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personalized training program helps improve swallowing, body tissues, and oxygen use during activity in head and neck cancer survivors receiving cancer treatment.

Effectiveness of tailored impairment based oro-motor training programme on swallowing function, body composition and aerobic capacity among head and neck cancer survivors receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy - interventional study - nil

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/01/079567
Enrollment
55
Registered
2025-01-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C148- Malignant neoplasm of overlappingsites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx

Interventions

Intervention1: CALORIE CARE PROGRAM: intervention program which addresses the impairment seen in head and head neck cancer survivors undergoing anticancer treatment Intervention2: CALORIE CARE PROGRAM

Sponsors

nil
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically proven primary diagnosis of head and neck cancer TNM stages III and IV, IVa, IVb 2. Head and neck cancer survivors between the age group of 18 to 65 3. Head and neck cancer survivors present with oro-motor dysfunction presenting with limited mouth opening of less than 35mm. 4. Head and neck cancer survivors who are undergoing radiotherapy or concurrent chemoradiotherapy. 5. Clearance from the attending radiation oncologist 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score 0 to 2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Head and neck cancer survivors with other distant metastases 2. Head and neck cancer survivors having other medical comorbidities which restrict the participants to enrol for the programme. 3. Head and neck cancer survivors having impaired cognitive function

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Maximum interincisal opening (MIO)Timepoint: baseline, 4th week and 8th week—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Eating assessment tool (EAT-10) Gothenburg trismus questionnaire (GTQ) 6-minute walk test Body composition using TANITA. Timepoint: baseline, 4th week and 8th week—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactArun Varghese

Kasturba Medical college, Mangalore

arunvarghese2066@gmail.com8848178832

Outcome results

None listed

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