Radiation Oncology Patient Medical Physics Intervention Study

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Radiation Therapy; Patient Satisfaction; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: No planned intervention; Behavioral: Planned Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04362306

CTMS# 19-0182

Details and patient eligibility

About

This investigation is designed to be a two-arm, non-randomized prospective phase 2 study evaluating the impact of medical physicist patient intervention on the anxiety level and patient satisfaction of patients undergoing a course of radiation therapy. The goal is to demonstrate that these interventions will have a significantly positive impact on the overall well-being of the oncology patients.

Enrollment: 89 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age >/= 18 years
• Patients receiving treatment in the outpatient setting.
• Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) 0, 1, or 2.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients receiving a single fraction of treatment.
• History of Prior Radiation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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89 participants in 2 patient groups

Planned Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will be scheduled for CT (computed tomography ) simulation for radiation treatment planning. Prior to simulation, patients will be asked to complete anxiety and patient satisfaction questionnaires. Following completion of the questionnaires, each patient will receive the first intervention with a member of the medical physics team to review the process of simulation, treatment planning, and subsequent treatment. This meeting will last approximately 15 minutes and at this time, the team member will explain that they are the primary resource for all the technical aspects related to the patient's treatment. Additionally, they will identify and address any concerns that patients or their caregivers have with radiation treatment and the patient will be shown the simulation infographic. The patient will then be asked to complete a second set of anxiety and patient satisfaction questionnaires and will then undergo the planned simulation.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Planned Intervention

No Planned Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

After patients are enrolled into this study, they will be scheduled for CT simulation for radiation treatment planning. Prior to simulation, patients will receive anxiety and patient satisfaction questionnaires to complete

Treatment:

Behavioral: No planned intervention