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Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship: Physical and Functional Status

NCT00751816 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2015-12-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Early physical therapy may be effective in improving range of motion of the neck and shoulders in head and neck cancer survivors who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well early physical therapy works in improving physical and functional well-being in head and neck cancer survivors receiving chemoradiotherapy.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

systemic chemotherapy

OTHER

survey administration

will be administered before, during, and after medical intent-to-cure treatment to describe head and neck cancer survivors' physical and functional well-being.

PROCEDURE

adjuvant therapy

PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

PROCEDURE

musculoskeletal complications management/prevention

PROCEDURE

physical therapy

weekly visits coordinated with adjuvant treatment as part of standard care

RADIATION

radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Vanderbilt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ann Marie Flores, Ph.D. · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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