Sensor-Assisted Prevention of Dehydration in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Head and Neck Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Head and Neck Cancer focused on measuring Head and Neck Cancer, Dehydration, Sensor-based home monitoring, Radiation therapy, RT, XRT, Oropharyngeal cancer, Hypopharyngeal cancer, Nasopharyngeal cancer, Salivary gland cancer, Oral cavity cancer, Questionnaires, Surveys, Quality of life, QOL, Phone calls, Self-monitoring devices, CYberinfrastructure for COmparative effectiveness REsearch, CYCORE, Emergency room visits, ER, Emergency room visits with hospitalization, ERHV
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of any of the following cancers: stage 1-4b (includes 4a) oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, nasopharyngeal, salivary gland or oral cavity; stage 3-4b (includes 4a) laryngeal; any unknown primary head and neck cancer with cervical metastasis that will be addressed with treatment to bilateral necks and mucosa; any thyroid cancer that will be addressed with treatment to the bilateral necks; or other head and neck cancers medically approved by one of our Radiation Oncology collaborating MDs
- Currently receiving (or scheduled to receive) radiation treatment for a cancer listed in the inclusion criteria
- Age 18 years or older
- Fluent in English
- Radiation treatment for this cancer was completed (or will be completed) at MD Anderson Cancer Center (Post-RT study only)
- Receiving radiation treatment for this cancer at any site within the MDACC Cancer Network (Cancer Network study only)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Overt cognitive difficulty demonstrated by not being clearly oriented to person or place or time
- Zubrod Performance Status >2, or self-reports either not being up and about more than 50% of waking hours or unable to provide self-care
- History of current oropharyngeal dysphagia unrelated to cancer diagnosis (e.g. dysphagia due to underlying neurogenic disorder)
- Orthopedic, neurologic, or musculoskeletal disability that would interfere with the functional task of standing on a weight scale
- Scheduled to receive or receiving unilateral radiation treatment for this cancer
- Received previous radiation treatment for head and neck cancer
- Consented to enroll in a trial with a toxicity endpoint
- Undergoing only palliative (not curative) radiation treatment
Sites / Locations
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Other
Experimental
Standard of Care Group
CYCORE Group + Standard of Care
Surveys administered in person or by telephone interview and are audio-recorded.
Home use of CYCORE devices (blood pressure monitor, weight scale, electronic tablet, palm-sized plug-in computer). Surveys administered in person or by telephone interview and are audio-recorded.