Anal canal cancer
IMRT Versus IMPT With Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Anal Canal Cancer
Trial of the day, No. 1
Where to go
1 hospital in India taking patients for this trial.
Registry summary (technical)
The standard practice in management of carcinoma of anal canal is to treat patients with radiotherapy using the IMRT technique along with chemotherapy. It is known that while IMRT has reduced treatment related side effects as compared to the older radiation techniques, reducing these side effects further still remains a major challenge. These side-effects include gastrointestinal (diarrhea, altered bowel habits, weight loss, bleeding, obstruction), genitourinary (difficulties in passing urine, passing blood in urine, difficulty in holding urine) and hematologic toxicities (anemia, low platele…
Sponsor: Tata Memorial Centre
NCT06630793 on ClinicalTrials.gov
Last updated on the registry 8 Apr 2025 · read by us 20 Oct 2026