NCT04610645Completed
Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients With Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Live Laser Microscopic Evaluation (OCT) of Radiation Induced Preclinical Alterations of the Skin in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether any eventual skin damage caused by radiation therapy can be detected and monitored at a subclinical level via optical coherence tomography (OCT). Another key question is whether subclinical OCT detected skin damage correlates with acute and late clinical toxicity.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Oct 2020
- Start date
- 8 Jun 2020
- Primary completion date
- 8 Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Krankenhaus Barmherzige Schwestern Linz
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04610645
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 30
- From 8 Jun 2020 to the primary completion date, 8 Dec 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- treatment with C225 Cetuximab
Other illness
- overt skin disease
Other
- reduced mental capacity
- bearded patients
- vast tattoos in the neck region
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with cancer located at: nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, oral cavity and definitive or adjuvant radiation- or radio-chemotherapy
Age in the registry: 18 years to 99 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Radiooncology, Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Barmherzige Schwestern Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Linz | Austria | Unknown status |
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