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Utility of Anatometabolic Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning for Lung Cancer
This study has been completed.
First Received: May 19, 2000   Last Updated: June 23, 2005   History of Changes
Sponsored by: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Information provided by: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005666
  Purpose

This is a research study for patients with inoperable lung cancer called non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Currently, the information from a radiological test, computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, is used to design the best arrangement of radiation beams which will kill tumor cells and still spare the normal parts of lungs and other normal organs in the chest. The purpose of this study is to explore whether adding information from another radiological test, called positron emission tomography (PET), will improve the accuracy of the radiation beam arrangement designed to treat lung cancer. A PET scan is a way to picture the biochemistry of tissues and organs: of how tissues in the body take up glucose, a normal nutrient of the body. The researchers will attempt to create radiation treatment plans from PET images alone and compare differences between hypothetical plans and standard-of-care CT-based radiation treatment plans. Because there is honest uncertainty about the contribution of PET to radiation treatment planning, it is possible that there will be no difference between a CT-based treatment plan and one resulting from PET information. It is also possible that the addition of PET may result in a radiation beam arrangement that may better control lung cancer. The addition of PET may also result in treating less normal tissues, which may lower the risk of radiation side effects. This study will provide the preliminary data necessary to design a larger clinical trial that may define the role of PET in radiation treatment planning.


Condition Intervention
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Procedure: PET scan use in radiotherapy planning

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Lung Cancer Nuclear Scans Radiation Therapy
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Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Open Label
  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed locally advanced NSCLC (squamous, large cell undifferentiated or adenocarcinoma).
  • Disease limited to the thorax, adjacent mediastinum and neurovascular structures, and supraclavicular or scalene lymph node area, as defined by the AJCC Staging System. This includes patients with Stage IIIA and IIIB disease.
  • Performance status of 0-2 by Southwest Oncology Group criteria.
  • Medically inoperable patients (Stage I or II)
  • Locoregional recurrent tumor following surgery will be eligible provided they meet other eligibility criteria.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005666

Locations
United States, Michigan
UH B2 C490 Box 0010 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
Sponsors and Collaborators
  More Information

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Study ID Numbers: NCRR-M01RR00042-1662, M01RR00042
Study First Received: May 19, 2000
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005666     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Center for Research Resources (NCRR):
Diagnostic imaging

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Carcinoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Thoracic Neoplasms
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Carcinoma

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