AVIATOR: Audio-Visual Investigation Advancing Thoracic Radiotherapy.
Lungs tumours are difficult to treat with a static radiation beam because they’re in constant motion as the patient breathes. We’re trialing technology developed by our researchers that uses real-time information about the patient’s breath to indicate the tumour location.
The technology monitors the motion of the chest rising and falling, and coaches the patient to have steady breath and breath-holds which put the tumour in the right position for treatment. This helps the radiation therapist to hit the tumour with radiation even more accurately. The technology has already been successfully trialed for breast cancer patients. In this study, we’ll determine whether our technology will offer the same treatment improvements for people with lung cancer.
This is the largest study of its kind to date, performed across 7 radiation oncology departments and 75 patients across NSW and ACT.
Sites: Westmead Hospital, Canberra Hospital and Calvary Mater Hospital
Technology: AV Biofeedback
More information: Available at the Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry here.