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Modernizing Instructions to Improve Treatment Participation of Subjects During Their First Radiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT06246409Sponsor: University of FloridaLast updated: 2026-03-04

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.

Arms & interventions

  • BehavioralModernized patient instructions

    Patients will be given modernized patient instructions prior to radiotherapy treatment.

  • BehavioralExisting patient instructions

    Patients will be given the patient instructions currently in use prior to radiotherapy treatment.

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Unintentional missed treatment days

    Determine the number of unintentional missed days of treatment during a course of radiotherapy

    Time frame: 8 weeks

Secondary

  • Patient-reported comfort

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  • Unplanned clinic visits

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  • Emergency department visits

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  • Hospitalizations

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  • Rate of treatment completion

    Time frame: 8 weeks

  • Patient participation in treatment

    Time frame: 8 weeks

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years to 99 YearsHealthy volunteers: No
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.

Study locations (1)

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, 32608

Recruiting
Amy Carrao-Tackett · Contact
352-265-8826amy.carrao-tackett@ufhealth.org
Alexandra De Leo, MD · Principal Investigator