New imaging tech aims to sharpen liver cancer radiation
NCT ID NCT02984566
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a special imaging technique called KIM can help doctors deliver radiation more accurately to liver tumors. About 32 adults with liver cancer who cannot have surgery or a transplant will receive radiation with and without KIM tracking. The goal is to see if KIM reduces damage to healthy tissue and improves treatment precision.
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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.
- Participants
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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
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 to 85 years
- 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: * ECOG performance status 0-1 * Life expectancy \>6 months * Number of lesions: ≤ 3 * Lesion size : \< 10 cm for a single lesion (and up to 10 cm cumulative diameter for multiple lesions) * Child-Pugh A or B7 within 6 weeks prior to study entry * Unsuitable for RFA or resection or transplant * Distance from GTV to luminal structures (i.e., oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, small or large bowel) ≥ 10mm * All blood work obtained within 6 weeks prior to study entry with adequate organ function * May have had previous surgery, RFA or ethanol injection * Patient must have been discussed at multidisciplinary tumour board with consensus opinion for SBRT Exclusion Criteria: * HCC/cholangiocarcinoma with evidence of metastatic disease including nodal or distant metastases * Metastatic disease with complete liver disease response to first-line chemotherapy (i.e. no target for SBRT) * Previous radiation to the liver (including SIRTEX) * Untreated HIV or active hepatitis B/C * On systemic antineoplastic drug therapy within 7 days before inclusion * Pregnant or lactating women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nepean Hospital
Penrith, New South Wales, 2750, Australia
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Princess Alexandra Hospital
Woolloongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia
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Westmead Hospital
Westmead, New South Wales, 2049, Australia
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