Neoplasms

Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

All Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Breast Diseases

Skin Diseases

Caroline Sweldens, Doctor

This study has the purpose to investigate the benefit of treating breast cancer patients in prone position. This treatment is compared to the standard technique in our center (supine position with or without respiratory gating). The investigators want to compare the doses on the organs at risk (heart and lungs) in the different techniques.

Potential Benefits of Radiotherapy in Prone Position for Breast Cancer Patients: a Planning Study

A Comparison of Three Radiotherapy Techniques for Breast Cancer: a Planning Study

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Prof. Caroline Weltens

Heart and Blood Diseases

Symptoms and General Pathology

Coronary Artery Disease

Myocardial Ischemia

Ischemia

Vascular Diseases

Constriction, Pathologic

Coronary Stenosis

Unilateral Breast Neoplasms

Coronary Disease

Pathological Conditions, Anatomical

Heart Diseases

Arteriosclerosis

Arterial Occlusive Diseases

Assesment of an usual cardiac dosimetry based on 3D CT scan. Only this dosimetry will be used to treat the patients. Because of the crossover model, patients are included in both arms.

Assesment of an experimental cardiac dosimetry based on 4D CT scan. Not used to treat the patients. Because of the crossover model, patients are included in both arms.

10 minutes breathing motion monitoring during an additional CT scan to establish a more accurate cardiac and LAD dosimetry compared to reality

Respiratory gating

Karim Boulanouar

Farid BELKHIR, MD

Farid BELKHIR, MD, PhD

Vincent Kowalski, MD

To establish if the cardiac radiation dose assesment is well aproximated with routine 3D CT scan compared to 4D CT experimental scan with respiratory gating (breath motion monitoring). The study population relates to left side breast cancers female patients that require a radiation therapy treatment.

As a standard of care, the postoperative breast cancers radiation therapy is generally based on a 3 dimensions CT scan that does not incorporate the breathing motion by definition.

Meanwhile, the patients must commonly receive the treatment in free motion breathing condition.

More of that, the Cardiac dose, especially the LAD (left anterior descending artery) dose has been established as the main cause of radiation induced ischemic heart disease (RIHD) and should be consider in the first place.

In more concrete terms, the higher the LAD dose is, the greater the RIHD relates: arise the LAD dose by 1 Gy means a 7.4% higher risk to cause a RIHD during the next 5 years.

That being said, to determine if the cardiac dosimetry and the dose-volume histograms (specifically for the left side breast cancer treatments including or not the internal mammary artery) obtained from a 3D CT scan reflect well or not the reality (which is widely subject to the breathing motion).

Finally, because it has been established that a 4D CT scan can monitor the breathing motion, it seems definitely interesting to compare it with the average 3D CT scan to address this concern.

4D CT Scan Versus 3D CT Scan Concerning Cardiac Dosimetry Assesment for Left Sided Breast Cancers Radiotherapy

4D CT Scan With Respiratory Gating Versus 3D CT Scan Concerning Cardiac Dosimetry Assesment for Left Sided Breast Cancers Radiotherapy

To determine if the mean LAD (left anterior descending artery) dose significantly changes statistically between an usual 3D CT scan versus a 4D CT with breathing motion monitoring (10 breathing phases are monitored).

Based on stastical test with 95% confidence intervals, to evaluate if there is a significant difference between 4D CT LAD mean dose and 3D CT LAD mean dose.

Central Hospital Saint Quentin

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Potential Benefits of Radiotherapy in Prone Position for Breast Cancer Patients: a Planning Study	NCT01284153	Breast Neoplasm... Radiation		-	Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
4D CT Scan Versus 3D CT Scan Concerning Cardiac Dosimetry Assesment for Left Sided Breast Cancers Radiotherapy	NCT05726604	Breast Cancer Radiation-Induc... Left Anterior D... Radiotherapy Si... Cardiac Ischemi... Left Sided Brea... LAD (Left Anter...	Respiratory gat...	18 Years -	Central Hospital Saint Quentin
4D CT Scan Versus 3D CT Scan Concerning Cardiac Dosimetry Assesment for Left Sided Breast Cancers Radiotherapy	NCT05726604	Breast Cancer Radiation-Induc... Left Anterior D... Radiotherapy Si... Cardiac Ischemi... Left Sided Brea... LAD (Left Anter...	Respiratory gat...	18 Years -	Central Hospital Saint Quentin
4D CT Scan Versus 3D CT Scan Concerning Cardiac Dosimetry Assesment for Left Sided Breast Cancers Radiotherapy	NCT05726604	Breast Cancer Radiation-Induc... Left Anterior D... Radiotherapy Si... Cardiac Ischemi... Left Sided Brea... LAD (Left Anter...	Respiratory gat...	18 Years -	Central Hospital Saint Quentin

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