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Effect of oropharyngeal exercise therapy on mouth opening, quality of life and sleep quality in post operative oral cancer patients

Phase 3
Conditions
Health Condition 1: C109- Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx,unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/11/059439
Lead Sponsor
Sumeet Nandkumar Keode
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients of both genders.

2. Age group 18-75 years of age.

3. Patient with histopathologically proven oral or oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.(oral cavity, oropharynx, nasopharynx, salivary gland, nasal fossae).

4. Patient who are operatied for an en bloc resection of primary tumor, neck dissection and reconstruction.

5. Patient who is receiving post operative chemotherapy.

6. Difficulty in mouth opening.

7. Patient with sleep disturbed. (insomnia)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Neurological (facial palsy, cognitive impairment, Alzheimer,senile dementia) or other non tumor related swallowing difficulty.

2. Risk of fracture, respiratory insufficiency (grade3)

3. Intense pain not controlled with analgesic treatment.

4. Bone metastasis with risk of fracture.

5. Patients who are on corticosteroid for more than one month.

6. Psychological reason that could hamper adherence with study protocol.

7. Patient with difficulty with completing questionnaires.

8. Intubated post operative patients.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Mouth opening ( THERABITE device) <br/ ><br>2. Quality of life (university of Washington quality of life)Timepoint: Before and after 0f 4 week intervention
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Subjective sleep quality.(PSQI and consensus sleep diary)Timepoint: Before and after 0f 4 week intervention
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