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NCT Number: NCT00643370

Quantifying Lung Tumor Movement Under Deep Inspiration Breath Holds

Radiotherapy is a common treatment for lung cancer. One Challenge of delivering radiation treatment to lung tumors accurately is tumor movement which occurs as a patient breathes. In some situations, tumors move enough during breathing so that some or all of the tumor may be missed by a radiation treatment. One way to decrease the amount a lung tumor moves during radiotherapy treatments is for patients to held their breath briefly during a radiation treatment. By doing this, a patient's lung tumor may not move as much as it would during regular breathing. In this study, the investigators aim to study patients with lung cancers which move during breathing. Patients will be asked to hold their breath after inspiration while a CT scan of their lung tumor is obtained. The purpose of this study is to study how much less patients' lung tumors move when they hold their breath

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Cross Cancer Institute

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • biopsy confirmed primary lung cancer
  • undergoing radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy
  • able to perform adequate deep inspiration breath hold
  • patients of childbearing potential must practice adequate contraception
  • signed study-specific informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • unable to perform adequate deep inspiration breath hold
  • prior tumor resection
  • prior chest or neck RT
  • pregnant

Treatment and study plan

CT scan of the chest under deep inspiration breath hold

Other

computed tomography scan of the chest under dep inspiration breath hold conditions

Primary outcomes

  1. tumor movement

    Time frame: 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AHS Cancer Control Alberta

Other

Collaborators

  • Cross Cancer Institute

Registry information

Official study title

Quantifying Lung Tumor Movement Under Dep Inspiration Breath Holds

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2011
First posted
Mar 26, 2008
Registry last updated
Feb 17, 2016

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