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Prone Breath Hold Technique to Decrease Cardiac and Pulmonary Doses in Women Receiving Left Breast Radiotherapy

NCT02379988 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2023-05-17

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Summary

This is a pilot study to determine whether the addition of inspiratory hold (breath holding) can decrease the radiation dose that the heart and lung receive for patients being treated for left sided breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

Verify radiation dose to heart and lung

This is a pilot study to determine whether the addition of inspiratory hold (breath holding) can decrease the radiation dose that the heart and lung receives for patients being treated for left sided breast cancer.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Arizona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Victor J Gonzalez, MD · University of Arizona Radiation Oncology

  • Uma Goyal, MD · University of Arizona Radiation Oncology

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-06
Primary Completion
2016-07-03
Completion
2016-07-03

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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