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EMST in Patients Undergoing CRT for HNCA

NCT03916809 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2024-12-04

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Summary

This study is a randomized trial examining the impact of expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) on maintenance of safe and efficient oropharyngeal swallow function in persons with cancer of the head and neck (HNCA) undergoing treatment with radiation therapy or chemoradiotherapy (RT/CRT).

Conditions

  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Deglutition Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

EMST

Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) is an exercise program designed to strengthen the muscles of expiration by increasing expiratory load during breathing exercises using either resistive or pressure threshold devices. The EMST150 is a commercially-available device considered non-significant risk (NSR). The EMST150 device will be used for this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Froedtert Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Barbara Pauloski · University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-12
Primary Completion
2025-08-01
Completion
2025-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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