The Role of Voice Rest on Voice Outcomes Following Phonosurgery

Lawson Health Research Institute

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Unilateral Vocal Cord Lesions

Treatments: Behavioral: Absolute Voice Rest

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02788435

107893

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients undergoing vocal cord surgery (phonosurgery) are often prescribed voice rest postoperatively. However, no clinical trials have ever been conducted to ascertain the efficacy of using voice rest and its impact on functional voice outcomes. The purpose of this randomized-clinical trial is to determine if the prescription of voice rest has an impact on voice outcomes following phonosurgery.

Full description

The study will seek to determine if a 7-day period of absolute voice rest alters voice-related quality of life following phonosurgery

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age greater than 18 years
• Unilateral vocal cord lesion
• Consented for phonosurgery

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18 years
• Bilateral vocal cord lesions
• Prior vocal cord surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in the control arm will undergo a graduated prescription of voice use immediately following surgery.

Absolute Voice Rest

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the experimental arm will undergo 7 days of absolute voice rest following surgery.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Absolute Voice Rest