NCT02163226

✓ Unanimous Initial: other

✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital Requery: other — This radiation therapy trial is delivered in outpatient radiation oncology departments, not requiring hospitalization or inpatient admission. Thinking: other — The radiation therapy is delivered in an outpatient setting where patients come for 30-minute treatments and return home, not requiring hospitalization.

✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital Requery: hospital — The intervention involves radiation therapy, which requires the patient to lie on a table for treatment, indicating it is delivered in a hospital setting where such facilities are available. Thinking: other — Radiation therapy sessions are given as brief outpatient visits at a cancer center, not requiring hospitalization or home/hospice care.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The study tests radiation therapy protocols for pain palliation in bone metastases, making palliative care the setting rather than the intervention itself.

✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — This trial compares two different radiation therapy dosing schedules (single dose vs. multiple doses) for bone metastases - the intervention is radiation therapy technique, not palliative care service delivery.

✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The trial is testing different radiation therapy regimens for pain relief in bone metastases, which is a treatment modality, not a palliative care intervention.