Pre-Rehabilitation for Female Patients Undergoing Pelvic Radiotherapy

Description

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of adding pre-rehabilitation pelvic health physical therapy to standard of care radiation therapy treatment plan for female patients who have been diagnosed with cervical, vaginal, vulvar, uterine, or anal cancer and are a candidate for curative pelvic radiation with external beam. Participants will receive education on using a vaginal dilator for use during treatment and complete questionnaires looking at pain and sexual function.

Conditions

Dyspareunia, Pelvic Pain, Sexual Dysfunction, Radiation Toxicity

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of adding pre-rehabilitation pelvic health physical therapy to standard of care radiation therapy treatment plan for female patients who have been diagnosed with cervical, vaginal, vulvar, uterine, or anal cancer and are a candidate for curative pelvic radiation with external beam. Participants will receive education on using a vaginal dilator for use during treatment and complete questionnaires looking at pain and sexual function.

Pre-Rehabilitation for Female Patients Undergoing Pelvic Radiotherapy

Pre-Rehabilitation for Female Patients Undergoing Pelvic Radiotherapy

Condition
Dyspareunia
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Carmel

IU Health Schwarz Cancer Center, Carmel, Indiana, United States, 46032

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Female
  • 2. ≥ 18 years old at the time of informed consent
  • 3. Ability to provide written informed consent and HIPAA authorization
  • 4. Primary diagnosis of cervical, vaginal, vulvar, uterine, or anal cancer
  • 5. Candidate for curative pelvic radiation with external beam, with or without brachytherapy, per radiation oncologist's discretion
  • * Can have prior and/or current modalities of treatment to address diagnosis including surgery and chemotherapy
  • * Can receive radiation at any facility provided patient is able to perform Physical Therapy visits at IUH North/Schwarz Cancer Center
  • 1. Major medical illnesses or psychiatric impairments, which in the investigator's opinion will prevent administration or completion of the protocol therapy and/or interfere with follow-up.
  • 2. Not a candidate for curative radiation therapy per radiation oncologist's discretion
  • 3. Prior radiation therapy to the pelvis
  • 4. Women who are pregnant or nursing

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Indiana University,

Namita Agrawal, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Indiana University

Study Record Dates

2026-01