Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Radiotherapy, Rotation
Brief summary
Patients will complete validated psychometric questionnaires to quantify their experience of being rotated at different speeds using the Nano-X patient rotation system.
Detailed description
Study participants will be asked to attend the clinic on two separate occasions. Each session will last less than one hour. Patients will be asked to complete validated psychometric surveys assessing 1) their level of claustrophobia, 2) their level of anxiety and 3) their (baseline) motion sickness, before and after each session. They will then be rotated 3-4 times on the Nano-X patient rotation system, at varying speeds ranging from 6°/sec to 45°/sec. Each rotation will be designed to simulate a typical radiotherapy treatment; that is 9 angles, pausing for around 30 seconds at each angle. Straight after each rotation, patients will again complete the questionnaire assessing their anxiety levels and motion sickness.
Interventions
DEVICENano-X patient rotation
Patients are required to completed validated questionnaires to quantify their experience of horizontal rotation.
Sponsors
University of Sydney
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. A diagnosis of cancer, any stage 2. ≥18 years of age 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status 0-2 4. Currently or previously being treated with radiotherapy 5. Any prior therapy allowed 6. Willing and able to comply with all study requirements 7. Must be able to read and complete questionnaires in English 8. Signed, written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
1. Pregnant women 2. Mentally impaired patients or patients for whom attaining informed consent would be difficult (including language barriers) 3. Severe vertigo or recent diagnosis of Benign Paroxysmal Positioning Vertigo
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in level of patient anxiety following rotation in the Nano-X Patient Rotation System | 1 hour | Comparison of mean scores of Short Form State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Questionnaire outcomes before and after being rotated in the Nano-X Patient Rotation System |
| Change in level of patient motion sickness following rotation in the Nano-X Patient Rotation System | 1 hour | Comparison of mean scores of Fast Motion Sickness Test (FMS) Questionnaire outcomes before and after being rotated in the Nano-X Patient Rotation |
| Correlation between claustrophobia and the change in anxiety and motion sickness of patients following rotation in the Nano-X Patient Rotation System | 1 year | Correlation between Claustrophobia Questionnaire (CLQ) scores prior to study participation on the anxiety and motion sickness results measured in Outcome 1 and Outcome 2 |
Countries
Australia
Contacts
STUDY_CHAIRPaul Keall, Prof
University of Sydney
Outcome results
None listed