Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, Davis

About this trial

This study examines the acceptability, feasibility, and safety in developing a prehabilitation program for head and neck cancer patients. The purpose of this research is to access the safety and acceptability of using a prehabilitation program before head and neck cancer surgery.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Prior treatment for head and neck cancer (surgery and/or radiation)

Acute or unstable cardiac conditions (unstable angina or symptomatic severe aortic stenosis)

American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of 4 and 5

Disabling orthopedic or neuromuscular disease

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • exercise and nutritional prehabilitation

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group