NCT07756684Recruiting
Feasibility of Cough Skill Training in Individuals With Head and Neck Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This preliminary study will examine the feasibility of a cough skill training treatment approach to rehabilitate voluntary cough function in people with head and neck cancer. Cough skill training focuses on practicing cough as a compensatory strategy for when food or liquid enters the airway. Primary outcomes will be feasibility and immediate treatment effects. The investigators hypothesize that the treatment will be feasible and will result in improvements to voluntary cough peak expiratory flow rate.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 10 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Aug 2026
- Start date
- 28 Oct 2026
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07756684
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 10
- From 28 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, Sept 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
- Recent laryngeal surgery or vocal fold injury
Other illness
- History of neurologic disease
- Active respiratory infection or febrile illness within the past 14 days
- Chronic, severe, or unstable respiratory disease
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure within the past 6 months
- Significant uncontrolled arrhythmia
Other
- Unable to provide informed consent assessed by a Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of \<20
- Unable to follow study instructions
- Unable to produce a voluntary cough
- Asthma or bronchitis
- Smoking within the past five years
Who the study is looking for
- Prior diagnosis of head and neck cancer at least 6 months post-diagnosis
- Completed treatment for head and neck cancer, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy
- Medically stable and able to follow commands and produce a voluntary cough
- English speaking
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airway Protection Research Lab at Boston University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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