NCT07110142Recruiting
Tongue Proactive Strengthening Exercise Program Following Partial/Hemi Glossectomy and Reconstruction
Impact of Tongue Proactive Strengthening Exercise Program on Speech and Swallowing Outcomes Following Partial/Hemiglossectomy and Reconstruction
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is being done to determine whether adding a proactive tongue strengthening exercise program using a biofeedback device (the Tongueometer) improves speech and swallowing outcomes after surgery for tongue cancer. Patients who undergo partial or hemiglossectomy often experience difficulties with speech and swallowing, which can significantly impact their quality of life. While speech and swallow therapy is typically provided in response to problems, this study investigates whether introducing structured tongue strengthening exercises with biofeedback early-can lead to better long-term outcomes. This research will help establish whether this approach should become part of standard post-operative care.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 31 Jul 2025
- Start date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Primary completion date
- Jun 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07110142
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 40
- From 10 Dec 2025 to the primary completion date, Jun 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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Prior treatment
- Previously seen and treated by speech and language pathologist for dysphagia or dysarthria for non-head and neck cancer causes
- Prior head and neck radiation
- Requires mandibulectomy or \>50% resection of native tongue
Other
- Distant metastasis at enrollment
Who the study is looking for
- ≥18 years of age
- No prior history of head and neck cancer
- No prior history of radiation
- Planned to undergo resection of ≤50% of the native tongue (partial/hemiglossectomy) with immediate reconstruction, including free flap reconstruction, and with or without neck dissection
- Sufficiently fluent in written English, French, Spanish or Simplified Chinese to complete the study outcomes questionnaires
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
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