Automating Breast Radiation Therapy (RT)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Procedure: Cone Beam CT

• Registration Number: NCT00923871
• Lead Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto

Brief Summary

Breast radiation treatment is planned from a Computed Tomography (CT) scan. This study is designed to investigate a method to reduce the time between the planning of radiation treatment and its actual start by automating the intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning process. The investigators plan to examine data from another scan called Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). A CBCT scan provides similar information to a conventional CT scan, however the images for CBCT are acquired at the treatment unit (linear accelerator used for treatment). Using these x-ray pictures of patients, the study team consisting of a radiation oncologist, a medical physicist and a radiation therapist will create a custom treatment plan unique to each patient. By doing this, the investigators hope to reduce the amount of time spent waiting for treatment and the number of hospital visits for patients in the future.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-06
• Study First Submitted: 2009-06-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-06-17
• Study First Posted: 2009-06-18
• Primary Completion: 2015-01-05
• Study Completion: 2016-04-29
• Status Verified: 2022-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2022-10-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with breast cancer who will receive standard two-field tangential whole breast radiation therapy with dose prescription of 4240 cGy in 16 fractions, 5000 cGy in 25 fractions or 4000 cGy in 16 fractions.
• Patients with any stage of breast cancer.
• Patients with prior treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy for any type of cancer.
• Able to provide a written informed consent.
• 18 years of age or older.

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Exclusion Criteria

• < 18 years of age.
• Unable to provide informed consent.
• Males.
• Patients who received partial breast radiation and not the standard dose.
• Patients who will not receive 4240 cGy in 16 fractions, 5000 cGy in 25 fractions, or 4000 cGy in 16 fractions.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cone Beam CT	Cone Beam CT	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To generate on-line IMRT treatment plans using automated tools based on CBCT images acquired at the treatment unit.	3 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Health Network, Princess Margaret Hospital; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada