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Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by University of California, Davis
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorUniversity of California, Davis
Started2024-05-09
Est. completion2026-08
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations2 sites
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NCT06722508

Summary

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

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

New head and neck cancer diagnosis Age \> 18

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior treatment for head and neck cancer (surgery and/or radiation)
2. Acute or unstable cardiac conditions (unstable angina or symptomatic severe aortic stenosis)
3. American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of 4 and 5
4. Disabling orthopedic or neuromuscular disease
5. Cardiac failure (New York Heart Association functional classes III and IV)
6. Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
7. End-stage liver or kidney disease
8. Inability to swallow and/or feeding tube dependence
9. Any other comorbid medical, physical, and/or mental condition that contraindicates exercise or oral nutrition
10. Adults unable to consent
11. Age 17.99 or younger
12. Prisoners, pregnant women, or other vulnerable population

Conditions5

CancerHead CancerHead and Neck CancerNeck CancerSarcopenia

Locations2 sites

UC Davis Health
Sacramento, California, 95817
Marianne Abouyared, MD916-734-2704mabouyared@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, 95817
Randev Sandhu CRC Supervisor, BS916-734-2863rssandhu@ucdavis.edu

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