Reconstructive Surgery For Head And Neck Cancer Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Advanced Stage Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

The goal of this study is to better understand the changes in symptoms and overall quality of life after head and neck surgery and reconstruction. "Quality of Life" means how you feel about your life as a result of your disease and its treatment. Learning about changes in patients' quality of life will help doctors and future patients make more informed treatment decisions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00578032

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

80

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2017-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-19

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing surgical resection and reconstruction for every stage head and neck malignancies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
• Patients at least 21 years of age

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are less than 21 years old
• Patients who do not speak the English language
• Patients who are unable to comprehend the content of the questionnaires due to psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment
• Patients who cannot complete the pre-operative questionnaires during consent

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.