Education and Training

Radiation Therapy Residency

Medical Students

Medical Physics Residency

AVATAR Anesthesia Alternative in Pediatric Radiotherapy: A Multi-Center Study

To determine the success rate of the AVATAR audio-visual system. All patients enrolled in the study will be counted, and each patient who is able to undergo at least one fraction without anesthesia will count as a success while each patient who does not have at least one fraction without anesthesia will count as a failure. The success rate will be the proportion of patients who are successes.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • device: Audio-Visual Assisted Therapeutic Ambience in Radiotherapy
  • other: Quality of Life Survey, PedsQL3.0
  • other: Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale Short Form (mYPAS-SF)

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Pediatric patients ages 3-10 receiving radiotherapy qualify for enrollment.

   - The patient must speak English or Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria:

   - If parent/guardian is unable to take part in helping to complete questionnaires

   - Patients with malignancies of the eye for which radiation is planned

   - Patients that do not speak English or Spanish

Ages Eligible for Study

3 Years - 10 Years

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Alice Luchen Jiang
650-725-4796
Not Recruiting