Swallowing exercise program for people with head and neck cancer
Tests a swallowing exercise program in adults with head and neck cancer.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Swallowing Rehabilitation Program for Head and Neck Tumor Patients
Key facts
- Where
- Cairo, EgyptSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 20 and 60 years old?
Source: NCT07795294, who can take part
Where in Egypt
- National Cancer Institute - Cairo UniversityCairo, EgyptTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Delta University for Science and Technology
- Trial code
- NCT07795294
- Record updated
- 7 October 2026
- Original description
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a structured swallowing rehabilitation program on swallowing function, trismus severity, and pain among patients with head and neck tumors, using a randomized controlled trial design. Eighty patients will be randomly allocated into two equal groups: a study group receiving the swallowing rehabilitation program and a control group receiving standard care.Read full original descriptionShow less
Evaluation of a Structured Swallowing Rehabilitation Exercise Program on Dysphagia and Trismus in Head and Neck Tumor Patients
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a structured swallowing rehabilitation program on swallowing function, trismus severity, and pain among patients with head and neck tumors, using a randomized controlled trial design. Eighty patients will be randomly allocated into two equal groups: a study group receiving the swallowing rehabilitation program and a control group receiving standard care.
Inclusion: Both genders; Aged 20-60 years; Patients receiving chemoradiotherapy; Patients having a history of head and neck cancer; Patients who had received previous radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.
Exclusion: Patients who had neurological or psychiatric problems; Patients who had dysphagia for a reason other than cancer.