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Low-Dose Radiotherapy For Patients With SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) Pneumonia
Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Summary
Low doses of radiation in the form of chest x-rays has been in the past to treat people with pneumonia. This treatment was thought to reduce inflammation and was found to be effective without side effects. However, it was an expensive treatment and was eventually replaced with less expensive treatment options like penicillin. The COVID-19 virus has emerged recently, causing high rates of pneumonia in people. The authors believe that giving a small dose of radiation to the lungs may reduce inflammation and neutralize the pneumonia caused by COVID-19. For this study, the x-ray given is called radiation therapy. Radiation therapy uses high-energy X-ray beams from a large machine to target the lungs and reduce inflammation. Usually, it is given at much higher doses to treat cancers. The purpose of this study is to find out if adding a single treatment of low-dose x-rays to the lungs might reduce the amount of inflammation in the lungs from COVID-19 infection, which could reduce the need for a ventilator or breathing tube.
Official title: Phase II Protocol of Low-Dose Whole Thorax Megavoltage Radiotherapy for Patients With SARS-COV-2 Pneumonia
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
50 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
37
Start Date
2020-08-28
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-03-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Low dose radiation 35 cGy
A dose of 35 cGy of whole thorax irradiation will be delivered at a single timepoint
High dose radiation 100 cGy
A dose of 100 cGy of whole thorax irradiation will be delivered at a single timepoint
Locations (7)
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Lynn Cancer Institute
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Miami Cancer Institute
Miami, Florida, United States
Loyola University Chicago
Maywood, Illinois, United States
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Lowell General Hospital Cancer Center
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Hospital Universitario San Ignacio
Bogotá, Colombia