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Credentialing Requirements for RTOG Protocol 0848

The Dry Run test for this study is simply a test of digital data submission capabilities. The treatment planning system to be used to plan patients on this study, whether it be using IMRT or 3DCRT, should be used for this digital data submission test. The test should use data for a patient or phantom that has received the same modality (IMRT or 3DCRT) for which you are attempting to become credentialed. If you have performed a phantom experiment the submission of the phantom treatment planning data to the ITC may suffice as your dry run test. Please contact Bill Straube (itc@wustl.edu, 314-362-9762) at the ITC to determine if your phantom submission is sufficient for a test of digital data submission.

The first protocol case you submit will be reviewed by the study chair(s) in a timely fashion and feedback concerning the review will be communicated to your institution. We ask that no subsequent patients be registered on the study by your institution until you have received this feedback. If there are major problems with the first case, the second case may be subject to a timely review as well.

Additional credentialing is required only if you plan to use IMRT on this protocol.

Institutions credentialed on a previous IMRT study (RTOG 0126 using IMRT, RTOG 0022, or RTOG 0225) are eligible to participate in this protocol using IMRT without further credentialing.

Institutions not previously credentialed for an IMRT protocol and wishing to participate in this protocol using IMRT must satisfy the following requirements:

  1. Satisfactory irradiation of the RPC IMRT Head/Neck phantom (click here for instructions),
  2. Submission of a Facility Questionnaire to RTOG RT QA Dept. (Part I is required for this study), and
  3. Demonstration of digital data submission capabilities to the ITC.