy, or interventional radiology (IR) ablation therapy. SABR is a high dose of radiation delivered to all the current cancer spots with the goal to prevent these spots from growing, while limiting the dose to the surrounding organs. Hypofractionated radiation is a type of treatment in which the total dose of radiation is divided into large doses and treatments are given less than once a day. IR ablation therapy, such as radiofrequency ablation, uses a high frequency, electric current to kill tumor cells. IR ablation therapy, such as microwave ablation, kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above normal body temperature. Information gained from this trial may allow researchers to determine the clinical benefit of adding local ablative therapy to systemic therapy in treating patients with oligoprogression.