Functional Results of Soft Palate Free Flap Reconstruction

NCT ID: NCT03890783

Last Updated: 2020-10-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

29 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-02-27

Study Completion Date

2020-03-11

Brief Summary

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The oropharynx is a complex anatomical structure necessary for nasal breathing, swallowing and phonation. The removal of oropharyngeal cancers can lead to sequelae, particularly in the case of resections affecting the soft palate. The main sequelae are represented by rhinolalia and swallowing disorders with nasal regurgitation.

The treatment of oropharyngeal tumors is based on primary surgery or radiotherapy, but tumors of the soft palate are often treated by radiotherapy or radio-chemotherapy first. Surgery is often kept for relapses, because it is considered to lead to important sequelae. However, chemoradiotherapy of the oropharynx is also responsible for acute toxicities, and late sequelae can be frequent and important.

Recent publications tend to show that primary surgery would give better survival rates compared to radiotherapy, particularly in advanced stages, including viro-induced cancers. In addition, primary surgery can reduce the dose of radiation delivered to the oropharynx and thus reduce its long-term toxicity.

It is currently possible to reconstruct a loss of substance after surgery of oropharyngeal cancers, including the soft palate by using free flaps, limiting the postoperative sequelae usually observed without reconstruction.

There is little data on reconstructions of the soft palate, their sequelae and their impact on the quality of life.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Oropharyngeal Cancer Palate Free Flap Reconstruction

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Patients after surgery of oropharyngeal cancers

Patients after surgery of oropharyngeal cancers with soft palate with free flap reconstruction and adjuvant radiotherapy

Evaluation of phonation quality

Intervention Type OTHER

Evaluation of phonation quality by :

* Self-evaluation: completion of the Voice Handicap Index questionnaire, in its 30 items version
* Hetero-evaluation: reading and recording of 2 texts, and notation by 3 practitioners using the grade, rough, breathy, asthenic, strained (GRBAS) scale, to evaluate the occurrence and the gravity of rhinolalia

Evaluation of swallowing quality

Intervention Type OTHER

Evaluation of swallowing quality by:

* Self-evaluation: completion of the Deglutition Handicap Index questionnaire
* Hetero-evaluation: nasofibroscopy to evaluate the occurrence of aspiration and nasal regurgitation

global quality of life questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Completion of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ - C30) and the EORTC QLQ - H\&N35 questionnaires

Interventions

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Evaluation of phonation quality

Evaluation of phonation quality by :

* Self-evaluation: completion of the Voice Handicap Index questionnaire, in its 30 items version
* Hetero-evaluation: reading and recording of 2 texts, and notation by 3 practitioners using the grade, rough, breathy, asthenic, strained (GRBAS) scale, to evaluate the occurrence and the gravity of rhinolalia

Intervention Type OTHER

Evaluation of swallowing quality

Evaluation of swallowing quality by:

* Self-evaluation: completion of the Deglutition Handicap Index questionnaire
* Hetero-evaluation: nasofibroscopy to evaluate the occurrence of aspiration and nasal regurgitation

Intervention Type OTHER

global quality of life questionnaire

Completion of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ - C30) and the EORTC QLQ - H\&N35 questionnaires

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with oropharyngeal tumor who had surgical management with removal of all or part of the soft palate and free flap reconstruction, and at least 12 month after the end of external radiotherapy treatment
* Patients over 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients protected by law (guardianship, curatorship and under judicial protection)
* Patients who expressed their opposition to participate to the study
* Patients who do not speak French (incompatible with reading, understanding and filling out the questionnaires)
* Patients participating in interventional research (excluding physiological studies and interventional research with minimal risks and constraints that do not interfere with the primary endpoint analysis)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospices Civils de Lyon

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Groupement Hospitalier Lyon Nord - Hospices Civils de Lyon

Lyon, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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2018-A03408-47

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

69HCL18_0826

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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