NCT05937269Active, not recruitingPhase 1
Assessing Impact of Early Physiotherapy on Lymphatic Dysfunction in Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship
Assessing Impact of Early Physiotherapy on Lymphatic Dysfunction in Head and Neck
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if treating the lymphatics in head and neck cancer survivors before clinical diagnosis of lymphedema will prevent its development or progression. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does early lymphatic treatment, before onset of clinical symptoms, prevent the development of head and neck lymphedema? * Does dermal lymphatic backflow provide an early indication of lymphedema and its response to treatment? Over the course of one year, participants will undergo several sessions near-infrared fluorescence lymphatic imaging to assess whether they have abnormal dermal lymphatic backflow following head and neck cancer treatment. Subjects will be divided into two groups, a treated and a control group. The treated group will be asked to complete daily sessions of pneumatic compression therapy at home, while the control group will receive standard-of-card treatment after clinical diagnosis of lymphedema. Researchers will compare the incidence of lymphedema between the two groups to see if treatment before diagnosis prevents the development and progression of head and neck lymphedema.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 14 (actual)
- First submitted
- 22 Jun 2023
- Start date
- 12 Oct 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05937269
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
- Participants enrolled: 14
- From 12 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Aug 2026
- 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
- Acute radiation dermatitis, unhealed surgical scar, unhealed or open wound(s), surgical flap less than 6 to 8-weeks post-operative
Other illness
- Iodine allergy
- Carotid sinus hypersensitivity syndrome
- Symptomatic carotid artery disease, as manifested by a recent transient ischemic attack (within 30 days), ischemic stroke or amaurosis fugax (monocular visual ischemic symptoms or blindness)
- Symptomatic bradycardia in the absence of a pacemaker or internal jugular venous thrombosis (within 3 months)
- Acute facial infection (e.g., facial, or parotid gland abscess)
- Heart failure (acute pulmonary edema, decompensated acute heart failure)
- Acute venous disease (acute thrombophlebitis, acute deep venous thrombosis, acute pulmonary embolism)
- Severe peripheral artery disease (critical limb ischemia including ischemic rest pain, arterial wounds, or gangrene)
- Active skin or limb infection/inflammatory disease (acute cellulitis, other uncontrolled skin, or untreated inflammatory skin disease)
- Any condition where increased venous and lymphatic return is undesirable
Other
- Persons who are pregnant or breast-feeding
- Females of child-bearing potential, who do not agree to use an approved contraceptive for one month after each imaging session
- Persons who do not meet inclusion criteria
- Persons with a chest circumference of 150 cm or more
- Uncontrolled hyperthyroidism or parathyroidism (for which an endocrinologist recommends against neck compression)
- Increased intracranial pressure or other contraindication to internal or external jugular venous compression
- Facial or head and neck dermal metastasis
Who the study is looking for
- Participants must be 18 years of age or older
- Participants must have previously been diagnosed with head and neck cancer and undergone surgery and radiation as part of their standard-of-care treatment plan
- Participants must be ≥ 4 weeks but less than 3 months post-radiation therapy at enrollment
- Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test ≤ 36 hours prior to study drug administration
- Female participants of childbearing potential must agree to use a medically accepted method of contraception for a period of one month after each imaging session
- Male participants must agree to shave facial hair on imaging days
- Participants must be willing and able to independently use the pneumatic compression device at home daily for up to 12 months as directed by study personnel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
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