Prehabilitation Protocol for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
ConditionHead and Neck Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorUniversity of Miami
About this trial
The purpose of this research is to help researchers understand the barriers, supports, and preferences for prehabilitation. Prehabilitation in this study means head and neck cancer patients will receive nutritional counseling sessions and attend exercise programs before and during radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy treatment.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age 18 to 80 years old
Patients with a diagnosis of non-metastatic squamous cell carcinoma originating in the head and neck (oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, and nasopharynx).
Patients with a plan for curative radiation therapy (RT) / chemoradiation therapy (CRT) at SCCC* - *Patients who underwent surgery for the HNC are still eligible.
Clearance for exercise by the medical team.
Disqualifiers
A patient with a metastatic cancer.
A patient who cannot complete the baseline assessment and/or start prehabilitation by the initiation of RT/CRT.
Any contraindication for diet change or exercising as determined by a physician.
A patient who is not an English or Spanish speaker.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Referral to Oncology Nutritional Counseling and Exercise Program
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov