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Functional Electrical Stimulation in Irradiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

NCT00815087 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2014-03-26

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether functional electrical stimulation is effective in the treatment of dysphagia due to nasopharyngeal cancer post radiotherapy

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Functional electrical stimulation

15 sessions of VitalStim® therapy, 60 minutes per session

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise home program

Daily exercise training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tyng-Guey Wang, MD · Department of Physicale Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-02-28
Completion
2013-10-31

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