NCT04079595

Closed vs. Open Face Masks for Cranial Radiotherapy

Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Closed vs. Open Face Masks for Cranial Radiotherapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate whether open-face masks improve patient comfort/preference whilst maintaining immobilization performance as known for closed masks in patients undergoing whole or partial cranial radiotherapy.

Detailed description

Upon randomization, patients will be begin treatment either with an open-face mask (A) or closed mask (B). Two individual immobilization masks - the open-face and closed masks - will be fabricated for every single patient. During the 1st half of treatment the randomly assigned mask will be used followed by using another mask for the 2nd half of treatment. Discomfort/pain/anxiety and mask preference will be scored during treatment with a questionnaire.

Conditions

• Brain Tumor
• Brain Metastases
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Meningioma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Head immobilization mask	Immobilization

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-09
• Primary completion: 2022-02-28
• Completion: 2022-05-31
• First posted: 2019-09-06
• Last updated: 2024-05-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland