Clinical trial NCT03534570: Gated Radiotherapy in Left Sided Breast Cancer Patients
Official title: A Prospective Study on the Need of Gated (GAT) Radiotherapy in Left Sided Breast Cancer Patients Treated at the Technical University Munich (TUM) - the GATTUM Protocol
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Breast Neoplasm Female
Radiotherapy Side Effect
Heart Diseases
Lead sponsor: Technical University of Munich
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-05-23
Enrollment: 150
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: left sided breast cancer patients

Brief summary: To assess the need of respiratory gated radiotherapy in left sided breast cancer patients.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* left sided breast cancer patients treated with breast conserving surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients treated with mastectomy
* patients with positive lymph nodes

Primary outcomes:
measure: Measurement of distance from chestwall to the heart
timeFrame: 3 years
measure: Measurement of distance from the heart to the mammary gland
timeFrame: 3 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Munich
country: Germany
facility: Klinikum rechts der Isar; TUM
Study officials:
affiliation: Klinikum rechts der Isar, department of Radiation oncology
name: Marciana Duma, M.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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