NCT06246409NARecruiting
Modernizing Instructions to Improve Treatment Participation of Subjects During Their First Radiotherapy
University of Florida
Start Date
12/24/2024
Completion Date
12/1/2026
Summary
Daily patient participation is critical to the successful, life-saving delivery of radiotherapy. There is very little in the literature describing the best way to prepare patients to give optimal participation. This study aims to look at an already-prepared conversion of patient instruction materials and measure whether the improvement in clarity and specificity produces the desired changes in patient decision-making and emotional comfort.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to 99 years
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients ≥ 18 years old planning their first external beam radiotherapy
* Written informed consent obtained from the subject and the subject agrees to comply with all the study-related procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Have received external beam radiotherapy in the past
* External beam radiotherapy is initiated as inpatient.
* External beam radiotherapy consists of less than 3 fractions.
* Planned radiotherapy that does not employ an external beam
* Planned participation in a clinical study that prohibits participation in a second, concurrent treatment trial
* Prisoners or subjects who are involuntarily incarcerated, or subjects who are compulsorily detained for treatment of either a psychiatric or physical illness.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL
Modernized patient instructions
BEHAVIORAL
Existing patient instructions
Conditions
Cancer
Locations
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32608
United States