N/A Completed N=1,188 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

Default Options to Reduce Unnecessary Daily Imaging During Palliative Radiation

Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03110692 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

1,188

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Dec 2019

Primary outcomePrimary: Percent of Patients Receiving Daily Imaging — 679; 509 Participants

Summary

The goal of this study is to reduce preference sensitive, unnecessary daily imaging during radiation treatment in which a pre-planned quality improvement default option for radiation treatment prescriptions will be introduced throughout the network of Penn Radiation Oncology.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Percent of Patients Receiving Daily Imaging	679; 509	—

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Radiation treatment courses with palliative intent
Palliative treatment of bone, soft tissue, and intracranial metastases
Photon radiation with 3D conformal therapy (3DCRT) only

Exclusion Criteria

Use of intensity modulated radiation (IMRT) or stereotactic body radiation (SBRT) as radiation treatment modality
Retreatment to same site
Proton radiation

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