Clinical trials: Head and Neck Surgery
Caregiver, Head and Neck Carcinoma
Geriatric and Quality of Life Assessments in Older Patients With Non-metastatic or Metastatic Head and Neck or Lung Cancer Undergoing Surgery or Chemoradiation and Their Caregivers
This trial studies comprehensive geriatric and quality of life assessments in older patients with head and neck or lung cancer that has or has not spread to other parts of the body who are undergoing standard surgery or…
- Conditions
- Caregiver, Head and Neck Carcinoma, Lung Carcinoma, Metastatic Head and Neck Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT03902535
- Testing
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Quality-of-Life Assessment, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Anesthetized Healthy Patients (ASA 1 or 2) in the Supine Position, Excluding Head, Neck and Head Surgeries, Anesthetized Patient With Severe Systemic Disease (ASA 3 or 4)
Gas Kinetics and Metabolism in Anesthesia During Non Steady State
During clinical anesthesia, it is astonishing that CO2 monitoring consists mainly of end-tidal PCO2 to confirm endotracheal intubation and to estimate ventilation, and O2 monitoring consists of a single PO2 measurement to detect…
- Trial name
- NCT00225381
- Testing
- connection of measuring device to anesthesia circuit, drawing of blood sample through an arterial line, placed according to clinical criteria by primary anesthesia team, changing operating room bed position (head down and up position)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Voice Disorder Due to Iatrogenic Factor, Endotracheal Intubation During Surgery
Objective and Perceptual Characteristics of the Voice After Endotracheal Intubation in Head and Neck Surgery
Introduction: Possible consequences of endotracheal intubation are post-intubation voice changes. Hypothesis: Endotracheal intubation during head and neck surgery is associated with objective and perceptual voice disorders.
- Conditions
- Voice Disorder Due to Iatrogenic Factor, Endotracheal Intubation During Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery
- Trial name
- VOICE (NCT07131800)
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb
Cervico-Facial Surgery ENT Academic Medical and Surgical Training in France, Cervico-Facial Surgery ENT Medical Residency (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grand Est, Ile de France, Nouvelle Aquitaine and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Areas)
Impact of Covid-19 on Training for ENT and Cervico-Facial Surgery Residents in France
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on medical education is real but little known. ENT interns were directly affected by the management of Covid-19 patients (performing surgical tracheostomies), many conferences and trainings…
- Trial name
- NCT05158790
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 6 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms
Food Intake and Gut Hormones in Patients Who Have Undergone Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery for Cancer
Improvements to treatment strategies for patients upper gastrointestinal cancers have produced an increasing population of people who remain free from disease recurrence in the long term.
- Conditions
- Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms, Weight Loss, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT02385617
- Testing
- Octreotide
- Where
- 2 sites in Ireland, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. James's Hospital, Ireland
Head and Neck Cancer
Continuous Local-anesthetic Wound Infusion for Neck Dissection
The goal of this study is to assess the efficacy of continuous local anesthetic wound infusion to improve quality of recovery following ablative surgery and neck dissection.
- Trial name
- CLAWED (NCT06201039)
- Testing
- 0.5% Lidocaine Hydrochloride, 0.9% Normal Saline
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Microwave Ablation and Surgical Resection for Micropapillary Thyroid Carcinoma
The study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) treated with microwave ablation(MWA) and surgery resection (SR), and to explore the tumor characteristics suitable for each treatment…
- Trial name
- NCT04197960
- Testing
- Microwave ablation, Surgical resection
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 973 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
Surgery, Pain, Postoperative
Virtual Reality for Postoperative Pain Management
This trial studies an active virtual reality (VR) experience as a means for non-pharmacologic postoperative pain management among patients after head and neck surgery.
- Conditions
- Surgery, Pain, Postoperative, Incision, Otolaryngological Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04464304
- Testing
- Smartphone, Virtual Reality (Oculus Quest)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Medical Education
Cognitive Style and Mobile Technology in E-learning in Undergraduate Medical Education
New designs of 6-year undergraduate medical education (UME) in Taiwan mainly include (1) integral curricula of body organ system, (2) multiple methods of clinical teaching and assessment, and (3) generalism in UME.
- Trial name
- NCT02971735
- Testing
- mobile technology of e-learning (M-TEL)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Anesthesia, Local, Surgery
Regional Anesthesia Block in Fibula Free Flap Reconstruction
Despite many recent advances in pain management, post-operative pain is widely considered to be poorly managed. Furthermore, the mainstay of current pain management is opioids, for which there is strong evidence of ill effects…
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Local, Surgery, Opioid Use, Pain, Postoperative
- Trial name
- NCT03906838
- Testing
- Ropivacaine injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Head and Neck Cancer, Head and Neck Carcinoma
FALCOn (Facteur AnthropoLogique Cancer Orl)
There are no studies on practitioner-related factors influencing decision-making in the field of carcinology of aerodigestive carcinomas.
- Trial name
- FALCOn (NCT03663985)
- Testing
- Groupe FALCOn
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 206 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Claudius Regaud
Cancer Esophagus, Pancreatic Cancer
Effect of Chewing Gum on Postoperative Bowel Function Following Upper GI Tract Cancer Surgery
Every patient undergoing surgery in the abdomen will experience temporary paralysis of bowel function. This study evaluates whether chewing gum can reduce the bowel paralysis after surgery in patients undergoing either esophageal…
- Trial name
- NCT02260128
- Testing
- Chewing gum
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michael Bau Mortensen
Laryngeal Masks Comparison
Ventilation With Supraglottic Airway Devices
Airo-Q Self Pressurized airway device with Blocker will be compared with Proseal LMA in anesthetized adult female patients undergoing elective surgeries to discuss the influence of different head and neck positions on the…
- Trial name
- NCT04421261
- Testing
- Air-Q Self Pressurized Airway Device with Blocker, Proseal Laryngeal Mask Airway
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Reham Ali Abdelhaleem Abdelrahman
Epidural Block, Oesophageal Cancer
The Hemodynamic Effect Between Two Types of Anesthesia in Esophageal Surgery
Continuous Paravertebral block (PVB) was reported to provide less episodes of hypotension than continuous thoracic epidural block (TEB).
- Conditions
- Epidural Block, Oesophageal Cancer, Oesophagectomy
- Trial name
- HEMOBLOC (NCT03185403)
- Testing
- paravertebral block, thoracic epidural block, ropivacaine
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Xerostomia Following Radiotherapy, Xerostomia Following in Neck or Head After Cancer Surgery
Does Craniosacraltherapy Combined With Exercises That Focuses om Respiration and Posture in the Upper Body Have an Effect on Xerostomia and Other Late Sequelae on People Who Has Been Suffering From Cancer in Mouth and Throat?
The current study aims to assess the efficacy of manual treatment with craniosacral therapy of fascial tissue in throat, neck, cranial and mouth region, on radiation and/or surgery-induced salivary gland hypofunction and…
- Conditions
- Xerostomia Following Radiotherapy, Xerostomia Following in Neck or Head After Cancer Surgery, Other Late Sequelae Following Radiotherapy and Cancer Surgery in Neck or Head
- Trial name
- NCT05882890
- Testing
- Craniosacral Therapy, Exercices Targeting Upper Posture and Respiration
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cathrine Rahbek
Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodule
Educational Videos for Thyroid Surgery Patient
The researchers aim to evaluate the performance of two groups of participants after receiving traditional education-one group supplemented with video-based education and the other without.
- Conditions
- Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodule, TSH, Education of Patients
- Trial name
- NCT07823543
- Testing
- Thyroid Surgery Educational Video
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- West China Hospital
Head and Neck Cancer
Maitland Mobilization and Scapular Stabilization Shoulder Dysfunction
Sixty patients from both genders suffering from shoulder disability post unilateral NDS (modified radical, selective) will participate in this study. Their ages will be ranged from 30 to 50 years.
- Trial name
- NCT06555913
- Testing
- Maitland Mobilization, Scapular Stabilization, Traditional Physical Therapy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Esophageal Cancer
Visualization Versus Intraoperative Neuromonitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves During Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy
The clinical value of intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) in thoracoscopic esophagectomy remains uncertain. The aim of this randomized clinical trial was to compare the impact of RLN visualization versus IONM on their…
- Trial name
- NCT05199168
- Testing
- intraoperative nerve monitoring
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
Mucosal Ulceration
Platelet-Rich Fibrin in Intraoral Soft Tissue Regeneration
Determine if the use of platelet rich fibrin (PRF) improves the rate and quality of healing for intraoral mucosal and epithelial soft tissue defects.
- Trial name
- NCT04022720
- Testing
- Platelet Rich Fibrin Application
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Surgery, Otolaryngologic Disorder
Digital Intervention Postoperative Protocol
Postoperative recovery after head and neck surgery is complex, and often requires utilization of narcotic medications. The aim of this study is to evaluate reduction in pain and use of opioid medications through Virtual Reality…
- Conditions
- Surgery, Otolaryngologic Disorder, Pain, Postoperative
- Trial name
- NCT04828109
- Testing
- Virtual Reality, Fitbit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University