Patient Experience and Acceptance of Horizontal Rotation (Nano-X)

University of Sydney

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Device: Nano-X patient rotation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02995603

Nano-X V1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients will complete validated psychometric questionnaires to quantify their experience of being rotated at different speeds using the Nano-X patient rotation system.

Full description

Study participants will be asked to attend the clinic on two separate occasions. Each session will last less than one hour. Patients will be asked to complete validated psychometric surveys assessing 1) their level of claustrophobia, 2) their level of anxiety and 3) their (baseline) motion sickness, before and after each session. They will then be rotated 3-4 times on the Nano-X patient rotation system, at varying speeds ranging from 6°/sec to 45°/sec. Each rotation will be designed to simulate a typical radiotherapy treatment; that is 9 angles, pausing for around 30 seconds at each angle. Straight after each rotation, patients will again complete the questionnaire assessing their anxiety levels and motion sickness.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. A diagnosis of cancer, any stage
2. ≥18 years of age
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status 0-2
4. Currently or previously being treated with radiotherapy
5. Any prior therapy allowed
6. Willing and able to comply with all study requirements
7. Must be able to read and complete questionnaires in English
8. Signed, written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant women
2. Mentally impaired patients or patients for whom attaining informed consent would be difficult (including language barriers)
3. Severe vertigo or recent diagnosis of Benign Paroxysmal Positioning Vertigo

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Patient rotation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will be rotated horizontally, using the Nano-X patient rotation system, and asked to complete validated questionnaires to quantify their experience.

Treatment:

Device: Nano-X patient rotation