Determining the Efficacy of Pre-treatment Swallowing Therapy as a Means to Improve Dysphagia Quality of Life When Compared to Post-Treatment Therapy.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 52
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- To test whether pre-treatment swallowing exercises compared with "usual care" (where exercises are taught post-treatment) improves quality of life in patients undergoing chemoradiation therapy for advanced head and neck cancer.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this project is to determine if pre-treatment swallowing exercises can improve post-treatment swallowing function in patients undergoing radiation with or without chemotherapy for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 19 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Stage III or IV squamous cell cancer of teh pharynx and larynx
- •Patients who will be receiving chemoradiation
- •Age 19 years of age or older
- •Must sign informed consent.
排除标准
- •Prior cancer diagnosis
- •Metastatic disease
- •Cognitive Impairment
研究组 & 干预措施
1
Patients will receive pre-treatment swallowing exercises.
干预措施: Pre-treatment swallowing exercises (Other)
2
Post-treatment swallowing exercises.
干预措施: Post-treatment swallowing exercises. (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
To test whether pre-treatment swallowing exercises compared with "usual care" (where exercises are taught post-treatment) improves quality of life in patients undergoing chemoradiation therapy for advanced head and neck cancer.
时间窗: 8 weeks, 6 months, 12 months post radiation treatment
次要结局
- To test whether pre-treatment swallowing exercises compared with usual care improves secondary outcome measures related to dysphagia in this patient population.(8 weeks, 6 mnths and 12 months post radiation.)
研究者
William Carroll, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Alabama at Birmingham