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Thermography for Radiation Dermatitis

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Led By William T Tran, PhD

Research Sponsored by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 1 year

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether using a thermal camera to measure skin temperature can help predict skin toxicity from radiation therapy.

Eligible Conditions

Radiation Dermatitis
Radiotherapy Side Effects

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1 year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1 year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Temperature changes in skin during radiotherapy.

Secondary outcome measures

Measure patient-reported toxicity using a validated self-assessment tool (Dermatology Quality of Life Questionnaire)

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Thermal ImagingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Patients will undergo non-invasive, thermal imaging of their whole breast or head and neck cancer site, during the course of the radiotherapy treatment, at weekly time intervals.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Thermography

2006

N/A

~810

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreLead Sponsor

656 Previous Clinical Trials

1,550,422 Total Patients Enrolled

3 Trials studying Radiation Dermatitis

296 Patients Enrolled for Radiation Dermatitis

William T Tran, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorClinician Scientist

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there any open slots for individuals to join this clinical experiment?

"The information uploaded to clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this trial is currently enrolling participants, having gone live on August 1st 2018 and been updated most recently on February 5th 2020."

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How many participants are undergoing examination in this trial?

"Affirmative, according to clinicaltrials.gov the trial posted on August 1st 2018 is actively recruiting. This study requires 200 participants from a single site and was last updated in February of 2020."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Thermal Imaging to Evaluate Skin Toxicity From Radiotherapy

Dr. William Tran 2018. "Thermal Imaging to Evaluate Skin Toxicity From Radiotherapy". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04013711.