NCT07856732RecruitingPhase 1
Using Silverlon® for Head and Neck Patients With Tracheostomies
Feasibility and Tolerability of Silverlon® for Definitive Head and Neck Patients With Tracheostomies
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine if prophylactic silver-nylon burn dressing Silverlon® prevents a severe skin reaction under tracheostomy collars. It also aims to establish whether patients can tolerate Silverlon® under their tracheostomy with daily removal and weekly changes.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 10 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 20 Aug 2026
- Start date
- Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- Aug 2027
- Lead sponsor
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07856732
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
- Planned participants: 10
- From Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, Aug 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
- Presence of unhealed surgical wounds
Other illness
- Active infection of treatment area
- Any co-morbidity or condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the assessments and procedures of this protocol.
Other
- Inability to fulfill requirements of the protocol
- Subjects unable or unwilling to wear Silverlon dressings
- Subjects with known sensitivity to silver or nylon.
Who the study is looking for
- Undergoing definitive head and neck cancer (\>4 weeks of treatment)
- Have a tracheostomy
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Must be able to understand and write English
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upstate Medical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Syracuse | United States | Recruiting |
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