Clinical trial · Interventional
Innovative Patient-partner-guided Virtual Group Speech Pathology Intervention Model in Head and Neck Cancer
Impacts of an Innovative Patient-partner-guided Virtual Group Speech Pathology Intervention Model to Prevent Swallowing Disorders in Patients Treated With Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
- 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)
This project aims to study an innovative intervention, the eG2 Intervention, developed by speech-language pathologists at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal to improve therapeutic adherence and prevent dysphagia in patients treated with chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer. The innovation consists in offering a speech therapy intervention that is 1) virtual, 2) group-based (whereas it is usually individual) and 3) involves a patient partner. This intervention has the potential to improve quality of care, accessibility to services and optimize health care resources.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dysphagia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| virtual group speech therapy intervention guided by a patient partner | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- virtual group speech therapy intervention guided by a patient partner
- interventionNames
- Procedure: virtual group speech therapy intervention guided by a patient partner
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Rate of nasogastric tube
- timeFrame
- within 6 weeks post radiation
- description
- To evaluate the rate of nasogastric tube placement in the acute and subacute period in patients who participated in the group intervention.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults ≥ 18 years of age with a diagnosis of head or neck cancer * Chemoradiotherapy treatments planned for curative purposes * Planned external radiation therapy dose of at least ≥60 Grays * Sufficient proficiency in French to complete self-reported questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: * Remote metastases * Previous or planned total laryngectomy * Previous moderate/severe dysphagia known and/or evaluated by speech therapy * Diagnosis of a second synchronous cancer at the time of study enrollment * History of prior radiation therapy to the head and neck area * Have a cognitive impairment (diagnosed or suspected) that may significantly interfere with participation in the intervention and various measurement procedures.
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