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Improving Patient Instructions for Radiotherapy

This study is looking at how different patient instructions affect participation in your first external beam radiotherapy (a type of radiation treatment for cancer). We want to see if modernized patient instructions, which are clearer and more specific, can help you better understand your treatment and feel more comfortable, compared to the existing patient instructions. The main goal is to see if these new instructions can reduce the number of unintentional missed treatment days over 8 weeks. You can join if you are 18 to 99 years old, planning your first external beam radiotherapy, and have not had this type of radiation before. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 650 participants. It compares two groups: one receiving modernized patient instructions and another receiving existing patient instructions.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The primary outcome, unintentional missed treatment days, will be measured at 8 weeks.

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NCT06246409

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

Recruiting
NAAges 18–99InterventionalPrevention
University of Florida
~650 participants
Updated 2026-03-04 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Modernized patient instructionsExisting patient instructions

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Unintentional missed treatment days
Measured over 8 weeks

Conditions

Cancer

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Florida1

Study leadership

  • Alexandra De Leo, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Florida

Who to contact

Amy Carrao-Tackett
[email protected]
352-265-8826
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

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.

What this trial measures

  • Unintentional missed treatment days8 weeks

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