Resistance Training During Radiation Therapy for Pharyngeal or Laryngeal Cancer

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer, Pharyngeal Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this feasibility study is to examine the effect of resistance training on muscle strength, lean body mass, physical functioning, fatigue, and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00827164

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

29

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-12

Who can join

Age: 19 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 1st time diagnosis of head and neck cancer (stage I, II, III, or IV; pharyngeal, laryngeal, nasopharyngeal, oral, floor of mouth, tongue, palate, maxillary, or mandibular)
• age 19 to 90 years old
• English speaking
• radiation therapy planned or underway < 1 week
• Karnofsky performance status ≥ 60%, and
• able to stand

You may not qualify if…

• dementia or organic brain syndrome
• severe emotional distress
• active schizophrenia
• quadriplegia or loss of use of limbs or torso
• tendon rupture
• muscle tear
• another diagnoses of cancer in the past 5 years, and
• oncologist refuses to allow screening for possible study participation

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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