Clinical trial · Observational
Head and Neck Quality of Life
Quality of Life After Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstruction: a Prospective Time to Deterioration Analysis
- 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 study examines the quality of life for patients after head and neck free flap reconstruction, both pre-operative and at least 1 year post-operative. It aims to find out what influences quality of life, and whether these changes are stable over time. It will use a new method of analysis called "Time to Deterioration" which tells us when a patient notices a significant change in their quality of life, when subsequently does not get better.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Flap | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
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Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Head and Neck Reconstruction patients
- description
- Head and Neck Reconstruction patients undergoing free flap reconstruction
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- University of Wisconsin Quality of Life Questionnaire
- timeFrame
- Once at enrollment pre-operatively, and repeated at least 1 year post-operatively
- description
- University of Winconsin Quality of Life (UW-QoL) questionnaire (Taiwan mandarin version v4) is a 12-item scale with additional global questions, scored from 0 to 100, with separate Physical and Social component scores providing a composite overall score. Higher scores indicate higher quality of life.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
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Inclusion Criteria: * free flap reconstruction * benign or malignant head and neck disease Exclusion Criteria: * did not undergo free flap reconstruction * extra-oral disease eg scalp * patients unable to consent
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