Visual Management for the Radiotherapy Process (VMRTP)

April 9, 2015 updated by: Maastricht Radiation Oncology
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

10000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Netherlands
      • Maastricht, Netherlands, 6229 ET
        • Maastro clinic

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients treated with radiotherapy

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients receiving radiotherapy

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients not receiving radiotherapy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Radiotherapy
All patients receiving radiotherapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
referral and first day of radiotherapy
Time Frame: 3 months
Waiting time between referral and first day of radiotherapy
3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Diagnosis and first day of radiotherapy
Time Frame: 3 months
Waiting time between diagnosis and first day of radiotherapy
3 months
multi-disciplinary board and first day of radiotherapy
Time Frame: 3 months
Waiting time between multi-disciplinary board and first day of radiotherapy
3 months
intake and first day of radiotherapy
Time Frame: 3 months
Waiting time between intake and first day of radiotherapy
3 months
simulation and first day of radiotherapy
Time Frame: 3 months
Waiting time between simulation and first day of radiotherapy
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Maastricht Radiation Oncology

Collaborators

Maastro Clinic, The Netherlands

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 13, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 13, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

May 15, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 10, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 9, 2015

Last Verified

April 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • VMRTP

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