The Efficacy of Vocal Function Exercises for Laryngeal Cancers

Vrushali Angadi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vocal Folds

Treatments: Procedure: Vocal Function Exercises; Procedure: Vocal Hygiene

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02156518

2014-027

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if the systematic practice of Vocal Function Exercises (VFE) improves selected measures of voice production in participants who have previously been irradiated for early glottic cancers compared to participants who receive the present standard of care, namely, vocal hygiene counseling. It is hypothesized that a prescriptive vocal exercise program (VFE) will improve the voice production of individuals who have been previously treated for laryngeal cancers when compared to participants who receive vocal hygiene alone.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hearing level and cognitive ability to follow test directions
• Laryngeal cancer
• Radiation Therapy completed >= 6 months
• Deemed disease free by the treating physician
• Subjects have to be willing to attend weekly voice therapy sessions

Exclusion criteria

• Adjuvant treatment: laser or any surgical intervention
• Neurological or cognitive impairment
• Hearing levels that interfere with following test instruction
• Vocal fold paralysis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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12 participants in 2 patient groups

Vocal Function Exercises

Experimental group

Description:

Vocal Function Exercises

Treatment:

Procedure: Vocal Function Exercises

Vocal hygiene

Active Comparator group

Description:

Vocal hygiene

Treatment:

Procedure: Vocal Hygiene