Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
NCT00867347
Protocol/serial number
ICR/PELVIC
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cancer: Bladder (advanced), Bladder (superficial), Multiple Sites, Prostate, Rectum
Intervention
1. Group A: Conventional radiotherapy using a three field technique employing rectangular fields. Suggested dosage, 64 Gy in 2 Gy fractions five times a week
2. Group B: Conformal radiotherapy using a three field technique employing fields shaped with customised blocks drawn according to the beam's-eye view of the target volume. Suggested dosage, 64 Gy in 2 Gy fractions five times a week.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2001
Overall trial end date
31/12/2001
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Carcinoma of the pelvic region (eg prostate, bladder, rectum, etc)
2. Patients scheduled to undergo pelvic radiotherapy by a CT planned technique with less than four fields provided a satisfactory localisation on the simulator can be achieved
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2001
Recruitment end date
31/12/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
UKCCCR Register Co-ordinator
London
NW1 2DA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
The Institute of Cancer Research (UK)
Sponsor details
123 Old Brompton Road
London
SW7 3RP
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
Institute of Cancer Research (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Institut du Cancer, l'Institut du cancer, ICR
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
Federal/National Government
Location
Canada
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1997 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9106921
Publication citations
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Results
Tait DM, Nahum AE, Meyer LC, Law M, Dearnaley DP, Horwich A, Mayles WP, Yarnold JR, Acute toxicity in pelvic radiotherapy; a randomised trial of conformal versus conventional treatment., Radiother Oncol, 1997, 42, 2, 121-136.