Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Swallowing Intervention During Radiochemotherapy on Head and Neck Cancer

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Swallowing Intervention During Radiochemotherapy on Head and Neck Cancer

Official Title: Randomized Phase II Trial: Swallowing Speech Pathology Intervention During Radiochemotherapy on Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Study ID: NCT02075385

Conditions

Head Neck Cancer

Swallowing Disorders

Interventions

pre, during and pos-treatment swallowing exercises

Study Description

Brief Summary: General Objective: To evaluate the swallowing results of speech pathologist rehabilitation of advanced oropharynges, larynx and hypopharynx cancer patients during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy concomitant to chemotherapy. Methods and Casuistic: Randomized clinical trial phase II. 80 patients with advanced oropharynges, larynx and hypopharynx cancer diagnoses from Barretos Cancer Hospital, which had the proposal of neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy. Patients are randomized on two groups: control group and speech pathology therapy group

Detailed Description: To evaluate and compare the swallowing and life quality swallowing on a group undergoing to speech pathology therapy (intervention) and a control group (no intervention).