Neoplasms

Mouth and Tooth Diseases

Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases

All Conditions

Digestive System Diseases

Rare Diseases

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Carcinoma

Deglutition Disorders

Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms

Pharyngeal Neoplasms

Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms

Head and Neck Neoplasms

Nasopharyngeal Diseases

Pharyngeal Diseases

Stomatognathic Diseases

Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases

Esophageal Diseases

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Functional electrical stimulation: Experimental

15 sessions of VitalStim® therapy, 60 minutes per session

Functional electrical stimulation

Exercise home program

Tyng-Guey Wang, MD

The purpose of this study is to determine whether functional electrical stimulation is effective in the treatment of dysphagia due to nasopharyngeal cancer post radiotherapy

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients usually underwent radiotherapy (RT) or chemoradiotherapy(CRT). There were some complications caused by RT, like dysphagia.

In recent studies, functional electrical stimulation (FES) was be used in neurologically dysphagia patients, and there were some positive effects with these studies. Hence, we decided applied FES to these NPC patients with dysphagia.

Functional Electrical Stimulation in Irradiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

Efficacy of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Dysphagia of Nasopharyngeal Cancer Post Radiotherapy

A parameter of the VFSS assessment was velocity of displacement of hyoid bone on 5mL thin barium sulfate bolus, which was defined as the displacement divided by the duration. The outcome measure time frame was based on VFSS assessment with the range between one to three months due to subjects received 1 to 3 times per week. We will provide the mean time frame, which is 2 months.

National Taiwan University Hospital

Not any patient reported serious adverse event.

Functional electrical stimulation: Experimental

Functional electrical stimulation : 15 sessions of VitalStim® therapy, 60 minutes per session

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)

Exercise home program

Exercise home program : Daily exercise training

Home Rehabilitation Program (HRP)

Total

Age, Categorical

Age, Continuous

Sex: Female, Male

Taiwan

Region of Enrollment

We decided to make the cut point when the numbers of 2 groups are equal.

Lack of information about muscle fibrosis, no control group. and the results from the small amount of subjects.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Functional Electrical Stimulation in Irradiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)	NCT00815087	Dysphagia	Functional elec... Exercise home p...	18 Years -	National Taiwan University Hospital
Functional Electrical Stimulation in Irradiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)	NCT00815087	Dysphagia	Functional elec... Exercise home p...	18 Years -	National Taiwan University Hospital

Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for exercise home program