Combined Optical and Infrared Imaging for Early Prediction of Erythema During Breast and Chestwall Radiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT04363892

Last Updated: 2024-08-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

7 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-01

Study Completion Date

2021-06-14

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to develop a computer model, based on photographs and heat images of patients' skin, to provide early prediction of painful reddening of the skin during radiotherapy treatment.

Detailed Description

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There is currently no reliable tool to quantify and detect erythema of the skin during radiotherapy. This side-effect may lead to painful moist desquamation, and eventually permanent delayed side effects like telangiectasia. If such a tool would be available, several interventions could be staged, including (1) the use of steroid cream\], (2) the re-simulation and/or re-planning of patients to decrease the skin dose by spreading out the entrance of the beams, (3) adjusting or eliminating the use of bolus on the skin surface (which boosts superficial dose) or (4) the use of other treatment techniques including prone technique.

Given that the dose delivered is not a reliable metric to predict for erythema in a given patient, a new method for monitoring, staging and ultimately predicting skin response is needed. By analyzing images of the skin using both visible and infrared spectral regions, and by carefully converting the information in the images to quantitative metrics, it may be possible to characterize the stage of a patient's response to radiation, and to understand which patients may go on to experience chronic pain, severe burns or other more serious side effects while it is still early enough to intervene.

The proposed research is to develop a software model that will take as input patient skin image data and the patient known clinical outcomes and algorithmically generalize a model to predict a biological response of skin to ionizing radiation for any future patient, after a few initial images.

In the first stage of this study, the data will be aggregated to devise the dose response curve. In later phases, the model will be refined and used for predictive purposes, i.e., once a new patient has begun radiotherapy sessions, their initial response will be quantified, and fed into the model to predict the skin response endpoint after the course of radiation therapy ends. As mentioned, this information could be used to adapt the radiation course and optimize the therapy for the individual, potentially preventing morbidity from overdose, or risk of recurrence from under dose.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Receiving optical and infrared imaging

This is the only arm of the study. All patients will have optical and infrared images acquired of skin on the treated and contralateral sides.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Optical and infrared imaging

Intervention Type OTHER

Acquiring images (photographs) of the skin

Interventions

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Optical and infrared imaging

Acquiring images (photographs) of the skin

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- All female patients referred for adjuvant radiotherapy following breast conserving surgery/mastectomy.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with known skin issues (e.g. dermatomyositis, rosacea)
* Patients with excessive risk of skin recurrence, including T4d
* Patients with locally advanced breast cancer.
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Nova Scotia Health Authority

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Michele Svatos, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dalhousie University

Locations

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Dalhousie University - Radiation Oncology Department

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Bentzen SM, Overgaard M. Relationship between early and late normal-tissue injury after postmastectomy radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 1991 Mar;20(3):159-65. doi: 10.1016/0167-8140(91)90092-u.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Pignol JP, Vu TT, Mitera G, Bosnic S, Verkooijen HM, Truong P. Prospective evaluation of severe skin toxicity and pain during postmastectomy radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Jan 1;91(1):157-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.09.022.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Pignol JP, Olivotto I, Rakovitch E, Gardner S, Sixel K, Beckham W, Vu TT, Truong P, Ackerman I, Paszat L. A multicenter randomized trial of breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy to reduce acute radiation dermatitis. J Clin Oncol. 2008 May 1;26(13):2085-92. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.2488. Epub 2008 Feb 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18285602 (View on PubMed)

Pignol JP, Truong P, Rakovitch E, Sattler MG, Whelan TJ, Olivotto IA. Ten years results of the Canadian breast intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) randomized controlled trial. Radiother Oncol. 2016 Dec;121(3):414-419. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.08.021. Epub 2016 Sep 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Ishiyama H, Niino K, Hosoya T, Hayakawa K. Results of a questionnaire survey for symptom of late complications caused by radiotherapy in breast conserving therapy. Breast Cancer. 2006;13(2):197-201. doi: 10.2325/jbcs.13.197.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Fisher B, Anderson S, Bryant J, Margolese RG, Deutsch M, Fisher ER, Jeong JH, Wolmark N. Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized trial comparing total mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lumpectomy plus irradiation for the treatment of invasive breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2002 Oct 17;347(16):1233-41. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa022152.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12393820 (View on PubMed)

Formenti SC, Gidea-Addeo D, Goldberg JD, Roses DF, Guth A, Rosenstein BS, DeWyngaert KJ. Phase I-II trial of prone accelerated intensity modulated radiation therapy to the breast to optimally spare normal tissue. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jun 1;25(16):2236-42. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.1041. Epub 2007 Apr 30.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17470849 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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RadOnc

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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