AI could make radiation therapy more precise by tracking tumors in real time
NCT ID NCT05184790
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is developing an AI system that tracks tumors and organs during radiation therapy without needing physical markers. Researchers will use existing patient data to train and test the AI. If it works, it could help doctors target radiation more accurately. The study involves 300 people receiving radiation for various cancers or heart arrhythmias.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to more precise radiation therapy by tracking tumors in real time without needing implanted markers.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study that does not directly treat patients. The AI method may not be accurate enough for all tumor types or may not work in practice.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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.
Who is studied
300 participants, at least 30 from each of nine cohorts of anatomical sites receiving radiation therapy treatment. Eight cohorts include: those being treated for cancer at anatomical sites of brain, head and neck, breast, liver, pancreas, kidney, prostate, spine; those being treated for cardiac arrhythmia.
- 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: * Will receive radiation therapy for brain, breast, head and neck, kidney, liver, pancreas, prostate, spine cancer treatment or cardiac arrhythmia treatment at a participating centre. * Will receive CT planning, and a cone beam CT scan for at least one fraction of radiation therapy. * Will receive intrafraction x-ray imaging for the liver, pancreas, prostate, spine cancer treatment or cardiac arrhythmia treatment. As intrafraction imaging is not common standard of care for brain, breast, head and neck and kidney cancer treatments there is no requirement to have intrafraction x-ray imaging data for these anatomical sites. * Provides written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Less than 18 years of age
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Alfred Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMelbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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Princess Alexandra Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWoolloongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia
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Royal North Shore Hospital
RECRUITINGSaint Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia
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