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Training Swallowing Initiation During Expiration

NCT05278039 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2026-05-14

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Summary

Head and neck cancers have escalated to epidemic levels in the United States, and survivors are suffering from life-long, devastating swallowing disorders with limited therapeutic options. This clinical trial investigates a novel swallowing treatment that trains initiation of swallowing during the expiratory phase of respiration to improve swallowing safety and efficiency.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Respiratory-Swallow Phase Training

Participants will complete 6 respiratory-swallow phase training sessions that will last approximately one hour.

OTHER

Swallow Practice

Participants will complete 6 "swallow practice" sessions that will last approximately one hour.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Bonnie Martin-Harris, PhD · Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-19
Primary Completion
2026-04-10
Completion
2026-04-10

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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