Lean Body Mass in Head and Neck Cancer Patients During Cisplatin-based Chemoradiation

Department of Public Health, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lean Body Mass; Body Composition Changes; Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical testing; Diagnostic Test: DXA scan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05890859

LBM in HNSCC during treatment

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the changes in body composition in head and neck cancer patients during treatment. The main questions it aims to answer are: What is the rate of lean body mass loss and how is it associated with changes in muscle strength and functional performance? Is the lean body mass loss impacted by adding chemotherapy to the radiation treatment? Participants will be asked to undergo five body composition scans during treatment and undergo tests for muscle strength and functional performance before and after treatment.

Full description

The primary aim of the present study is to investigate the rate of decline in body composition (LBM, body weight and fat mass) as well as changes in maximal muscle strength and functional performance during radiation treatment in HNSCC patients and to investigate the association between the loss of LBM and impairments in maximal muscle strength and functional performance. Secondly, the study investigates whether adding cisplatin during chemoradiation induces exacerbated LBM loss compared to radiation alone.

50 patients are expected to be included in the study. Inclusion criteria are: (1) histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, pharynx, or oral cavity, (2) prescribed to radical or post-operative radiotherapy of at least 60 Gy with or without concomitant chemotherapy. Exclusion criteria were palliative radiation or participation in competing research protocols.

Five times during treatment (biweekly), patients will be asked to undergo a Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry scan to evaluate changes in lean body mass and fat mass. Before and after treatment patients are asked to perform three test for maximal muscle strength (one repetition maximum knee extension, chest press and leg press) as well as three functional performance test (30 s arm curl, 30 s chair rise and stair climb).

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, pharynx, or oral cavity
• Prescribed to radical or post-operative radiotherapy of at least 60 Gy with or without concomitant chemotherapy

Exclusion criteria

• Palliative radiation or participation in competing research protocols

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 1 patient group

DXA scans and physical tests

Other group

Description:

All patients are allocated to this arm and will undergod DXA scans and physical testing in addition to usual care/treatment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical testing

Diagnostic Test: DXA scan