← Back to Search

Virtual Coach for Head and Neck Cancers

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Heather Starmer
Research Sponsored by Stanford University
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 7 weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test a mobile health technology to help people with head and neck cancer stick to their treatment plan and improve their ability to swallow.

Eligible Conditions
  • Head and Neck Cancer

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~7 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 7 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Overall adherence to prescribed exercise protocol measured as percentage of prescribed exercises completed
Secondary outcome measures
Depth of bolus entry into the laryngeal vestibule as measured using the Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS)
Diet level as defined by the Functional Oral Intake Scale
Diet restrictions as measured by the Performance Status Scale Head and Neck
+3 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Virtual Coach AppExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants in the experimental arm (Group A) will receive a comprehensive swallowing rehabilitation app. This study seeks to determine if a mobile application may enhance adherence to swallowing therapy in patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. No devices - outside of the Smartphone already owned by the participant - will be used in this study. Similarly, no drugs, biological materials, or other substances will be used.
Group II: Standard of CareActive Control1 Intervention
The paper group (Group B) will be given paper exercise logs to fill out Participants will be educated regarding potential radiation-related side effects and trained in the same series of swallowing exercises by the SLP. The paper log treatment group will serve as a standard treatment group. As adherence is a primary goal of the target intervention, paper logging will be necessary to determine relative adherence while minimizing reporting bias.

Find a Location

Who is running the clinical trial?

Stanford UniversityLead Sponsor
2,373 Previous Clinical Trials
17,327,874 Total Patients Enrolled
National Cancer Institute (NCI)NIH
13,603 Previous Clinical Trials
40,913,187 Total Patients Enrolled
Heather StarmerPrincipal InvestigatorStanford Universiy

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is the trial actively seeking new participants?

"Clinicaltrials.gov confirms that this experiment, initially posted in April of 2019 and most recently updated on November 10th 2022, is no longer recruiting patients. However, there are still 395 other medical trials actively seeking participants at present."

Answered by AI
~15 spots leftby Mar 2025