Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Description

This study examines the acceptability, feasibility, and safety in developing a prehabilitation program for head and neck cancer patients. The purpose of this research is to access the safety and acceptability of using a prehabilitation program before head and neck cancer surgery.

Conditions

Head Cancer, Neck Cancer, Sarcopenia, Head and Neck Cancer

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This study examines the acceptability, feasibility, and safety in developing a prehabilitation program for head and neck cancer patients. The purpose of this research is to access the safety and acceptability of using a prehabilitation program before head and neck cancer surgery.

Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Exercise and Nutritional Prehabilitation for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Condition
Head Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Sacramento

UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

Sacramento

UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

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. Prior treatment for head and neck cancer (surgery and/or radiation)
  • 2. Acute or unstable cardiac conditions (unstable angina or symptomatic severe aortic stenosis)
  • 3. American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of 4 and 5
  • 4. Disabling orthopedic or neuromuscular disease
  • 5. Cardiac failure (New York Heart Association functional classes III and IV)
  • 6. Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • 7. End-stage liver or kidney disease
  • 8. Inability to swallow and/or feeding tube dependence
  • 9. Any other comorbid medical, physical, and/or mental condition that contraindicates exercise or oral nutrition
  • 10. Adults unable to consent
  • 11. Age 17.99 or younger
  • 12. Prisoners, pregnant women, or other vulnerable population

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Davis,

Marianne S Abouyared, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Davis

Study Record Dates

2025-12