Evaluating the Use of an Informational Head and Neck Cancer Website.

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

It can be difficult for head and neck cancer patients and their families to fully understand the impact that cancer procedures and treatments can have on the cancer patients life. Procedures used to treat head and neck cancer may result in significant changes to the patients' physical appearance and/or functional abilities (talking, eating, and breathing). The lack of understanding as it relates to the effects of cancer treatments can have a significant impact on the patients post-operative success. In an effort to help educate head and neck cancer patients and their families during this difficult time, the UIC department of Otolaryngology-HNS has created an informational website. The website is designed to educate cancer patients and their families regarding various cancer treatments and therapies.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04268329

Run by

University of Illinois at Chicago

People needed

14

Starts

2016-08-16

Expected to finish

2020-06-18

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and female subjects greater than 18 years of age.
• Subjects that present to the UIC dept. of Otolaryngology-HNS with a head and neck cancer requiring surgery of the tongue, mandibulectomy, neck dissection, laryngectomy, or tracheostomy surgery and that have not previously had head and neck cancer resection surgery. (The surgeries listed are currently available on the website.)
• One (1) family member of the cancer subject who will be treated at UIC for a head and neck cancer as noted in item 2 above, and who have not had a head and neck cancer surgery resection themselves. Patients undergoing treatment will remain eligible to participate independent of whether or not their family member takes part in the study.
• Subjects that have access to the internet to view the study website either by using a desktop or laptop computer, a tablet or a smartphone.
• Subjects who are willing to document their time on the website for study purposes.
• Both English and Spanish speaking subjects who are literate and are able to read from a computer screen.
• Subjects that understand the purpose and procedures of the study, who wish to participate, and who sign the study consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects under 18 years of age.
• Subjects who do not have a head and neck cancer, or a family member with recently diagnosed head and neck cancer, or who have already had a head and neck cancer resection surgery.
• Subjects that do not have access to the internet.
• Subjects that do not understand or are not willing to follow the procedures as outlined in the study consent.
• Subjects and/or their family member who cannot read or are legally blind.

Where it is running

• University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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