feeding tube placement directly in stomach vs through nose in patients having advanced cancer of mouth and food pipe with difficulty in swallowing
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients presenting with dysphagia in patients of Head and neck cancer and Carcinoma oesophagus
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/05/008710
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
a)- Patients diagnosed to have carcinoma esophagus and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma presenting with significant dysphagia requiring nutritional supplementation.
b)- treatment naïve patients having performance status less than or equal to ECOG 2
c)- Patients between age of 18 to 75 years
Exclusion Criteria
a)- Patients fit for upfront surgery not requiring adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
b)- Refusal to give consent
c)- performance status >ECOG 2 at presentation
d)- Patients who have received treatment previously.
e)- Patients with uncorrectable coagulopathy
f)- Patients with absolute dysphagia with multiple failed attempts of NG tube insertion.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method