Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship: Physical and Functional Status

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Early physical therapy may be effective in improving range of motion of the neck and shoulders in head and neck cancer survivors who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying how well early physical therapy works in improving physical and functional well-being in head and neck cancer survivors receiving chemoradiotherapy.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt University; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Head and neck cancer survivor

• Planning to receive adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer

• Has not yet initiated adjuvant therapy

• Referred to rehabilitation oncology physical therapy program

Exclusion Criteria:

• No metastatic disease

• No CNS cancer

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Speaks English

• No significant history of cardiovascular or neurovascular disease involving disability

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics

• Not currently in hospice care