Standard Follow-up Program (SFP) for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

The primary and general objective of the clinical introduction of the SFP as the current standard of care is to improve the quality of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients by reducing radiation-induced side effects without hampering treatment efficacy in terms of locoregional tumour control and overall survival and to systematically evaluate the beneficial effect of newly introduced radiation technology for this particular group of patients. The clinical introduction of the SFP will allow for a systematic and broad scale quality improvement cycle for head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. In fact, this methodology can be considered a kind of quality circle for the clinical introduction of new radiation techniques, aiming at continuous efforts for further improvement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02435576

Run by

University Medical Center Groningen

People needed

10000

Starts

2007-03-01

Expected to finish

2028-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-04-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients planned for curatively intended primary or postoperative radiotherapy will be included. At the first visit, patients are informed about the standard follow up program by the treating physician.

You may not qualify if…

• All patients planned for palliative radiotherapy will not be included in the SFP.

Where it is running

• University Medical Center Groningen — Groningen, Netherlands (enrolling)

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