Status:
COMPLETED
Respiratory Tumor and Normal Tissue Motion
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Conditions:
Lung Cancer
Abdominal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
Primary Objectives: * To collect accurate and reliable respiration-induced anatomic structure motion data using four-dimensional (4-D) imaging technology. * To analyze these data to study respiration...
Detailed Description
You will be taking part in this study while you receive radiotherapy treatment for your tumor. You will be trained to breathe in a certain way that will help the study staff to perform motion CT scan...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with pathological diagnosis of cancer in the thorax or abdomen.
- Patients must be planned to have radiation therapy delivered over at least 4 weeks (a minimum standard duration of curative radiotherapy).
- Patients must be able to lie flat for the duration of the CT image acquisition sessions.
Exclusion
- 1\. Patients who are neither able to breathe nor hold breath in a regular and reproducible manner will be removed from the study as being ineligible. Breathing or breath-holding regularity determination will be based on respiration traces acquired with the RPM system.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2004
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
86 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00415675
Start Date
November 1 2004
Last Update
October 23 2012
Active Locations (1)
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UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030