Six minute walk test as a measure of health in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemo-radiotherapy.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C148- Malignant neoplasm of overlappingsites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037408
- Lead Sponsor
- Father Muller College of Allied Health Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Head and neck cancer patients receiving chemo-radiotherapy
2. Patients falling under the ECOG scale score < 2
3.Patients are classified according to the TNM staging for HNC of American Joint Committee on Cancer (stage III-IV b)
4.Recurrence of head and neck cancer
Exclusion Criteria
1. Severe orthopedic and neurologic conditions
2. Unstable angina or MI during previous months
3. Resting HR more than 120b/m
4. BP: Systolic pressure more than 180mmHg. Diastolic pressure more than 100mmHg
5. Patients contraindicated to exercise training
6. Patients with platelet count <30,000/μl of blood, hemoglobin count <8g/dl
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE HEAD AND NECK 35 <br/ ><br>TIMED UP AND GO TEST <br/ ><br>PATIENT GENERATED-SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT <br/ ><br>BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY <br/ ><br>SHORT FORM MC GILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE <br/ ><br>FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER THERAPY HEAD AND NECK <br/ ><br>JAMAR DYNAMOMETER <br/ ><br>SIX MINUTE WALK TEST <br/ ><br>BIO-ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSISTimepoint: Baseline and at 6 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method /ATimepoint: N/A