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Specific needs and symptom oriented treatment requirements in patients with head and neck cancer

Specific needs and symptom oriented treatment requirements in patients with head and neck cancer

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00017122
Enrollment
200
Registered
2019-08-15
Start date
2019-08-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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

Conditions

C01 C02 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C32

Interventions

Group 1: Overall we want to include 200 patients with head and neck cancer. At least half of the patients should have a tumour stage III or IV (according to the UICC-classification version 8) or a sit

Sponsors

HNO-Klinik Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Sufficient cognitive and language skills in order to understand the content of the questionnaires, a written informed consent of the patient after detailed information about the study, body weight of 50-120 kg.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients, who refuse to participate in the study or do not sign the informed consent, patients with cognitive impairments or language barriers, who are not able to understand the content of the questionnaires.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Survey of the symptom burden according to the 10 most common symptoms in patients with head and neck cancer. Analysis of the quality of life (German version of the "University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL)") in head and neck tumour patients.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Detection of clinical, therapeutic and sociodemographic influencing factors. Palliative supply requirements according to the overall-score of the MIDOS(2)-questionnaire. Correlation between stage of disease and palliative care needs.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAntoniu-Oreste Gostian

HNO-Klinik Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

antoniu-oreste.gostian@uk-erlangen.de09131 85-33156

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 5, 2026