Adaptive radiotherapy study for head and neck cancer withdrawn before starting
NCT ID NCT03953352
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to test whether automatic software could accurately outline tumors and healthy organs on daily CT scans during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. The goal was to save time and improve precision compared to manual contouring. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Helical intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2019
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2021
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ≥ 18 years old 2. Patient with histologically proven locally advanced head and neck cancer (Oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, nasopharynx, oral cavity, sinuses, nasal cavities, ethmoid sinus, cavum, salivary glands) 3. Cancer with nodal involvement (at least T3 or involved node \>2 cm) 4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 or 1 5. No previous curative treatment for head and neck cancer (surgery and/or radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy) 6. Indication of exclusive radiotherapy (+/- chemotherapy) validated in multidisciplinary meeting 7. Patient affiliated to the french social security system. 8. Patient must provide written informed consent prior to inclusion in the study and any study-specific procedure. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with metastatic cancer 2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≥ 2 (due to comorbidities) 3. Patient with recurrent disease 4. Patient who required urgent surgical treatment 5. Contraindications to radiotherapy 6. History of cancer within 5 years 7. Patient already included in another therapeutic trial 8. Pregnant or breastfeeding women 9. Any psychological, familial, geographical or sociological condition potentially preventing the medical follow-up and/or study procedures 10. Patient protected by law
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut Universitaire Du Cancer Toulouse - Oncopole (Iuct-O)
Toulouse, France
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