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A Clinical Trial to Reduce Skin Burn Induced by Breast Radiotherapy Using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

NCT00187343 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 340

Last updated 2008-09-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of a 3D missing tissue compensation radiation technique during a standard adjuvant breast radiotherapy delivering a dose of 50Gy in 25 treatments could reduce significantly the occurence rate and the degree of acute skin reaction compared to a standard wedged irradiation technique.

Conditions

  • Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

DEVICE

Breast IMRT

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • British Columbia Cancer Agency

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jean-Philippe PIGNOL, MD, PhD · Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-09-30
Completion
2005-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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