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Trial Title:
Patient Education Videos to Improve Patients' Experience During Radiotherapy Treatment: a National Project
NCT ID:
NCT06152419
Condition:
Cancer, Breast
Cancer, Lung
Cancer Prostate
Cancer Head Neck
Cancer, Gastrointestinal
Conditions: Official terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Lung Neoplasms
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Study type:
Interventional
Study phase:
N/A
Overall status:
Recruiting
Study design:
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention model:
Single Group Assignment
Intervention model description:
A first video illustrating the general radiotherapy process was created with voice-over
in Dutch and French. The video will be shown to 125 patients undergoing radiotherapy in 3
Flemish and 2 Walloon radiotherapy departments. Patients will be asked to complete
questionnaires to evaluate the quality and the impact of the video and to assess the need
for additional information. Patients will be recruited at the first consultation at the
radiotherapy department or at one of the first radiotherapy sessions. In addition, focus
groups will be organised to assess whether this video meets the patients' needs. At least
25 patients at at UZ Gent will be invited to participate in 5 focus groups, each focus
group concentrating on one of the 5 most frequent tumor groups. Based on the collected
data, both a qualitative and quantitative. In a second phase, additional visual material
will be created.
Primary purpose:
Other
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Intervention:
Intervention type:
Device
Intervention name:
Questionnaire
Description:
Patients will be asked to complete questionnaires to evaluate the quality and the impact
of the video and to assess the need for additional information.
Arm group label:
Interrogated patients
Summary:
Patients often base their information on the experiences of other patients or on
information they find on the internet. This information is in many cases incorrect,
outdated or not applying to the patient's situation. This leads to misconceptions or
inappropriate anxiety. During the intake consultation at the radiotherapy department,
doctors, nurses and RTTs provide accurate and patient-specific information, but it can be
overwhelming and it is known that only part of this information is remembered. Moreover,
it remains difficult for a patient to imagine how the treatment will proceed.
The combination of verbal information, supplemented with video material, seems to be the
ideal way to convey information. After all, a video can be viewed again afterwards,
possibly together with loved ones, or can be shown in advance in preparation of the
consultation. In Belgium, the existence of patient education videos about radiotherapy is
very limited. Making these kinds of videos is expensive and time consuming. For that
reason, BeSTRO (Belgian Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology) started a project to make
videos for patients that can be used nationally by all radiotherapy centers. The project
is sponsored by Foundation against Cancer.
Detailed description:
A first video illustrating the general radiotherapy process is already available. This
video will be used as a 'test video' to be shown to patients undergoing radiotherapy in
one of the 4 participating centers. Questionnaires will evaluate the quality and the
impact of the video and will assess the need for additional information. Moreover, 25
patients will be invited to participate in 5 focus groups, each focus group concentrating
on one of the 5 most frequent tumor groups (breast tumors, lung tumors, head and neck
tumors, urological tumors and gastro-intestinal tumors). The information gathered from
the questionnaires and focus groups will be used to determine the content and format of
the next videos. In total, about 10 videos on specific parts of the radiotherapy process
will be produced.
Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- diagnosis of cancer,
- age ≥ 18 years,
- undergoing radiotherapy as part of their treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- history of previous radiation treatment
Gender:
All
Minimum age:
18 Years
Maximum age:
N/A
Healthy volunteers:
No
Locations:
Facility:
Name:
Universitary Hospital
Address:
City:
Ghent
Zip:
9000
Country:
Belgium
Status:
Recruiting
Contact:
Last name:
Liv Veldeman, prof. dr.
Phone:
09 332 30 15
Email:
liv.veldeman@uzgent.be
Contact backup:
Last name:
Renée De Noyette
Phone:
0470209936
Email:
Renee.DeNoyette@UGent.be
Start date:
October 17, 2023
Completion date:
December 31, 2024
Lead sponsor:
Agency:
University Hospital, Ghent
Agency class:
Other
Collaborator:
Agency:
Stichting tegen Kanker
Agency class:
Other
Source:
University Hospital, Ghent
Record processing date:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06152419
