NCT05432297Recruiting
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 · Last updated 23 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 12 Apr 2022
- Start date
- 2 Jan 2023
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05432297
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 80
- From 2 Jan 2023 to the primary completion date, Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Previous treatment for head and neck cancer
- Previous neurologic or neuromuscular disease
Other illness
- Surgery due to head and neck cancer
Other
- Tracheostomized patients
- Inability to perform exercise intervention
- Inability to perform part of 6-minute walking test
- Inability to independently fill out questionnaires in Swedish
Who the study is looking for
- Head and neck cancer (tumors of the oropharynx, pharynx, hypopharynx and larynx)
- Receiving radiohterapy (+/- chemotherapy) with curative intent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sahlgrenska University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gothenburg | Sweden | Recruiting |
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