Clinical trial · Interventional
Medical Physics Direct Patient Care for the Improvement of Patient Understanding of Care
Medical Physics Direct Patient Care Initiative - Communication Intervention Study Protocol
NCT04266522CI-TRIAL-00061302completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
This phase II trial studies how well medical physics direct patient care works in improving patients' understanding of their cancer treatment. Providing direct physicist-patient interactions and answering patients' questions about their cancer treatment may help patients to understand the care and therefore reduce anxiety and distress during treatment.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counseling | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Informational Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm I (printed materials)
- description
- Patients receive printed materials describing the technical aspects of their treatment.
- interventionNames
- Other: Informational Intervention
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm II (printed materials, physicist interaction)
- description
- Patients receive printed materials as in Arm I. Patients also receive a minimum of 2 direct physicist interactions to describe the technical aspects of their treatment either immediately prior to or immediately after treatment simulation.
- interventionNames
- Other: Informational Intervention
- Other: Counseling
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Medical physicists will be eligible if they care for patients within the Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center within the Karmanos Cancer Institute and have completed the patient communication training * Are able to read and write in English * Are scheduled for curative radiation therapy at the Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center Exclusion Criteria: * NONE
References
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