A study looking at giving a higher dose of radiotherapy to patients with lung cancer (ARTFORCE PET-boost)

Overview

Cancer types:

Lung cancer, Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This study is looking at whether a higher dose of radiotherapy guided by a PET scan is better at stopping a non small cell lung cancer from coming back or growing.

A new targeted type of radiotherapy called IMRT will be used to treat the lung cancer.

Recruitment start: 5 December 2014

Recruitment end: 31 December 2017

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor C Faivre-Finn

Supported by

Experiment Cancer Medical Centre (ECMC)

Netherlands Cancer Institute

EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Last reviewed: 03 Jan 2018

CRUK internal database number: 12782

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