SCM Muscle as a Marker for Frailty in Patients Undergoing ENT Surgery

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06704256

Enrollment

100

Registered

2024-11-26

Start date

2024-10-28

Completion date

2026-10-23

Last updated

2024-11-26

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Conditions

Frailty

Brief summary

This study focuses on evaluating the relationship between physical frailty and measurements of the muscles of the neck in patients undergoing non-cancer Head and Neck surgery.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

• Non-oncologic patients presenting for head and neck surgery with available neck CT scans.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients undergoing cancer surgery * Patients under18 years of age * Patients without pre-surgical CT-scans of the head and neck

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Skeletal muscle size	End of study at 6 months	Skeletal muscle derived measures of size of neck skeletal musculature. No maximum or minimum.
Skeletal muscle density	End of study at 6 months	Skeletal muscle derived measures of density of neck skeletal musculature. No maximum or minimum.

Countries

United States

Contacts

Primary ContactGabriela Hernandez, MD PhD

Gabriela.hernandezmeza@mountsinai.org814-769-1104

Backup ContactMingyang Gray, MD

Mgray@nyee.com

Outcome results