Pre-treatment Exercises Versus Post-treatment Exercises for Dysphagia

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Treatments: Other: Pre-treatment swallowing exercises; Other: Post-treatment swallowing exercises.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00584129

F060123002

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 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.

Exclusion criteria

• Prior cancer diagnosis
• Metastatic disease
• Cognitive Impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will receive pre-treatment swallowing exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Pre-treatment swallowing exercises

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Post-treatment swallowing exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Post-treatment swallowing exercises.