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Locally Ablative Therapy for the Treatment of Oligo-progressive Prostate Cancer, Urinary Tract Cancer or Kidney Cancer, LAYOVER Trial

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests how well local ablative therapy, such as stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR), hypofractionated radiation therapy, or interventional radiology (IR) ablation therapy, works in treating patients with prostate cancer, urinary tract cancer, or kidney cancer that is growing, spreading, or getting worse in a limited number of sites (oligo-progressive). SABR is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position a patient and precisely deliver radiation to tumors in the body. The total dose of radiation is divided into smaller doses given over several days. This type of radiation therapy helps spare normal tissue. 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 by heating them. IR ablation therapy, such as microwave ablation, kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above normal body temperature. Locally ablative therapies, such as SABR, hypofractionated radiation therapy, or IR ablation therapy, may prevent or slow progression of disease in patients with oligo-progressive prostate cancer, urinary tract cancer, or kidney cancer.