Role of esophageal endoscopy in detection of simultaneous esophageal cancer in diagnosed head and neck cancer patient

TO EVALUATE THE ROLE OF TRANS NASAL ESOPHAGEAL ENDOSCOPY FOR DETECTION OF SYNCHRONOUS ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASM IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2018/11/016293

Enrollment

200

Registered

2018-11-09

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- DISEASED PATIENTS Health Condition 2: C00-C14- Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx

Interventions

Intervention1: trans nasal esophagoscopy: transnasal esophagoscopy will be done by using a OEV262H monitor system (Olympus, Japan) with a high-resolution CV-170 endoscope (Olympus, Japan)

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Newly diagnosed cases of oral cavity, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients refusing consent for the procedure 2. Recurrent or residual disease and post treatment cases 3. Clinical conditions precluding upper GI endoscopic examination

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To determine the role of trans nasal esophagoscopy in detecting synchronous esophageal neoplasia in SCC of oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx and larynxTimepoint: first consecutive 200 patients	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. To determine the role of WLE in detecting synchronous esophageal neoplasia 2. To determine the role of NBI in detecting synchronous esophageal neoplasia 3. Comparison of these two techniques in detecting synchronous esophageal neoplasiaTimepoint: first consecutive 200 patients	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKULDEEP THAKUR

AIIMS DELHI

amitchirom@gmail.com9999501928

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026