Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship: Physical and Functional Status

Completed

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Early physical therapy may be effective in improving range of motion of the neck and shoulders in head and neck cancer survivors who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well early physical therapy works in improving physical and functional well-being in head and neck cancer survivors receiving chemoradiotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00751816

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

23

Starts

2008-06-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
• Head and neck cancer survivor
• Planning to receive adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer
• Has not yet initiated adjuvant therapy
• Referred to rehabilitation oncology physical therapy program

You may not qualify if…

• No metastatic disease
• No CNS cancer
• PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
• Speaks English
• No significant history of cardiovascular or neurovascular disease involving disability
• PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
• See Disease Characteristics
• Not currently in hospice care

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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