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Inhale and Exhale Breath Holds to Improve the Radiation Therapy Accuracy in People With Upper Abdominal Cancers
Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
Summary
This is a prospective quality improvement study. The INEX RT P study will prospectively evaluate INEX RT R that optimizes radiation dose delivery to the target while minimizing dose to critical organs at risk (OAR) by treating patients with different phases of breath hold (inhale and exhale) during the same course of SBRT. 15 patients with abdominal cancer whom are expected to achieve a dosimetric advantage from this technique due to OAR proximity to target will be treated using INEX RT. Investigators hypothesize increasing the dose to the RT target by at least 10% while simultaneously decreasing or maintaining dose to adjacent critical OARs when using a combination of breath hold positions to purposefully vary the position of OARs during different fractions of the same treatment course, when compared to RT treatments planned on a single breath hold phase alone (present standard of care).
Official title: Inhale and Exhale Breath Holds to Improve the Therapeutic Ratio in Upper Abdominal Cancers Treated With SBRT
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
15
Start Date
2026-05-25
Completion Date
2028-01-30
Last Updated
2026-05-29
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Simulation and treatment imaging
Obtain inhale and exhale breath hold images planned to split radiation delivery between inhale and exhale breath hold phases. For radiotherapy courses with an odd number of fractions, the phase of breath hold with higher reproducibility or anatomic advantage will be used for the additional fraction of radiotherapy. If during the treatment planning the investigators determine that the patients will benefit from the multiple breath holds technique, the patients will be treated using the composite breath hold plan. Additional one or two cone beam CTs will be obtained on treatment days for all patients using the inhale and exhale breath hold technique.
Locations (1)
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario, Canada