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Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

ConditionsHead CancerNeck CancerSarcopeniaHead and Neck Cancer
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

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

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

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • exercise and nutritional prehabilitation

    Behavioral

    The study involves a behavioral intervention (exercise and nutritional prehabilitation) designed to assess outcomes related to feasibility, acceptability, and safety in head and neck cancer patients. Outcomes are being measured following the intervention over a defined period (from diagnosis through 1-month post-surgery).

Treatment groups

20 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: behavioral interventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Completion Rate of 2-Week Prehabilitation Program

Percentage of participants who successfully complete the 2-week prehabilitation program for head and neck cancer patients.

Time frame
2 weeks
2

Participant Safety During the 2-Week Program

Number of participants who experience adverse events during the 2-week prehabilitation program, assessed using CTCAE v5.0 criteria.

Time frame
2 weeks
3

Acceptability of the Program

Number of participants who rate the prehabilitation program as acceptable, using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Not Acceptable, 5 = Very Acceptable).

Time frame
2 weeks
4

Feasibility of the Program

Percentage of planned exercise and nutrition activities completed by participants during the 2-week prehabilitation program.

Time frame
2 weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of California, Davis

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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