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BION Treatment of Dysphagia After Radical Head-Neck Surgery

NCT00628485 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2015-06-03

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Summary

The primary goal of the proposed study is to improve the long-term swallowing capabilities of subjects undergoing radical or modified radical neck surgeries followed by chemoradiation therapy (CRT), by more selective stimulation of the swallowing muscles using implanted microstimulators called BIONs.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

BION

The second group will have a "High Stimulation" paradigm at a frequency that produces strong, fused contractions (20-30pps) for a total of 1h/d, also in two spaced sessions. Stimulation intensity will be adjusted to produce the strongest contractions that are tolerated.

DEVICE

BION

The first group will have a stimulation paradigm employing low-frequency (1-5 pps), supramaximal "twitch" stimulation. The period of the stimulation will probably be short for the first sessions as the muscles gain strength and fatigue resistance, but will eventually be 60 minutes per day in two spaced sessions of about 30 minutes each.

DEVICE

BION

A third group of experimental subjects will have a standardized program of voluntary swallowing exercises. Their BIONs will not be activated until they have worsening of dysphagia, and thus are considered to have failed conventional therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern California

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerald Loeb, MD · University of Southern California

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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