Pilot Study to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes for Dysphagia After Radiation Therapy

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dysphagia, Oral Pharyngeal Cancer

In brief

Patients with head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiation, often develop a treatment associated dysphagia. The common complaint is foods sticking in the pharynx. This study seeks to test the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI) in the management of treatment induced dysphagia following chemoradiation for oral, pharyngeal, laryngeal, hypopharyngeal cancer. This pilot study seeks to compare standard exercise therapy plus IOPI to standard exercise alone to determine if recovery is enhanced and to determine if rate of recovery is accelerated.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02564887

Run by

Jonas Johnson

People needed

26

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2019-09-06

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• diagnosed with oral, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal or laryngeal cancer having non-surgical treatment with chemoradiation, or radiation therapy alone, resulting in treatment associated dysphagia.

You may not qualify if…

• unable to adhere to assigned therapy program due to cognitive deficits
• surgical treatment for head and neck cancer
• unable to give informed consent

Where it is running

• UPMC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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