NCT00751816

Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship: Physical and Functional Status

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Early physical therapy may be effective in improving range of motion of the neck and shoulders in head and neck cancer survivors who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well early physical therapy works in improving physical and functional well-being in head and neck cancer survivors receiving chemoradiotherapy.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Describe the physical and functional well-being of head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors undergoing physical therapy during adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. * Describe clinical measure of range of motion for the cervical spine and shoulder of HNC survivors undergoing physical therapy during adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. * Determine the feasibility of an early physical therapy intervention (prior to and during adjuvant treatment) targeting the physical needs of HNC survivors. OUTLINE: Patients undergo physical therapy weekly for 10 weeks beginning 1 week prior to initiating adjuvant chemoradiotherapy and continuing until 2 weeks after the completion of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Patients undergo range of motion assessment and complete a Cancer Survivorship Survey (CSS) at baseline and in weeks 4, 8, 9, and 10 of physical therapy.

Conditions

• Head and Neck Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	systemic chemotherapy
OTHER	survey administration	will be administered before, during, and after medical intent-to-cure treatment to describe head and neck cancer survivors' physical and functional well-being.
PROCEDURE	adjuvant therapy
PROCEDURE	management of therapy complications
PROCEDURE	musculoskeletal complications management/prevention
PROCEDURE	physical therapy	weekly visits coordinated with adjuvant treatment as part of standard care
RADIATION	radiation therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2009-01-01
• Completion: 2009-01-01
• First posted: 2008-09-12
• Last updated: 2015-12-10

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States