CT Scans in Guiding the Treatment of Patients With Prostate Cancer Who Are Undergoing Radiation Therapy

This study has been completed.
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00020891
First received: July 11, 2001
Last updated: January 17, 2013
Last verified: January 2013

July 11, 2001
January 17, 2013
March 2001
June 2006   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Treatment accuracy [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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  • Reduction in the proportion of patients with large target positioning errors using CT guided procedure [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Organ motion and setup errors [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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CT Scans in Guiding the Treatment of Patients With Prostate Cancer Who Are Undergoing Radiation Therapy
The Use Of Multiple CT Scans To Reduce Target Positioning Errors In Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiotherapy Treatment For Prostate Cancer

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Multiple CT scans may improve the accuracy of radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of multiple CT scans in guiding the treatment of patients who have prostate cancer and are undergoing radiation therapy.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the accuracy of radiotherapy delivery using multiple CT scans to guide patient positioning vs the standard portal image guided procedure in patients with prostate cancer undergoing external beam radiotherapy.
  • Determine the reduction in the proportion of patients with large target positioning errors using the CT-guided procedure.
  • Determine organ motion and setup errors over the course of radiotherapy in order to develop efficient clinical intervention strategies in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo radiotherapy over 9 weeks. Patients undergo a CT scan immediately prior to receiving radiotherapy on treatment days 3-8 and then weekly thereafter. On 3 different days, patients also undergo CT scan immediately after radiotherapy. If the CT scans indicate a correction that exceeds the action level currently in effect, then beginning with the next treatment, the patient's position with respect to the radiation field is adjusted.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 25 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Interventional
Phase 2
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Prostate Cancer
  • Procedure: computed tomography
  • Radiation: radiation therapy
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Completed
25
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June 2006   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Undergoing external beam intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer
  • Able to maintain treatment position for about 40 minutes

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

  • Not specified
Male
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No
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United States
 
NCT00020891
01-022, P30CA008748, MSKCC-01022, NCI-G01-1968
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Study Chair: Michael Lovelock, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
January 2013

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