Clinical trial · Interventional
Customized Headrest or Standard Headrest in Holding Patients Still While Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
A Prospective Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial Investigating the Benefits of Patient-customised Headrests Versus Standard (Non-patient Specific) Headrests in the Immobilisation of Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Using a customized headrest to hold patients in one position may help doctors plan treatment for patients with head and neck cancer. It is not yet known whether a customized headrest is more effective than a standard headrest in holding patients still during radiation therapy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying a customized headrest to see how well it works compared with a standard headrest in holding patients still while undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy | Radiation | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| radiation therapy treatment planning/simulation | Radiation | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Control
- description
- Immobilisation: Standard headrest plus individual customised mask (orfit)
- interventionNames
- Other: questionnaire administration
- Radiation: 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy
- Radiation: radiation therapy treatment planning/simulation
- type
- OTHER
- label
- TRial Arm
- description
- Immobilisation: Customised headrest plus individual customised mask (orfit)
- interventionNames
- Other: questionnaire administration
- Radiation: 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy
- Radiation: radiation therapy treatment planning/simulation
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Histologically confirmed head and neck malignancy * Planning to undergo radical 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (using the Oncentra MasterPlan treatment planning system) at St Luke's Hospital PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * No evidence of any other significant clinical disorder or laboratory finding that would make it undesirable for the patient to participate in the study * Able to comply with the study, in the opinion of the researcher and/or medical team PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
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