Radiotherapy of the head without the need of a thermoplastic mask, a clinical feasibility study.
Completed
- Conditions
- 'brain metastasis''brain tumor'10027476
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON44293
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. Bernard Verbeeten Instituut
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
- The therapy is aimed to be palliative and consists of whole brain radiation therapy, 5x4 Gy.
- The patient is motivated and willing to be involved in radiotherapy without a mask.
- According to the impression of the radiation oncologist, the patient is able to lie still during the treatment.
- The patient is competent enough to understand the Dutch language to follow up instructions of the radiation technologist.
Exclusion Criteria
Suffering from trembling or shaking of the head, for example caused by Parkinson*s disease.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Rate of success of the treatment.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Intra-fractional movement: the total amount of movements of the head during a<br /><br>fraction, detected by a surface scanner .<br /><br>- Intra-fractional position: difference between the position at the start and<br /><br>the end of a fraction<br /><br>- MV-cine imaging: movement of the head during a fraction. </p><br>