comparison of high dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy with tandem ring applicators using combination of rectal retractor and radio-opaque vaginal packing with rectal retractor alone in cervical cancer
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C539- Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/07/034973
- Lead Sponsor
- Indira Gandhi Medical College Shimla
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
patients completed external beam radiotherapy followed by Intracavitatory brachy done by tandem ring applicators with or without radio-opaque vaginal packing
Exclusion Criteria
patients completed external beam radiotherapy followed by Intracavitatory brachy in which ovioids were used.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary objective is to compare the standard ICRU 38 rectal point doses in patients consecutively treated using combination of RR and radio-opaque vaginal packing verses RR alone.Timepoint: 6 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary objective is to compare other dose volume parameters as per ICRU 38 recommendations including bladder point doses, point B doses, (Vref), (V60Gy) and TRAK values. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 6 weeks