NCT05889091Recruiting
A Study of the Use of Fat Flap Reconstruction to Reduce Neck Injury After Cancer Treatment
The Safety of a Buried, Free Fat Flap to Reduce Neck Morbidity Following Cancer Treatment: A Pilot Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to find out whether the fat ALT flap procedure is a safe and practical option for reducing neck morbidity in HNSCC patients following cancer treatment of the neck. Neck morbidity after radiation therapy and surgery includes difficulty swallowing, neck or shoulder pain, stiffness, swelling, or changes to the appearance of the treated area. In addition, the researchers will find out whether the study procedure is effective at reducing neck morbidity and improving quality of life after cancer treatment. The researchers will measure quality of life by having participants answer questionnaires.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 12 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 May 2023
- Start date
- 16 May 2023
- Primary completion date
- 16 May 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05889091
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 12
- From 16 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 16 May 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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Other illness
- Patients with primary site mucosal recurrence in addition to neck disease
Who the study is looking for
- Patients 18 years or older
- Diagnosed with HNSCC (e.g., oropharyngeal, hypo/laryngeal SCC)
- Primary treatment is with radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy
- Salvage neck dissection is subsequently indicated for persistent or recurrent, nonmucosal disease in cervical lymph nodes
- At the time of salvage neck dissection additional flap coverage is indicated to improve carotid coverage or replace missing skin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
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