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Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Head and Neck Cancer Survivors With High Cardiovascular Risk After Radiation Therapy

NCT05490875 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-01-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to understand how radiation therapy may affect blood vessels in the neck called the carotid arteries. Investigators want to look at narrowing of the artery or thickening of the walls of the arteries.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Carotid ultrasound

Carotid ultrasound will be done to both sides of the neck to look at the carotid arteries.

OTHER

Blood draw

This optional blood draw could occur anytime from the time of enrollment on the study until 90 days after the research ultrasound.

OTHER

Survey

Participants will complete a 15-minute survey about how acceptable participants find the ultrasound procedure, whether participants would be open to it in the future if a doctor thought it was necessary, whether participants would be open to getting treatment for artery problems, and how participants feel about their own risk of stroke.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ryan Hughes, MD · Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-12-02
Primary Completion
2025-01-07
Completion
2025-01-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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