Pulsed Dye Laser in Treating Patients With Post Radiation Dysphonia

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Conditions studied: Oral Complications of Radiation Therapy, Stage I Laryngeal Cancer, Stage II Laryngeal Cancer

In brief

This pilot trial studies pulsed dye laser in treating patients with post radiation dysphonia. Dysphonia, or vocal cord scarring, can include trouble with the voice when trying to talk, such as hoarseness, change in voice pitch, and poor voice quality, and it commonly happens after radiation therapy for laryngeal cancer. Pulsed dye laser may improve post radiation dysphonia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02198131

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

9

Starts

2009-10-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-04-26

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients suffering from dysphonia after radiation therapy for glottic carcinoma will be included in the study
• Patients will be included if their initial stage was T1 N0 M0 or T2 N0 M0

You may not qualify if…

• Patients having previously undergone large surgical resections of the larynx or hypopharynx will be excluded
• Patients fewer than 1 year out from completion of radiation therapy will be excluded
• Patients with local disease recurrence would be excluded from the trial
• Patients in whom the transnasal endoscope is poorly tolerated or patients in whom transnasal endoscopic laryngoscopy is contraindicated will be excluded

Where it is running

• Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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