NCT06667427Recruiting
Pilot Study of Management of Facial Paralysis in the Oncologic Patient: Nerve Transfer Techniques to Improve Facial Function and Quality of Life
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this research study is to measure changes in patients' quality of life after surgeries that affect the facial nerve, including nerve transfer as treatment for facial paralysis.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 29 Oct 2024
- Start date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Aug 2028
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06667427
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 40
- From 13 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2028
- 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
- Patients known to be pregnant
Who the study is looking for
- In order to be eligible to participate in the intervention group of this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:
- Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
- Aged 18 or greater
- Patient scheduled to undergo facial nerve transfer
- Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and lifestyle considerations and availability for the duration of the study
- In order to be eligible to participate in the non-intervention historical control group of this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:
- Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
- Aged 18 or greater
- Previous facial surgery severing a facial nerve without graft or other form of dynamic facial nerve reconstruction within the last 20 years
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 M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Recruiting |
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