NCT06903507: RTCOMFORT

Increasing Patient Comfort in Palliative Radiotherapy With a Newly Developed Mattress - A Prospective Clinical Study

Completed NA Last updated 30 March 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing RT-Comfort Mattress in Neoplasms in 45 participants. Completed in 7 December 2023.

Timeline

3 August 2023

Primary endpoint
7 December 2023

7 December 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Erasmus Medical Center
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	45
Start date	3 August 2023
Primary completion	7 December 2023
Estimated completion	7 December 2023
Sites	1 location across Netherlands

Drugs / interventions tested

• RT-Comfort Mattress

Conditions studied

• Neoplasms — all drugs for Neoplasms →

Sponsor

Erasmus Medical Center

Who can join

16 and older, any sex, with Neoplasms. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this research is to determine if a new radiotherapy mattress is more comfortable for patients than the standard mattress. The table of the CT scanner and the radiation machine is flat and hard. To increase comfort during the CT scan and radiation dose delivery, the investigators have recently developed a new mattress (RTComfort). This research aims to find out if the new mattress is more comfortable for patients than the standard matt and to learn how radiotherapy mattresses can be further improved.

Patients who participate in the research, will be asked to try both the standard mattress and the new mattress during the CT scan appointment. This will take about 5 minutes (one minute each). Patients will then be asked which mattress was most comfortable and if they experience any pain while lying on the mattress. Patients can choose which mattress will be used for the CT scan and treatment. Both mattresses are approved and safe for treatment. If patients participate in the research, it means the investigators will collect and use some of their (medical) data.

Patients will not have any direct benefits from participating in this research, except that they can choose which mattress they want to lie on. Additionally, participation can help us gain more knowledge to make radiotherapy treatment more comfortable. Participation in the research will not affect the treatment. Participants will receive the normal treatment and check-ups for their condition. The drawback of participating is that the investigators will ask patients to try both mattresses, which will take about 5 minutes.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Increasing patient comfort in palliative radiotherapy with a newly developed mattress: a nonrandomized clinical trial.
   Hoffmans-Holtzer N, Kunnen B, Tims O, de Pree I, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40717869 · DOI 10.1016/j.ctro.2025.101017