NCT00415675

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-induced variations and patterns in variations of positions, shapes and volumes of tumors and normal anatomic structures in the thorax and abdomen over a breathing cycle, from one breathing cycle to the next, day-to-day and over the course of radiotherapy.
  • To assess dosimetric and potential clinical consequences of respiratory motion in the current practice of radiotherapy through preclinical treatment simulation (treatment planning) studies.
  • To quantify the potential consequences of explicitly accounting for respiration-induced motion on dose distributions and outcome (tumor control probabilities and normal tissue complication probabilities) through preclinical treatment simulation studies. Secondary Objectives:
  • To investigate the feasibility of using patient training to regulate patient breathing and improve the quality of images and to stratify patients for their eligibility for respiratory-correlated imaging and radiotherapy and for the implementation of various strategies for mitigation of respiratory-induced motion.
  • To assess the degree of correlation of the marker (or internal anatomic structure such as diaphragm) being tracked as surrogate of breathing with the motion of structures and the intra-fraction and inter-fraction reproducibility of such correlation.
  • To quantify the effects of radiation therapy on the patterns of respiratory-induced motion of structures through preclinical treatment simulation studies.
  • To compare various strategies for either accounting for or mitigating respiration-induced motion in the planning and delivery of radiation therapy.

Trial Health

80
On Track

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Enrollment
86

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

November 1, 2004

Completed
2.1 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 22, 2006

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

December 25, 2006

Completed
5.8 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

October 1, 2012

Completed
Last Updated

October 23, 2012

Status Verified

October 1, 2012

Enrollment Period

7.9 years

First QC Date

December 22, 2006

Last Update Submit

October 22, 2012

Conditions

Keywords

Lung CancerAbdominal CancerTissue MotionBreathingMotion CT Scans

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Indices of Respiration-induced Anatomic Structure Motion, Structure Volume + Structure Shape Changes

    3 Years Data Collection: Up to 12 scanning sessions per patient from baseline to completion of radiotherapy (minimally 4 week treatment)

Study Arms (1)

Respiratory Tumor + Normal Tissue Motion

Procedure: Motion CT Scans

Interventions

A total of up to 12 scanning sessions used to understand how the tumor and other organs move while breathing.

Respiratory Tumor + Normal Tissue Motion

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

Study participants with Abdominal or Lung Cancer.

You may qualify if:

  • 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.

You may not qualify if:

  • \. 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.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Lung NeoplasmsRespiratory Aspiration

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract NeoplasmsThoracic NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesRespiration DisordersPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • James D. Cox, MD

    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
CASE ONLY
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 22, 2006

First Posted

December 25, 2006

Study Start

November 1, 2004

Primary Completion

October 1, 2012

Last Updated

October 23, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-10

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