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NCT04466683
PHASE2

Low-Dose Radiotherapy For Patients With SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

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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

RADIATION

Low dose radiation 35 cGy

A dose of 35 cGy of whole thorax irradiation will be delivered at a single timepoint

RADIATION

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