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Feasibility of Cough Skill Training in Individuals With Head and Neck Cancer

NCT07756684 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2026-08-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This preliminary study will examine the feasibility of a cough skill training treatment approach to rehabilitate voluntary cough function in people with head and neck cancer. Cough skill training focuses on practicing cough as a compensatory strategy for when food or liquid enters the airway. Primary outcomes will be feasibility and immediate treatment effects. The investigators hypothesize that the treatment will be feasible and will result in improvements to voluntary cough peak expiratory flow rate.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Handheld cough device

During each treatment session with study personnel and during home practice, participants will complete 25 repetitions (5 sets of 5) of a voluntary coughs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Boston University Charles River Campus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James Borders, PhD CCC-SLP · Boston University Charles River Campus

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-10-31
Primary Completion
2027-09-30
Completion
2027-09-30
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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