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Pre-treatment Exercises Versus Post-treatment Exercises for Dysphagia

NCT00584129 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2015-03-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Pre-treatment swallowing exercises

Swallowing exercises will be started pre-treatment with radiation.

OTHER

Post-treatment swallowing exercises.

Patients to start swallowing exercises after completion of radiation therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William R. Carroll, MD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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