The effect of individualized fixation devices on the actual given dose in patients treated with curative (chemo)-radiation for head and neck cancer: a pilot study
- Conditions
- hoofd-hals tumorenhead and neck cancer
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON34090
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
- Intended curative primary or postoperative radiotherapy for cancer of the head and neck, either or not combined with systemic treatment (chemotherapy or cetuximab);
- Suitable for treatment on LINAC E (with cone beam CT);
- Age >18 years;
- WHO performance status 0-2;
- Women of childbearing potential must not be pregnant or lactating;
- Absence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial;
Patients with postoperative wound healing problems
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary endpoint of this study is the actual given dose. The actual given<br /><br>dose is the dose administered to the patient during treatment, taking into<br /><br>account patient positioning accuracy and patient deformations. This actual<br /><br>given dose will in general deviate from the planned dose that was calculated<br /><br>based on the planning CT only. The actual given dose for the two different<br /><br>groups will be calculated and compared to the planned dose. The dose<br /><br>distributions of the following structures will be taken into account:<br /><br>- Gross Tumour Volumes (GTVprimary tumour and GTVlymph node metastases)<br /><br>- Clinical Target Volumes (CTV70 and CTV54.5)<br /><br>- Planning Target Volumes (PTV70 and PTV54.5)<br /><br>- Spinal cord<br /><br>- Parotid glands (ipsilateral and contralateral)<br /><br>- Submandibular glands (ipsilateral and contralateral)<br /><br>- Pharyngeal constrictor muscles (superior, medium and inferior)<br /><br>- Thyroid gland</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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