Actively Recruiting
Prosthesis Guided Speech Rehabilitation of T1/T2 Cancers of the Tongue
Led by University of Michigan · Updated on 2026-05-08
40
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
543 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study will fill a scientific gap in the current knowledge providing data for evaluation of the palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) as a therapeutic modality post-surgery. This is a robust scientific randomized prospective clinical trial. Positive outcomes from this study have the potential to dramatically alter the most common issues of oral cancer therapy, namely speech and swallowing functions. Patients will have been diagnosed with a cancer lesion of the tongue requiring surgery and removal of part of the tongue. Smaller cancers of the tongue are sized as T1 or T2. For patients with smaller lesions, a PAP, which can aid in speaking and swallowing, is not routinely provided.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Prosthesis Guided Speech Rehabilitation of T1/T2 Cancers of the Tongue
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients with a new diagnosis of a T1/T2 tongue cancer
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients with recurrent disease
- Patients with a history of prior head and neck radiation therapy
- Patients who lack adequate maxillary dentition to support a palatal augmentation prosthesis
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Michigan Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Stephanie M Munz, DDS
CONTACT
M
Mary Burton
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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