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Web-Based Program for Swallowing Exercises in Throat Cancer

This study is testing a web-based program called Project Prepare. It's designed to help people with throat cancer (head and neck cancer) who are receiving radiation therapy to stick with their swallowing and jaw exercises, and to learn coping strategies. Radiation can cause long-term swallowing problems, so these exercises are very important for recovery. Researchers want to see if using Project Prepare improves your self-reported swallowing function. You can join if you are at least 18, have throat cancer, are getting radiation with the goal of a cure, and can read English or Spanish. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status, but plans to enroll 300 people.

Study design
This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention. It plans to enroll 300 participants.
What's involved
You would use the password-protected Project Prepare website on a computer, tablet, or phone for 10 weeks. This involves viewing videos, tips, recipes, and strategies.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
After completing the study, you will be followed up at 6 months.

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NCT04003051

Web-Based Program in Helping Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Adhere to Swallowing Exercises and Coping Strategies

Recruiting
PHASE2Ages 18+InterventionalSupportive care
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
~300 participants
Updated 2026-04-15 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Internet-Based InterventionQuality-of-Life AssessmentQuestionnaire Administration

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Changes in self-reported swallowing function
Measured over Baseline up to 6 months post-radiation

Conditions

Throat Carcinoma

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texasstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

  • Texas Health Care-Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery Associates

    Fort Worth, Texasstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Eileen H Shinn · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Who to contact

Eileen H Shinn
[email protected]
713-745-0870
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Receiving radiation treatment with curative intent for throat cancer
Can read and speak English or Spanish well enough to answer our questionnaires and understand our website content.

What this trial measures

  • Changes in self-reported swallowing functionBaseline up to 6 months post-radiation

    Assessed with the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI). Will first test for changes in self-reported swallowing function outcome with the MDADI between baseline and follow-up using one-tailed paired t-tests. Correlations and multivariate analyses regressing self-reported adherence to exercises against self-reported swallowing function will be analyzed similarly and appropriately.