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Customized Vacuum Immobilization Device (CVID) for Colorectal Cancer

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By John Kim, MD
Research Sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto
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 2 years
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether a custom-made device to hold people in place during radiation therapy for rectal cancer improves accuracy of the radiation treatment.

Eligible Conditions
  • Colorectal Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~2 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Comparing the use of a prone pillow and simple ankle fixation device vs. the use of a CVID for immobilization rectal patients during the course of preoperative radiation therapy using KV CBCT for IGRT.
Secondary outcome measures
quantify interfractional set-up displacements using either of the two devices;determine a standard planning target volume margin; evaluate the role of soft-tissue image matching for IGRT using CBCT.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: InterventionalExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Patient randomized to be immobilized using a prone pillow and simple ankle fixation device with a CVID.
Group II: Standard ArmActive Control1 Intervention
Patient randomized to be immobilized using a prone pillow and simple ankle fixation device without a CVID
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Customized Vacuum Immobilization Device (CVID)
2009
N/A
~20

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University Health Network, TorontoLead Sponsor
1,468 Previous Clinical Trials
484,470 Total Patients Enrolled
John Kim, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity Health Network, Princess Margaret Hospital
3 Previous Clinical Trials
229 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is participation still available in this clinical experiment?

"Clinicaltrials.gov reports that this research is not currently enrolling patients, though it was initially posted on April 1st 2009 and amended lastly on October 6th 2022. However, there are 340 other medical studies seeking participants at the present time."

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CT) (CBCT) With and Without a Customized Vacuum Immobilization Device (CVID)
2009. "Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CT) (CBCT) With and Without a Customized Vacuum Immobilization Device (CVID)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00937248.
~1 spots leftby Apr 2025
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