Clinical trial · Interventional
Preventive Physical Activity Intervention in Head and Neck Cancer
Preventive Randomized Study Regarding Physical Activity Intervention for Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: the Effect of Preventive Intervention for Physical Activity, Function and Quality of Life
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The study includes patients with tumors of the oropharynx, larynx and hypopharynx scheduled to receive radiotherapy with curative intent (+/- chemotherapy). The patients will be randomized into either an intervention group (performing a preventive physical activity protocol before and during radiotherapy) or a control group not performing a specified physical exercise protocol. All patients will be in contact with with a speech language pathologist or a physical therapist weekly during radiotherapy. The study is expected to improve physical function and quality of life during and after oncologic treatment
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Neoplasms | Head and Neck Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Physical Inactivity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preventive physical exercise | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Physical exercise intervention
- description
- The physical activity intervention is based on national guidelines of physical activity in cancer rehabilitation. A physiotherapist together with each patient will develop individual adaptations to the exercise protocol, with suggestions on which type of exercise the participant is able to perform depending on their daily condition. Suggestions on physical activity for good, bad and in-between-days will be listed in collaboration with the participant, and the participant will report number of minutes/day in each of the 3 physical activity levels stated.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Preventive physical exercise
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- The control group will receive general advice on the importance of physical activity during oncologic treatment, according to local clinical standard.
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Head and neck cancer (tumors of the oropharynx, pharynx, hypopharynx and larynx) * Receiving radiohterapy (+/- chemotherapy) with curative intent Exclusion Criteria: * Surgery due to head and neck cancer * Previous treatment for head and neck cancer * Tracheostomized patients * Inability to perform exercise intervention * Inability to perform part of 6-minute walking test * Inability to independently fill out questionnaires in Swedish * Previous neurologic or neuromuscular disease
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