Efficacy of Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia in Head & Neck Cancer Patients

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

170

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2008

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2012

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2013

Conditions
Dysphagia
Interventions
DEVICE

Neurotech NT2000 Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)

NMES or Sham NMES will be paired with repeated, effortful swallowing behavior, for 60 swallows, 2 times a day, 6 days a week, for 12 weeks.

Trial Locations (14)

10003

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

10016

New York University, New York

10021

Lenox Hill Hospital, New York

10029

Mout Sinai Medical Center, New York

21204

Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore

48202

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

53792

University of Wisconsin, Madison

55905

Mayo Clinic, Rochester

60208

Northwestern University, Evanston

85259

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale

92103

University of California, San Diego, San Diego

98195

University of Washington, Seattle

01805

Lahey Clinic, Burlington

02132

VA Boston Healthcare, West Roxbury

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Northwestern University

OTHER

collaborator

Boston University

OTHER

collaborator

University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

collaborator

New York University

OTHER

collaborator

VA Boston Healthcare System

FED

collaborator

Lahey Clinic

OTHER

collaborator

Lenox Hill Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

Beth Israel Medical Center

OTHER

collaborator

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

OTHER

collaborator

Henry Ford Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

University of California, San Diego

OTHER

collaborator

University of Washington

OTHER

collaborator

Mayo Clinic

OTHER

collaborator

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

OTHER

collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

lead

Boston Medical Center

OTHER