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A Study of Tongue Strength and Endurance Using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI) Tongue Strength Trainer in People With Oral Tongue Cance
Led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Updated on 2025-08-15
60
Participants Needed
7
Research Sites
156 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to learn more about tongue strength and endurance by using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI). The IOPI is a device that measures tongue pressure.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Study of Tongue Strength and Endurance Using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI) Tongue Strength Trainer in People With Oral Tongue Cance
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age ≥18 years old
- Scheduled to undergo primary surgery for oral tongue cancer (glossectomy types 1 to 3) using any type of closure or reconstruction
You will not qualify if you...
- Previous radiation therapy to the oral cavity or head and neck
- Previous surgery for oral cavity cancer
- Recurrent oral cavity cancer
- Surgical requirement of extension to involve bone (mandible resection)
- Subtotal or total glossectomy
- Feeding tube dependance prior to surgery
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 7 locations
1
Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Consent only)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920
Actively Recruiting
2
Memoral Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent only)
Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
Actively Recruiting
3
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)
Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645
Actively Recruiting
4
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk-Commack (Consent only)
Commack, New York, United States, 11725
Actively Recruiting
5
Memoral Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)
Harrison, New York, United States, 10604
Actively Recruiting
6
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activites)
New York, New York, United States, 10065
Actively Recruiting
7
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Nassau (Consent only)
Uniondale, New York, United States, 11553
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Louise Cunningham
CONTACT
J
Jennifer Cracchiolo, MD
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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