Positron Emission Tomography Scan and CT Scan in Planning Radiation Therapy for Patients With Stage II or Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Summary
RATIONALE: Imaging procedures, such as positron emission tomography (PET) scan and CT scan, may help doctors plan radiation therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well a combined PET scan and CT scan works compared to a CT scan alone in planning radiation therapy for patients with stage II or stage III non-small cell lung cancer.
Description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine the impact of positron emission tomography (PET)/CT fusion scan and CT scan alone, by comparing gross tumor volume (GTV) contours and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy treatment plans using 2 separate data sets (PET/CT fusion scan and CT scan only), in patients with stage II or III non-small cell lung cancer who are planning to undergo radiotherapy.
- Determine the impact of PET on GTV (cm^3), number of involved nodes, location of involved nodes, and dosimetric measures of normal tissue toxicity (mean lung dose, V20, and mean esophageal dose).
Secondary
- Determine the rate of elective nodal failures (nodal failures in regions that are not intentionally irradiated to definitive doses [i.e., ipsilateral hilum, mediastinum, or ipsilateral supraclavicular fossa]).
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (yes vs no).
Patients undergo a combined positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scan. Patients also undergo a CT scan alone. A single three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) plan is generated from the combined PET/CT scan results. A single 3DCRT plan using the planning target volume is derived from the CT scan only.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 48 patients will be accrued for this study.
Study Design
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Conditions
Lung Cancer
Intervention
computed tomography, positron emission tomography
Location
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital - Saint Louis
St Louis
Missouri
United States
63110
Status
Active, not recruiting
Source
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00310219
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Positron-emission Tomography
An imaging technique using compounds labelled with short-lived positron-emitting radionuclides (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism. It has been useful in study of soft tissues such as CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and brain. SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is closely related to positron emission tomography, but uses isotopes with longer half-lives and resolution is lower.
Tomography, Emission-computed, Single-photon
A method of computed tomography that uses radionuclides which emit a single photon of a given energy. The camera is rotated 180 or 360 degrees around the patient to capture images at multiple positions along the arc. The computer is then used to reconstruct the transaxial, sagittal, and coronal images from the 3-dimensional distribution of radionuclides in the organ. The advantages of SPECT are that it can be used to observe biochemical and physiological processes as well as size and volume of the organ. The disadvantage is that, unlike positron-emission tomography where the positron-electron annihilation results in the emission of 2 photons at 180 degrees from each other, SPECT requires physical collimation to line up the photons, which results in the loss of many available photons and hence degrades the image.
Tomography, Emission-computed
Tomography using radioactive emissions from injected RADIONUCLIDES and computer ALGORITHMS to reconstruct an image.
Tomography, Spiral Computed
Computed tomography where there is continuous X-ray exposure to the patient while being transported in a spiral or helical pattern through the beam of irradiation. This provides improved three-dimensional contrast and spatial resolution compared to conventional computed tomography, where data is obtained and computed from individual sequential exposures.
Tomography, X-ray Computed
Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image.
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