Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

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Conditions studied: Head Cancer, Neck Cancer, Sarcopenia, Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

This study examines the acceptability, feasibility, and safety in developing a prehabilitation program for head and neck cancer patients. The purpose of this research is to access the safety and acceptability of using a prehabilitation program before head and neck cancer surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06722508

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

20

Starts

2024-05-09

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• New head and neck cancer diagnosis Age > 18

You may not qualify if…

• Prior treatment for head and neck cancer (surgery and/or radiation)
• Acute or unstable cardiac conditions (unstable angina or symptomatic severe aortic stenosis)
• American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of 4 and 5
• Disabling orthopedic or neuromuscular disease
• Cardiac failure (New York Heart Association functional classes III and IV)
• Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• End-stage liver or kidney disease
• Inability to swallow and/or feeding tube dependence
• Any other comorbid medical, physical, and/or mental condition that contraindicates exercise or oral nutrition
• Adults unable to consent
• Age 17.99 or younger
• Prisoners, pregnant women, or other vulnerable population

Where it is running

• UC Davis Health — Sacramento, California, United States (enrolling)
• UC Davis Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States (enrolling)

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