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Photoacoustic Imaging for Head and Neck Cancers

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Waitlist Available

Led By Anurag K Singh

Research Sponsored by Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to 2 years

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing how well photoacoustic imaging works to measure tumors and normal tissue in patients with head and neck cancer.

Eligible Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer
Radiation Therapy Patient
Laryngeal Cancer
Head and Neck Lymph Nodes
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to 2 years

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to 2 years

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 2 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Feasibility of PAI to quantify tumor characteristic in patients undergoing ALTENS (part II): rate

Feasibility of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) to quantify tumor characteristics (part I): rate

Secondary outcome measures

Body Weight Changes

Utility of serial PAI-based oxygen saturation (%sO2) measurements

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Diagnostic (PAI, ALTENS)Experimental Treatment2 Interventions

PART I: Patients undergo PAI before the start of chemoradiation therapy, weekly during 7 weeks of chemoradiation, and again 3-4 months after completion of chemoradiation therapy. PART II (CANCER-FREE WITH XEROSTOMIA): Patients undergo PAI at baseline, up to twice during acupuncture-like transcutaneous nerve stimulation (ALTENS) therapy, once after ALTENS, and at 3-6 months follow up.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Transcutaneous Acupoint Electrical Stimulation

2014

N/A

~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH

13,702 Previous Clinical Trials

40,931,664 Total Patients Enrolled

Roswell Park Cancer InstituteLead Sponsor

402 Previous Clinical Trials

31,112 Total Patients Enrolled

Anurag K SinghPrincipal InvestigatorRoswell Park Cancer Institute

5 Previous Clinical Trials

1,900 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there opportunities to register for this clinical experiment at present?

"As per the data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical experiment is presently recruiting participants and has been updated to its latest version as of June 2nd 2022. This project was initially published on September 6th 2019."

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How many participants are being chosen for this medical investigation?

"Affirmative, as per the information posted to clinicaltrials.gov, this medical research has been updated recently and is still recruiting patients. Launched on September 6th 2019, it seeks 40 volunteers from one site of study."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Photoacoustic Imaging for Measuring Tumors and Normal Tissue in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

2019. "Photoacoustic Imaging for Measuring Tumors and Normal Tissue in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04110249.