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NCT Number: NCT01854541

Visual Management for the Radiotherapy Process

The Visual Management for Radiotherapy Practice (VMRTP) aims to analyze, predict, visualize and shorten the waiting times for radiotherapy patients. The hypothesis is that this can be done by the introduction of models that can predict a patient being at risk for waiting too long as well as visual management tools that visualize the radiotherapy process.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Neoplasms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

MAASTRO clinic

Maastricht, 6229 ET, Netherlands

About this study

In a retrospective cohort of radiotherapy patients, time stamps of various steps in the radiotherapy process (diagnosis, multi-disciplinary board, referral, intake, simulation, treatment planning, quality control, first fraction of radiotherapy) will be collected. These will be combined with patient, tumor and patient-process (e.g. referring physician, treating physician, busy-at-the-time, referring hospital) related features. Based on these a predictive model will be learned that can estimate the probability at various stages of the process that the patient waits too long. Visual management will be developed that can visualize the predicted waiting time.

Process interventions aimed at reducing waiting times will be tested prospectively.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients receiving radiotherapy

Exclusion criteria

Patients not receiving radiotherapy

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. referral and first day of radiotherapy

    Time frame: 3 months

    Waiting time between referral and first day of radiotherapy

Secondary outcomes

  1. Diagnosis and first day of radiotherapy

    Time frame: 3 months

    Waiting time between diagnosis and first day of radiotherapy

  2. multi-disciplinary board and first day of radiotherapy

    Time frame: 3 months

    Waiting time between multi-disciplinary board and first day of radiotherapy

  3. intake and first day of radiotherapy

    Time frame: 3 months

    Waiting time between intake and first day of radiotherapy

  4. simulation and first day of radiotherapy

    Time frame: 3 months

    Waiting time between simulation and first day of radiotherapy

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Maastricht Radiation Oncology

Other

Collaborators

  • Maastro Clinic, The Netherlands

Registry information

Acronym: VMRTP

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
May 15, 2013
Registry last updated
Apr 10, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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