Effect of speech and swallow therapy on quality of life and speech intelligibility in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of tongue
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C029- Malignant neoplasm of tongue, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/05/042391
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with biopsy showing squamous cell carcinoma of tongue belonging to cT1 â?? 4a, N0 â?? 3, M0 receiving glossectomy as primary treatment, with or without flap reconstruction, belonging to both genders and age groups between 18 and 70 yrs will be included.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with advanced lesions cT4a with total tongue involvement
2.Recurrent disease
3.Prior history of surgery / chemoradiotherapy
4.Patients not willing for surgery
5.Not fit for surgery
6.Patients with distant metastasis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the effect of speech and swallow therapy on quality of life and speech intelligibility in patients undergoing wide local excision for squamous cell carcinoma of tongue with or without flap reconstruction.Timepoint: 15 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: Nil