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The Use of Breathing Synchronized CT and PET Scans in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning

NCT00588328 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2015-12-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether a new device can help obtain more accurate CT and PET scans of the lungs and chest tumors and the liver and liver tumors to help in delivering radiation therapy. When we breathe, the amount of air in the lung changes. Lung tumors may also move during breathing. Liver tumors may also move with breathing; as the lungs inflate, the liver can be pushed down. A CT scan (a special type of X-ray) is routinely obtained as part of planning for lung or liver radiation therapy. Since patients breathe during this CT scan and their lung or liver tumors move, these CT scans can sometimes be inaccurate. We are now testing a device to only obtain the CT and an additional PET scan while patients are breathing in or out. This will hopefully allow us to deliver radiation with more accuracy.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

PET/CT scan

PET/CT scans

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-07-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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