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NCT Number: NCT04126226

Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Tongue and/or Jaw Neoplasia Before and After Speech Therapy

This study aims to verify the impact of four speech therapy sessions on the Quality of Life of patients treated for malignant tongue and/or jaw cancer, using as measure specific questionnaires of speech and swallowing.

The hypothesis is that after treatment with exercises and speech therapy guidance, patients will present better indicators on Quality of Life related to speech and swallowing.

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Key information

Conditions

Tongue Cancer Behavior Bone Diseases Bone Neoplasms Communication Communication Disorders Deglutition Disorders Digestive System Diseases Esophageal Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Head and Neck Neoplasms Intelligibility, Speech Jaw Cancer Jaw Diseases Jaw Neoplasms Mental Disorders Mouth Diseases Mouth Neoplasms Musculoskeletal Diseases Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurodevelopmental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Oral Cancer Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pharyngeal Diseases Signs and Symptoms Skull Neoplasms Speech Speech Intelligibility Stomatognathic Diseases Tongue Diseases Tongue Neoplasms Verbal Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90.035-903, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Over 18 Years
  • Tongue and/or Jaw Neoplasm
  • Submitted to surgical treatment

Exclusion criteria

  • Under 18 Years
  • Cognitive impairment or deficits in language comprehension
  • Previous speech therapy intervention
  • Recurrence or active disease
  • Death during the intervention

Treatment and study plan

Speech-language guidance

Other

Speech-language guidance for speech enhancement and on food management in terms of consistency, volumes, utensils and temperature, beyond the care for safe and efficient swallowing.

Speech therapy exercises for swallowing

Other

Use of lip exercises and facial muscles, laryngeal elevation maneuver and airway protection technique, 5 repetitions 3 times a day for a month.

Speech therapy exercises for speech

Other

Use of over-articulation technique and glottal firmness exercise, 5 repetitions 3 times a day for a month.

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in Quality of Life Scores related to swallowing

    Time frame: 1 month

    To measure the changes in Quality of Life related to swallowing it was used the questionnaire Dysphagia Handicap Index (DHI)

  2. Changes in Quality of Life Scores related to speech

    Time frame: 1 month

    To measure the changes in Quality of Life related to speech it was used the questionnaire Speech Handicap Index (SHI)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in Dysphagia Classification

    Time frame: 1 month

    To measure the changes in Dysphagia classification it was used the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing, exam that evaluate the functionability of swallow. These exams were presented to three judges (speech therapists) that in agreement classified the degree of dysphagia

  2. Changes in Speech Intelligibility Classification

    Time frame: 1 month

    To measure the changes in Speech Intelligibility it was used speech recordings that were analysed by three judges (speech therapists) that in agreement classified the degree of speech intelligibility

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Tongue and/or Jaw Neoplasia Before and After Speech Therapy: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Oct 15, 2019
Registry last updated
Oct 15, 2019

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