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In-Room PET in Proton Radiation Therapy

NCT01228448 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2020-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigational part of this study is using a mobile PET/CT scanner to take images of the participants tumor immediately after they are treated with proton radiation. This allows the participant to be treated and imaged on the same bed. The information obtained may improve the accuracy of treatment and may help to minimize the dose delivered unnecessarily to healthy tissue.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

PET scan

In-Room PET scan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helen A. Shih, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2020-01-31
Completion
2020-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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