Assessment of Dysphagia and Vocal cord function in Head and neck cancer patients recieving Radiotherapy.
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/03/012566
- Lead Sponsor
- Jawaharlal Institue Of Postgraduate Medical Education And Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All newly detected cases of biopsy proven squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx, larynx and hypopharynx fit for concurrent chemo radiation or radical radiotherapy, with a KPS > 70 (Karnofsky Performance scale) at the time of presentation consenting for the study will be enrolled.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients on feeding jejunostomy, tracheostomy and prolonged Ryles tube feeding.
Previous history of malignancies.
Patients requiring surgery as a part of treatment protocol.
Evidence of distant metastasis.
Recurrent or residual disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in grade of dysphagia post radical radiation or radical chemoradiation treatmentTimepoint: 3 months and 6 months post treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in Vocal Cord Function and Laryngeal Edema Post Radical Radiation or Radical Chemoradiation TreatmentTimepoint: 3 months and 6 months post treatment