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Customized Headrest or Standard Headrest in Holding Patients Still While Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

NCT00973947 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2014-12-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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

Interventions

OTHER

questionnaire administration

RADIATION

3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy

RADIATION

radiation therapy treatment planning/simulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cancer Trials Ireland

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Pierre Thirion, MD · Saint Luke's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-08-31
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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