Remote Orthophonic Follow-up on Patients with Chronic Swallowing Disorders

NCT ID: NCT04969874

Last Updated: 2025-03-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-12-31

Study Completion Date

2026-09-30

Brief Summary

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The study will assess the feasibility of monthly post rehabilitation remote monitoring, using the "MAX Educ" webvision app, in patients with sequelae of aerodigestive cancer treatments.

Detailed Description

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The patients included in the study will benefit from a monthly video follow-up via the WEB tool "MAX Educ" during the first 6 months of their discharge from the rehabilitation center. They will be contacted each month during 5 months by the CRIL speech therapist for an interview (20 to 30 minutes).

The interview will take place in 2 stages; at first, a discussion phase, during which the speech therapist will take simple news of the patient. The second phase, more formal, will be the opportunity to collect the data necessary for the validation of the secondary endpoints. To do this, the speech therapist will use the Deglutition Handicap Index (DHI) and an interview grid.

The interview will be conducted using an interview sheet previously written by the project team. The following elements will be discussed: the perceived swallowing handicap (DHI), the instructions related to diet and their daily application, ongoing rehabilitation follow-ups, notable events as well as his psycho-emotional experience in relation to said disorders.

After signing the consent and verifying the eligibility criteria, all patients will be assessed upon discharge from the rehabilitation center by means of video swallowing fluoroscopy, allowing the deglutition score to be established.

EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) QLQ-30 and its annex H \& N35 and the DHI will also be completed at the inclusion visit at T0.

They will then be monitored monthly by video from Month 1 to Month 5.

During the end of research visit at 6 months, all the patients included will be reviewed in follow-up consultation with a doctor and a speech therapist within the intensive rehabilitation center for laryngectomees (which corresponds to the standard follow-up) and evaluated by video swallowing fluoroscopy. EORTC QLQ-30, EORTC QLQ-H \& N35 quality of life questionnaires and the DHI will also have to be completed.

Conditions

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Deglutition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Monocentric prospective longitudinal pilot study
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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remote follow-up

patients with chronic disorders on sequelae of anti-cancer treatments after an intensive rehabilitation stay will undergo 5 months of remote follow-up with speech therapists including questionnaires and interview

Group Type OTHER

Remote follow-up

Intervention Type OTHER

The feeling of swallowing will be assessed at the end of the stay at the rehabilitation center, which corresponds to the first visit, and then every month for 5 months during remote interviews and on discharge with the Deglutition Handicap Index (DHI), a self-assessment questionnaire for the swallowing handicap.

The quality of life will be assessed at the firs visit and 6 months after using the EORTC QLQ 30 quality of life scale and the H\&N annex, a self-assessment questionnaire on the quality of life for people with cancer of the head and neck.

The satisfaction of users and the interest of city health professionals in the use of the "MAX Educ" tool as part of a monthly monitoring will be collected via the TUQ questionnaire, through the MAX platform at Month 6.

Interventions

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Remote follow-up

The feeling of swallowing will be assessed at the end of the stay at the rehabilitation center, which corresponds to the first visit, and then every month for 5 months during remote interviews and on discharge with the Deglutition Handicap Index (DHI), a self-assessment questionnaire for the swallowing handicap.

The quality of life will be assessed at the firs visit and 6 months after using the EORTC QLQ 30 quality of life scale and the H\&N annex, a self-assessment questionnaire on the quality of life for people with cancer of the head and neck.

The satisfaction of users and the interest of city health professionals in the use of the "MAX Educ" tool as part of a monthly monitoring will be collected via the TUQ questionnaire, through the MAX platform at Month 6.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient aged 18 or over and treated for cancer of the upper aero-digestive tract:
* Patient having spent a stay at the intensive rehabilitation center for laryngectomees
* Patient with a medical diagnosis of swallowing disorders at risk of inhalation
* Patient having the possibility of accessing a device allowing the use of the software by video (smartphone, tablet and / or computer)
* Informed consent signed by the patient.
* Patient affiliated to a social security scheme or equivalent

Exclusion Criteria

* Progressive neurological disease leading to cognitive disorders
* Patient with guardianship, curators or legal protection
* Inability to give consent
* Patient participating in another research including an exclusion period still in progress
* Patient with speech therapy whose frequency is greater than 1 weekly session
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ligue contre le cancer, France

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Toulouse

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Anais Galtier

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Toulouse

Locations

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CHU Toulouse

Toulouse, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Anais Galtier

Role: CONTACT

05 67 77 18 01

Facility Contacts

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Anais GALTIER

Role: primary

05 67 77 18 01

Clémence DEVOUCOUX

Role: backup

05 67 77 14 61

Other Identifiers

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RC31/21/0023

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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