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Normative Ranges of Lingual Strength and Endurance and the Impact of the IOPI Lingual Strength Trainer on Quantitative Functional Outcomes and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Partial Glossectomy or Hemiglossectomy for Oral Tongue Cancer, An Unblinded: Randomized Pilot Study

ConditionTongue Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

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)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI)

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov