Evaluating Taste and Smell Function and Food and Taste Preferences of Head and Neck Cancer Patients During Radiation Therapy/Chemotherapy

AHS Cancer Control Alberta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00375921

HN-4-0028 23026

Details and patient eligibility

About

Changes to taste and smell have been reported in head and neck cancer patients who undergo radiation and chemotherapy. This may cause food to be unappealing and can lead to a reduced food intake. Thsi study will increase our understanding of taste and smell changes and how it relates to food and taste preferences.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• diagnosed with head and neck cancer including the lip, oral cavity, salivary glands, paranasal sinuses, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx and thyroid
• all histologic types of cancer
• all tumour stages according to American Joint Committee for Cancer (AJCC) Staging
• all forms of RT including standard or investigational and/or concurrent standard or investigational chemotherapy for head and neck cancers
• alert and mentally competent
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• unable to swallow
• unwilling to participate