Reminder App to Optimize Bladder Filling During Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age18+
SponsorUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
The primary goal of this study is to assess the impact of an app that reminds patients irradiated for high-risk prostate cancer to drink water prior to each radiotherapy session on the number of bladder volumes \<200 ml during the radiotherapy course and to demonstrate that this number is lower than without using an app (historical control group).
Histologically proven high-risk prostate cancer
Indication for definitive normo-fractionated radiotherapy
Possession of a smart phone and the ability to use it
Bladder volume at CT-simulation <200 ml
Radiotherapy of pelvic lymph nodes
Expected non-compliance
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Lead sponsor
University of Southern Denmark
Collaborator
Medical School Hamburg
Collaborator