Status:
COMPLETED
Resistance Training During Radiation Therapy for Pharyngeal or Laryngeal Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Collaborating Sponsors:
American Institute for Cancer Research
Conditions:
Head and Neck Cancer
Pharyngeal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
19-90 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this feasibility study is to examine the effect of resistance training on muscle strength, lean body mass, physical functioning, fatigue, and quality of life in head and neck cancer pat...
Detailed Description
Head and neck cancer (HNCa) patients often lose significant body weight and lean mass which is associated with higher mortality, greater fatigue, poorer quality of life, and reduced physical functioni...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- 1st time diagnosis of head and neck cancer (stage I, II, III, or IV; pharyngeal, laryngeal, nasopharyngeal, oral, floor of mouth, tongue, palate, maxillary, or mandibular)
- age 19 to 90 years old
- English speaking
- radiation therapy planned or underway \< 1 week
- Karnofsky performance status ≥ 60%, and
- able to stand
- Exclusion Criteria:
- dementia or organic brain syndrome
- severe emotional distress
- active schizophrenia
- quadriplegia or loss of use of limbs or torso
- tendon rupture
- muscle tear
- another diagnoses of cancer in the past 5 years, and
- oncologist refuses to allow screening for possible study participation
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
29 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00827164
Start Date
January 1 2011
End Date
April 1 2015
Last Update
May 12 2015
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294