Clinical trial · Interventional
Patient Education Videos to Improve Patients' Experience During Radiotherapy Treatment: a National Project
- 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)
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 This information is in many cases incorrect, outdated or not applying to the patient's situation.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.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer, Breast | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cancer, Gastrointestinal | Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Cancer Head Neck | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Cancer, Lung | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cancer Prostate | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Interrogated patients
- 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. 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.
- interventionNames
- Device: Questionnaire
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Questionaire to increase knowledge of radiotherapy
- timeFrame
- Trough study completion, an average of 1 year
- description
- We will evaluate the patients' knowledge about radiotherapy using a questionnaire and various focus groups.The outcome measurement will be the personal opinion of the patient about his/her knowledge about radiotherapy (I feel more educated - the video has no value).
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of cancer, * age ≥ 18 years, * undergoing radiotherapy as part of their treatment Exclusion Criteria: \- history of previous radiation treatment
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