Motion of Kids on Radiation Treatment

NCT ID: NCT03995849

Last Updated: 2024-03-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

65 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-29

Study Completion Date

2024-02-05

Brief Summary

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At Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a comprehensive approach to help children stay still during radiation treatment (RT) such as audio-visual distraction (television) is routinely used. These techniques help reduce the need for sedation or general anaesthesia to keep children still to avoid the chance of missing the tumour during RT. This approach has not been systematically evaluated to determine its effectiveness at reducing movement of children receiving RT. The purpose of the study is to measure the movement of children between the beginning and the end of RT to see how much they moved during treatment.

Detailed Description

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Cone beam CT (CBCT) is a low-dose imaging technique routinely used at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre to check the position of patients before RT. Using CBCT, the doctor is able to reduce the amount of tissues that receive RT because patients can be set-up with greater accuracy to only target the tumour and not harm the surrounding healthy tissue. In this study, children will receive one CBCT scan before starting RT as part of standard approach. Then after RT, another CBCT scan will be used to measure movement between the beginning and end of RT. The information gathered from this study will benefit other patients and cancer centres in the future, who can learn from these methods of using audio-visual distraction so that children have minimal or no motion for a more precise delivery of radiation during cancer treatment.

Conditions

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Observational Study

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Cone Beam CT Scan

In this study, children will receive one CBCT scan before starting RT as part of standard approach. Then after RT, another CBCT scan will be used to measure movement between the beginning and end of RT.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient (paediatric or adolescent) age 18 or under receiving RT without anaesthetic or procedural sedation (anaesthetic gas or intravenous sedative medication)

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients receiving oral midazolam or ketamine are ineligible
* Patient is receiving total body irradiation without CBCT
Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Health Network, Toronto

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Derek Tsang, MD, FRCPC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network

Locations

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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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UHN REB 18-5370

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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